Founder Collective

Founder Collective, established in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in New York, is a venture capital firm managed by entrepreneurs who have founded and sold technology companies. The firm focuses on seed-stage investments in technology-related companies across the United States, with a preference for the Boston and New York regions. Founder Collective aims to provide a user-friendly approach to venture capital, advising entrepreneurs to raise the least amount of money necessary to maintain control of their firms. The firm manages multiple funds, including Founder Collective I, II, III, and IV, investing between $0.2 to $2 million per round, primarily in the software and information technology sectors.

Joe DeFilippi

Partner and CFO

Noah Glass

Partner

Jack Groetzinger

Founder Partner

Amanda Herson

General Partner

Zach Klein

Founder Partner

Eric Paley

General Partner

Brent Willess

Principal

Past deals in Photography

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.

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.

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.

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.

Open Places

Seed Round in 2010
Open Places is a company that develops an open network of high-quality information about various locations, curated by writers and photographers globally. This platform promotes neighborhoods, towns, and regions, fostering a connection between travelers and locals. Open Places creates social content platforms for iOS and Android, which engage users by leveraging mobile actions linked to social media, while also building email and push notification lists for targeted communications. The company offers the Trazzler application, allowing users to discover nearby places and collaborate with editors on editorial content. Open Places provides opportunities for writers and photographers to receive assignments, collaborate with professionals, win awards, and enhance their portfolios. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including nonprofits, public radio stations, parks, schools, tourism bureaus, and various approved organizations. Incorporated in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Open Places was previously known as Trazzler, Inc.

Open Places

Seed Round in 2009
Open Places is a company that develops an open network of high-quality information about various locations, curated by writers and photographers globally. This platform promotes neighborhoods, towns, and regions, fostering a connection between travelers and locals. Open Places creates social content platforms for iOS and Android, which engage users by leveraging mobile actions linked to social media, while also building email and push notification lists for targeted communications. The company offers the Trazzler application, allowing users to discover nearby places and collaborate with editors on editorial content. Open Places provides opportunities for writers and photographers to receive assignments, collaborate with professionals, win awards, and enhance their portfolios. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including nonprofits, public radio stations, parks, schools, tourism bureaus, and various approved organizations. Incorporated in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Open Places was previously known as Trazzler, Inc.

DailyBooth

Seed Round in 2009
DailyBooth is a social networking platform that allows users to share photos and status updates in real-time. The service enables individuals to connect with friends by following their activities and sharing visual moments, creating an interactive environment for personal expression and communication. By focusing on real-time updates, DailyBooth provides a dynamic way for users to engage with their social circles through the sharing of images and status messages.
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