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FounderPartners

www.founderpartners.co

We seek capital-efficient software businesses with delighted customers. Our sector focus includes SaaS, API services, blockchain, AI, and cloud-based services.

Check Size

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Stages

Pre Seed, Seed, Growth

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Investment Thesis

Founder Partners believes in dramatically increasing the success rate of global technical founders by serving as minority co-founders who actively work in the trenches alongside entrepreneurs. Unlike traditional VCs, they invest their own capital as principal investors, ensuring full alignment with portfolio companies from founding stage through exit. They focus on hands-on, long-term partnerships rather than passive advisory relationships, leveraging their experience as serial entrepreneurs and M&A professionals.

What Sets Them Apart

  • Principal investors investing their own capital, not other people's money (LPs), ensuring complete alignment
  • Minority co-founders model - they work as co-founders, not passive advisors
  • Concentrated portfolio approach with deep, hands-on engagement rather than broad portfolio model
  • >85% success rate since 1999 (89% actual - 35 of 39 companies successful)
  • Dual expertise: builder partners for company growth AND M&A advisors for exits (150+ transactions, $100B+ in value)
  • Global reach with Silicon Valley headquarters, bridging international talent with US business expertise
  • 100% sell-side focused M&A practice with no conflicts of interest
  • Not an accelerator - customized approach, long-term commitment, not a 2-8 week program
  • Team of serial entrepreneurs and experienced bankers, not career investors

Portfolio Highlights

Wheelhouse

Saas

Mixbook

Ecommerce

Pinkoi

Ecommerce

Chairish

Ecommerce

iDentalSoft

Saas

CFO Plans

Saas

AddEvent

Saas

Markable

Ai Ml

+ 27 more companies in their portfolio

Investment Team

12 Partners at FounderPartners

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