Foundation Capital
Palo Alto, California · Invests in US; Europe; MENA; LATAM · Website
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We back founders who believe the purpose of life is to be briefly extraordinary. We invest at day zero when ideas haven't yet become innovations, seeking founders with superhuman grit, authentic vision, and the drive to create something lasting.
Likely not a fit for
We avoid non-technical founders, consumer apps without enterprise potential, obvious trend-chasing, and founders without authentic mission or drive.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $3B
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
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Recent activity
- May 2026
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Series A · Participated
- Apr 2026
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Seed · Lead
- Feb 2025
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Series A · Lead
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TechCrunch
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Forbes
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
GlobeNewswire
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1 month ago
Tech.eu
Marvelous and Joachim Herz Foundation launch €20M deeptech fund to bridge Germany’s commercialisation gap
3 months ago
Fast Company
‘AI imagineer.’ ‘Design crafter.’ ‘Builder.’ Why design is suddenly full of Frankenjobs
3 months ago
hedgefundalpha.com
Silver Point's Robert O'Shea Adds An Investment In Tekne Capital To His $62M Foundation In 2024
3 months ago
observer.com
Cerebras IPO Creates Billions for CEO Andrew Feldman and Early A.I. Chip Backers
3 months ago
The Information
Cerebras IPO Winners Include Foundation, Benchmark—and OpenAI
3 months ago
Bloomberg.com
Benchmark, Eclipse Reap Billions in Returns From Cerebras IPO
3 months ago
FinSMEs
Tessera Labs Raises $60M in Funding
4 months ago
Axios
Corgi hits unicorn status, Kanvas Biosciences gets $43M, Med Tech Solutions buys Avarion
4 months ago
Venture Capital Journal
Benchmark, Foundation and Eclipse poised for win with Cerebras IPO
4 months ago
Hedge Fund Alpha
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7 months ago
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 2/2/26
7 months ago
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Crunchbase News
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