TheFounderVC
Seattle, WA and San Francisco Bay Area, CA · Invests in US · Website
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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
Portfolio
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.
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 AI is a company whose domain is currently for sale.
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.
Planette provides advanced long-range weather forecasting solutions using AI to enhance decision-making for businesses and communities facing climate volatility.
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 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.
Recent activity
- Apr 2026
Ridge AI
Pre-Seed · Participated
- Apr 2025
Potato
Seed · Participated
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