Founder Collective

Founder Collective is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in New York City. Established by a group of successful entrepreneurs, the firm aims to provide a supportive framework for early-stage technology companies. It emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurs raising the least amount of capital necessary to maintain control over their firms. The company focuses on seed-stage investments and is industry agnostic, although it shows a preference for businesses that incorporate information technology. Founder Collective seeks to guide startups through the complexities of venture capital, drawing on the firsthand experiences of its partners who have founded and sold their own technology companies.

Joe Defilippi

CFO

Amanda Herson

Seed Investor

Paley, Eric B.

Managing Partner

Rosenbloom M.B.A., MBA, Micah

Managing Partner

James Tamplin

Founder Partner

Brent Willess

Principal

Past deals in Mobile

Levels

Seed Round in 2020
Levels is a health and wellness company that focuses on metabolic fitness through a platform that tracks blood glucose levels in real-time. Founded in 2019, the company offers a wearable device that provides users with immediate feedback on their unique metabolism. This data enables individuals to understand how their bodies respond to various dietary and lifestyle choices, allowing them to optimize their nutrition and exercise routines to meet personal health goals. Operating as a remote-first organization, Levels aims to empower users to take control of their metabolic health.

Minim

Seed Round in 2018
Minim Inc. is a company headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, that specializes in designing and developing a home management and security platform utilizing Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Founded in 1977, it has evolved from a networking company to providing intelligent software solutions that enhance and secure WiFi connections essential for daily activities. Minim's platform leverages machine learning to analyze device behavior, enabling customers to manage their connected experiences effectively. The company also manufactures communications equipment, including cable modems, routers, and other networking devices, under an exclusive licensing agreement with the Motorola brand. The majority of Minim's revenue is generated in North America, reflecting its focus on delivering smart, software-driven products for home and business connectivity.

PacketZoom

Venture Round in 2016
PacketZoom, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in cloud services aimed at enhancing mobile application performance. Founded in 2013, the company has developed an end-to-end solution for analyzing, detecting, and resolving networking issues in real time, without requiring changes to the app code. PacketZoom's offerings include a mobile content delivery network that optimizes cloud file transfers, supports large dynamic content, and accelerates the performance of mobile games, shopping, travel, and news applications. Its solutions, such as mobile express lane and mobile IQ, are designed to improve mobile reliability and speed, ultimately providing valuable insights into app performance for developers and users alike. As of October 2018, PacketZoom operates as a subsidiary of Roblox Corporation.

Stanza

Seed Round in 2015
Stanza is an internet company that creates own events calendars, and share with family, friends, and beyond. The company empowers people and organizations to create their own event calendars, subscribe, and share. To date, 6M+ fans have found and synced over 315M events via Stanza. Notable publishers include NBA, NHL, and NFL teams, FOX Sports, Billboard, Warner Brothers, and thousands more. These organizations can also distribute content and video across Stanza’s network of nearly 200M monthly page views. Stanza smart Add to Calendar button is easy to embed in any business' website/mobile app and offers its audience a two-click process to sync future events with any calendar. The product includes a dashboard that lets businesses modify their events on the fly, track links and eventually drive transactions.

PacketZoom

Seed Round in 2015
PacketZoom, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in cloud services aimed at enhancing mobile application performance. Founded in 2013, the company has developed an end-to-end solution for analyzing, detecting, and resolving networking issues in real time, without requiring changes to the app code. PacketZoom's offerings include a mobile content delivery network that optimizes cloud file transfers, supports large dynamic content, and accelerates the performance of mobile games, shopping, travel, and news applications. Its solutions, such as mobile express lane and mobile IQ, are designed to improve mobile reliability and speed, ultimately providing valuable insights into app performance for developers and users alike. As of October 2018, PacketZoom operates as a subsidiary of Roblox Corporation.

Memoir

Series A in 2014
Memoir transforms your photos, the places you go, and your social media into memories that can be relived when they’re most interesting to you. As soon as you request them, the photos your friends choose to share with you become part of your Memoir seamlessly. You can find memories and photos by people, places, dates, context, and more - no tagging or organization required. Memoir discovers photos and memories wherever they were created - iPhone cameras, DSLR's, Instagram, Facebook, Foursquare - even on your computer. With Memoir, all of your photos and memories are backed up securely to the cloud.

PacketZoom

Seed Round in 2014
PacketZoom, Inc. is a technology company based in San Mateo, California, that specializes in cloud services aimed at enhancing mobile application performance. Founded in 2013, the company has developed an end-to-end solution for analyzing, detecting, and resolving networking issues in real time, without requiring changes to the app code. PacketZoom's offerings include a mobile content delivery network that optimizes cloud file transfers, supports large dynamic content, and accelerates the performance of mobile games, shopping, travel, and news applications. Its solutions, such as mobile express lane and mobile IQ, are designed to improve mobile reliability and speed, ultimately providing valuable insights into app performance for developers and users alike. As of October 2018, PacketZoom operates as a subsidiary of Roblox Corporation.

Stanza

Venture Round in 2014
Stanza is an internet company that creates own events calendars, and share with family, friends, and beyond. The company empowers people and organizations to create their own event calendars, subscribe, and share. To date, 6M+ fans have found and synced over 315M events via Stanza. Notable publishers include NBA, NHL, and NFL teams, FOX Sports, Billboard, Warner Brothers, and thousands more. These organizations can also distribute content and video across Stanza’s network of nearly 200M monthly page views. Stanza smart Add to Calendar button is easy to embed in any business' website/mobile app and offers its audience a two-click process to sync future events with any calendar. The product includes a dashboard that lets businesses modify their events on the fly, track links and eventually drive transactions.

Picturelife

Series A in 2012
The Picturelife team is a group of accomplished software engineers and designers that came together to solve a frustrating problem that everyone has: keeping our pictures safe and secure. It takes a fraction of a second to capture a memory that's meant to last forever, but just an instant to lose it to a thief, data corruption, or natural disaster. That’s why we built Picturelife. We’ve been working hard to make Picturelife the service we always wanted. We want our pictures safely backed because we're afraid of losing them. We value our privacy so we built Picturelife to be private and secure by default. And we're always on the go, so we made Picturelife accessible from any computer or device with an Internet connection.

Gigwalk

Series A in 2012
Gigwalk, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in mobile workforce management solutions. Founded in 2010, Gigwalk offers two primary services: Gigwalk Enterprise and Gigwalkers. Gigwalk Enterprise provides businesses with tools to manage distributed teams, track worker availability, assign jobs, and direct resources efficiently. Meanwhile, Gigwalkers serves as an on-demand workforce solution, leveraging a network of 1.2 million freelancers to facilitate crowdsourced data collection. This allows companies to gain insights into on-the-ground conditions at critical locations for their operations. The company is supported by various investors, including August Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, and Greylock Discovery, among others.

Gradient X

Seed Round in 2012
Gradient X is a programmatic marketing platform specifically designed for mobile advertising. It leverages advanced technologies to enable advertisers to effectively utilize mobile media, addressing the challenges marketers have faced in this space. Built by industry veterans, the platform aims to bring the capabilities of mobile advertising in line with more established channels, thereby enhancing advertising performance. Gradient X operates on a cloud-based infrastructure that integrates emerging technologies and strategies tailored for the mobile environment. The company has garnered significant investment, raising $3.75 million in 2012 from a variety of institutional firms and angel investors, reflecting the confidence in its potential to transform mobile advertising.

Picturelife

Debt Financing in 2011
The Picturelife team is a group of accomplished software engineers and designers that came together to solve a frustrating problem that everyone has: keeping our pictures safe and secure. It takes a fraction of a second to capture a memory that's meant to last forever, but just an instant to lose it to a thief, data corruption, or natural disaster. That’s why we built Picturelife. We’ve been working hard to make Picturelife the service we always wanted. We want our pictures safely backed because we're afraid of losing them. We value our privacy so we built Picturelife to be private and secure by default. And we're always on the go, so we made Picturelife accessible from any computer or device with an Internet connection.

Pocket River

Angel Round in 2011
Pocket River is a producer of mobile games. They are game publishing, marketing, and ongoing support services. They provide both players and developers with the best possible service. They are working with numerous developers to bring great titles to life on the iOS and Android platforms.

Gigwalk

Seed Round in 2011
Gigwalk, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in mobile workforce management solutions. Founded in 2010, Gigwalk offers two primary services: Gigwalk Enterprise and Gigwalkers. Gigwalk Enterprise provides businesses with tools to manage distributed teams, track worker availability, assign jobs, and direct resources efficiently. Meanwhile, Gigwalkers serves as an on-demand workforce solution, leveraging a network of 1.2 million freelancers to facilitate crowdsourced data collection. This allows companies to gain insights into on-the-ground conditions at critical locations for their operations. The company is supported by various investors, including August Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, and Greylock Discovery, among others.

Boost Media

Seed Round in 2011
Boost Media is a rapidly growing B2B SaaS company based in Silicon Valley, focused on transforming the digital advertising landscape. The company offers an optimization platform that enables advertisers to create rich, personalized advertisements at scale. By leveraging a marketplace of expert writers and designers, Boost Media helps businesses develop emotionally engaging ad creatives that enhance their advertising performance. The platform is designed to optimize ad creative across various channels, including Search, Social, Display, and Mobile, leading to significant improvements in conversion rates for enterprise advertisers. Boost Media currently manages over $300 million in advertising spend, providing valuable insights and optimization for clients across major networks and premium publisher sites. The company is actively hiring across all roles as it prepares for future growth and aims to go public.

Breezy

Angel Round in 2011
Breezy is a cloud-based mobile printing solution that enables users to print from any device to any printer, regardless of the printer's connectivity type, whether Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The platform supports a wide range of file types and maintains an updated list of available printers for each user. By utilizing the Breezy Connector software, documents are securely transmitted from a user's mobile device to the selected printer via the company's servers. This service provides a seamless and efficient mobile printing experience, ensuring that users can easily access secure printing options from anywhere.

Memoir

Seed Round in 2011
Memoir transforms your photos, the places you go, and your social media into memories that can be relived when they’re most interesting to you. As soon as you request them, the photos your friends choose to share with you become part of your Memoir seamlessly. You can find memories and photos by people, places, dates, context, and more - no tagging or organization required. Memoir discovers photos and memories wherever they were created - iPhone cameras, DSLR's, Instagram, Facebook, Foursquare - even on your computer. With Memoir, all of your photos and memories are backed up securely to the cloud.

Giiv

Series A in 2010
Giiv is a text message gifting platform that allows users to give tangible items to other individuals instantaneously via text message delivered to the recipient's mobile device redeemable for specified items at the point-of-sale of partner retailers.
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