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TheFounderVC

Seattle, WA and San Francisco Bay Area, CA · Invests in US · Website

Pre-SeedSeedConsumer Apps & SocialB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsData & AnalyticsHealthcare & BiotechEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureReal Estate & PropTechClimate & Clean EnergyBiotech & Life Sciences

Thesis

Backs U.S. pre-seed and seed founders building vertical AI applications where domain expertise, workflow-native products, differentiated data, and personalized UX can create category leaders.

Likely not a fit for

No explicit anti-thesis is published. Companies outside U.S. early-stage vertical AI, or without a clear domain/workflow wedge, are less likely to fit.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Leads or follows
Involvement
Advisor
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$5M
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

4 contacts on file

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Mia Lewin

General PartnerFounding Partner · Primary contact

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m•••@th•••.vc

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Paul Longhenry

PartnerPartner

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p•••@th•••.vc

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Shail Kaveti

PartnerPartner

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s•••@th•••.vc

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Jay Bartot

Platform & OpsTechnical Advisor and CTO

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j•••@th•••.vc

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Portfolio

DaydreamEcommerce Marketplaces

Daydream is a personal fashion AI shopping agent that helps users discover and shop from over 10,000 brands using AI-powered technology. It offers tailored fashion recommendations for various occasions and styles, enhancing the online shopping experience.

LiminaryEnterprise Software

Liminary is AI-native storage that remembers your knowledge from tools you already use, surfaced when you need it. It allows for one-click capture of various content types and connects old ideas to new ones automatically.

Ridge AIEcommerce Marketplaces

Ridge AI is a company whose domain is currently for sale.

Ready Set PotatoBiotech Life Sciences

Potato helps life science researchers creatively design and execute experiments. It offers tools for literature synthesis, experiment planning, and collaboration with an AI co-scientist to run end-to-end experiments.

PlanetteClimate Clean Energy

Planette provides advanced long-range weather forecasting solutions using AI to enhance decision-making for businesses and communities facing climate volatility.

CatchouseProptech Real Estate

Catchouse helps homebuyers navigate the homebuying journey by providing local insights, personalized guidance, and tools to compare tradeoffs that matter, making the process easier and more informed.

Potato AIBiotech Life Sciences

Potato AI is a scientific co-pilot that empowers life science researchers to design, execute, and interpret experiments with the assistance of an AI co-scientist named Tater. By leveraging advanced AI technologies, Potato aims to accelerate scientific execution and foster collaboration among scientists, enabling them to explore hundreds of research directions in parallel.

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TheFounderVC Research Investment Thesis TheFounderVC, also branded The Founder VC or TFVC, is a Seattle and San Francisco Bay Area early-stage venture firm focused on founders building vertical AI companies. The official homepage says the firm backs visionary founders leveraging vertical AI to build category leaders and frames the opportunity as a wave of vertical AI applications that can disrupt

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