Founder Collective

Founded in 2009, Founder Collective is a venture capital firm with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and an additional office in New York City. The firm specializes in seed-stage investments, primarily targeting technology-related companies across the United States. It is a Registered Investment Adviser and manages approximately $50 million in assets. Founder Collective operates several funds, including early-stage venture capital funds co-managed with Koa Labs. While the firm is open to various industries, it shows a preference for investments with an information technology component. The firm's approach is driven by a team of successful entrepreneurs who leverage their expertise to identify promising opportunities in the technology sector.

Elliot Cohen

Founder Partner

Joe DeFilippi

CFO

David Frankel

General Partner

Jack Groetzinger

Founder Partner

Amanda Herson

Seed Investor

Zach Klein

Founder Partner

Eric Paley

General Partner

Dan Sommer

Founder Partner

Brent Willess

Principal

Past deals in Spam Filtering

Smyte

Series A in 2017
Smyte Inc. provides Software-as-a-Service solution offering trust and safety as a service for websites and mobile apps. Its solutions blends manual heuristics, machine learning, and proprietary reputation data to help trust and safety and risk teams proactively stop spam, fraud, bots, phishing, harassment, and account takeover. The company serves enterprises, marketplaces, and social networks. Smyte Inc. was formerly known as Authbox, Inc. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of June 30, 2018, Smyte Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.

Smyte

Seed Round in 2015
Smyte Inc. provides Software-as-a-Service solution offering trust and safety as a service for websites and mobile apps. Its solutions blends manual heuristics, machine learning, and proprietary reputation data to help trust and safety and risk teams proactively stop spam, fraud, bots, phishing, harassment, and account takeover. The company serves enterprises, marketplaces, and social networks. Smyte Inc. was formerly known as Authbox, Inc. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of June 30, 2018, Smyte Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.

Smyte

Seed Round in 2014
Smyte Inc. provides Software-as-a-Service solution offering trust and safety as a service for websites and mobile apps. Its solutions blends manual heuristics, machine learning, and proprietary reputation data to help trust and safety and risk teams proactively stop spam, fraud, bots, phishing, harassment, and account takeover. The company serves enterprises, marketplaces, and social networks. Smyte Inc. was formerly known as Authbox, Inc. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of June 30, 2018, Smyte Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.

Sift

Series A in 2013
Sift is a technology company specializing in fraud detection and prevention through its advanced machine learning platform. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, Sift's software helps businesses monitor their online traffic in real-time, providing instant alerts for fraudulent activities. The platform enables clients to send various events to receive fraud scores, utilizing a JavaScript snippet to capture on-page activities and a REST API for reporting transactions. In addition to its fraud prevention services, Sift operates as an online publisher, managing a portfolio of business communities and providing website solutions to a range of organizations, including accounting firms in the UK. With a commitment to digital trust and safety, Sift supports companies in unlocking revenue while mitigating risks associated with fraud.

Sift

Seed Round in 2011
Sift is a technology company specializing in fraud detection and prevention through its advanced machine learning platform. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, California, Sift's software helps businesses monitor their online traffic in real-time, providing instant alerts for fraudulent activities. The platform enables clients to send various events to receive fraud scores, utilizing a JavaScript snippet to capture on-page activities and a REST API for reporting transactions. In addition to its fraud prevention services, Sift operates as an online publisher, managing a portfolio of business communities and providing website solutions to a range of organizations, including accounting firms in the UK. With a commitment to digital trust and safety, Sift supports companies in unlocking revenue while mitigating risks associated with fraud.
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