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Founders Circle Capital

Founders Chris Albinson Ken Loveless Mark Dempster Mike Jung

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Total investments 62
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$70M
Portfolio companies 43
Rounds per year 5.64
Lead investments 14
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 27
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Late Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Enterprise Software
  • Internet
  • Information Technology
  • Mobile
Summary

Founders Circle Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2012. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Francisco.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 participants. Despite the Founders Circle Capital, startups are often financed by Atlas Venture, .406 Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Accomplice, Shasta Ventures, SharesPost Investment Management. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SharesPost Investment Management, Salesforce Ventures, Wellington Management.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight DocuSign, AppDynamics, Twilio. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Information Technology, Cyber Security.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 62 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Comparing to the other companies, this Founders Circle Capital performs on 13 percentage points more the average number of lead investments. When the investment is from Founders Circle Capital the average startup value is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. The top activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The current fund was established by Chris Albinson, Ken Loveless, Mike Jung. The overall number of key employees were 3.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Jasper

Advertising
Artificial Intelligence
Content
$125M18 Oct 2022 Austin, Texas, United States

SeekOut

Artificial Intelligence
Recruiting
SaaS
Software
$115M12 Jan 2022 Washington, United States

Hologram

Cloud Data Services
Communication Hardware
Developer Tools
Internet of Things
Mobile Devices
Telecommunications
$6M30 Nov 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Hologram

Cloud Data Services
Communication Hardware
Developer Tools
Internet of Things
Mobile Devices
Telecommunications
$66M02 Aug 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

SonderMind

Health Care
Marketplace
mHealth
Software
Therapeutics
Wellness
$150M28 Jul 2021 Denver, Colorado, United States

Clearco

E-Commerce
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Venture Capital
$99M20 Apr 2021 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Molekule

Health Care
Product Design
Wellness
$58M25 Feb 2020 San Francisco, California, United States

Algolia

Cloud Computing
Developer APIs
Developer Platform
Product Search
SaaS
Search Engine
Semantic Search
Software
Vertical Search
$110M15 Oct 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Splice

Collaboration
Media and Entertainment
Music
$57M20 Mar 2019 New York, New York, United States
News
Mobile Premier League Raises Series E Financing; Valued at $2.3 Billion

– Mobile Premier League, the Asian largest esports and skill gaming platform, raised its Series E round of financing at a pre-money valuation of $2.3b.
– The round was led by Legatum Capital with participation from existing investors Sequoia, SIG, RTP Global, Go-Ventures, Moore Strategic Ventures, Play Ventures, Base Partners, Telstra Ventures, and Founders Circle Capital.
– The new investment will be used to finance the company’s global expansion and invest in its technology.

SonderMind Raises $150M in Series C Funding

– SonderMind Inc. from Denver, CO develops behavioral health technology to improve mental health clinical outcomes.
– Company closed $150m Series C financing.
– The round was co-led by new investors Drive Capital and Premji Invest with participation from General Catalyst, Partners Group, Smash Ventures, Kickstart Fund, F-Prime Capital, Founders Circle Capital, Zoma Foundation and FCA Venture Partners.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate the company’s expansion into all 50 states.

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Total investments 62
Average round size 70M
Rounds per year 5.64
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 14
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 27
Group Appearance index 0.66

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Jasper

Advertising
Artificial Intelligence
Content
$125M18 Oct 2022 Austin, Texas, United States

SeekOut

Artificial Intelligence
Recruiting
SaaS
Software
$115M12 Jan 2022 Washington, United States

Hologram

Cloud Data Services
Communication Hardware
Developer Tools
Internet of Things
Mobile Devices
Telecommunications
$6M30 Nov 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Hologram

Cloud Data Services
Communication Hardware
Developer Tools
Internet of Things
Mobile Devices
Telecommunications
$66M02 Aug 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

SonderMind

Health Care
Marketplace
mHealth
Software
Therapeutics
Wellness
$150M28 Jul 2021 Denver, Colorado, United States

Clearco

E-Commerce
Financial Services
FinTech
Internet
Venture Capital
$99M20 Apr 2021 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Molekule

Health Care
Product Design
Wellness
$58M25 Feb 2020 San Francisco, California, United States

Algolia

Cloud Computing
Developer APIs
Developer Platform
Product Search
SaaS
Search Engine
Semantic Search
Software
Vertical Search
$110M15 Oct 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Splice

Collaboration
Media and Entertainment
Music
$57M20 Mar 2019 New York, New York, United States
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