Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across multiple stages, from seed to late-stage. It pursues transformative technologies and follows a founder-friendly investment approach that provides substantial support with minimal interference. The firm invests in ventures solving difficult problems across sectors such as aerospace and transportation, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, healthcare, biotechnology, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer internet, software, robotics, and related technology fields. It has backed notable companies early, including SpaceX, Palantir, and Facebook, reflecting a history of partnering with ambitious founders to scale breakthrough technologies.

Lauren Gross

Partner and COO

Bridget Harris

Associate

Joey Krug

Partner

Jeffrey Lonsdale

Managing Director, Asia

John Luttig

Partner

Past deals in Pets

The Animal Age

Seed Round in 2023
The Animal Age is a company specializing in a metaverse pet cultivation service. It combines blockchain technology, games, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and metaverse scenes to create a novel pet-raising experience. The platform is an animal-themed virtual world where users can adopt and care for pets, earning NFTs and growth rewards through daily objectives and social activities.

Modern Animal

Series C in 2022
Modern Animal is a veterinary platform and clinic operator based in Los Angeles that combines in-clinic care with at-home services and a mobile app. The company provides general and preventive veterinary care, including wellness visits, vaccinations, parasite prevention, routine labs, dental care, and surgeries such as spays and mass removals, along with diagnostics like ultrasound and radiology, and nutritional and behavioral assessments. Through its platform, clients can access unlimited exams, 24/7 virtual care, in-app prescription requests and delivery, and flexible options such as walk-in and drop-off visits. The business supports a membership model designed to deepen relationships among doctors, pets and owners while leveraging technology and design to improve access, convenience and the overall pet-care experience.

Modern Animal

Series A in 2021
Modern Animal is a veterinary platform and clinic operator based in Los Angeles that combines in-clinic care with at-home services and a mobile app. The company provides general and preventive veterinary care, including wellness visits, vaccinations, parasite prevention, routine labs, dental care, and surgeries such as spays and mass removals, along with diagnostics like ultrasound and radiology, and nutritional and behavioral assessments. Through its platform, clients can access unlimited exams, 24/7 virtual care, in-app prescription requests and delivery, and flexible options such as walk-in and drop-off visits. The business supports a membership model designed to deepen relationships among doctors, pets and owners while leveraging technology and design to improve access, convenience and the overall pet-care experience.

Modern Animal

Series B in 2021
Modern Animal is a veterinary platform and clinic operator based in Los Angeles that combines in-clinic care with at-home services and a mobile app. The company provides general and preventive veterinary care, including wellness visits, vaccinations, parasite prevention, routine labs, dental care, and surgeries such as spays and mass removals, along with diagnostics like ultrasound and radiology, and nutritional and behavioral assessments. Through its platform, clients can access unlimited exams, 24/7 virtual care, in-app prescription requests and delivery, and flexible options such as walk-in and drop-off visits. The business supports a membership model designed to deepen relationships among doctors, pets and owners while leveraging technology and design to improve access, convenience and the overall pet-care experience.

Modern Animal

Seed Round in 2019
Modern Animal is a veterinary platform and clinic operator based in Los Angeles that combines in-clinic care with at-home services and a mobile app. The company provides general and preventive veterinary care, including wellness visits, vaccinations, parasite prevention, routine labs, dental care, and surgeries such as spays and mass removals, along with diagnostics like ultrasound and radiology, and nutritional and behavioral assessments. Through its platform, clients can access unlimited exams, 24/7 virtual care, in-app prescription requests and delivery, and flexible options such as walk-in and drop-off visits. The business supports a membership model designed to deepen relationships among doctors, pets and owners while leveraging technology and design to improve access, convenience and the overall pet-care experience.

Wild Earth

Series A in 2019
Wild Earth is a technology-driven pet food company that develops plant-based, clean-protein diets for pets. It aims to provide healthier nutrition that is more humane and environmentally sustainable than conventional pet foods. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, Wild Earth emphasizes science-based formulations to meet pets' nutritional needs while reducing environmental impact.

Wild Earth

Seed Round in 2018
Wild Earth is a technology-driven pet food company that develops plant-based, clean-protein diets for pets. It aims to provide healthier nutrition that is more humane and environmentally sustainable than conventional pet foods. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, Wild Earth emphasizes science-based formulations to meet pets' nutritional needs while reducing environmental impact.

Shadow

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Shadow operates a community-led application that helps reunite lost pets, particularly dogs, with their owners in the United States. It partners with animal shelters and rescue organizations to gather and augment dog photos with images from social media, and it employs artificial intelligence to identify potential matches from nearby shelters or the web. A network of volunteers reviews shelter photographs and broadcasts missing posters through social media to broaden reach and increase recovery chances. The platform also enables owners to post a photo of a missing pet to the community, generating a personalized step-by-step action plan and alerts to mobilize neighbors in the search.
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