Founder Collective

Thanks is a platform designed to transform the post-purchase "thank you" page into a revenue-generating opportunity while enhancing customer engagement and brand loyalty.

Baselayer automates business risk assessment and eliminates B2B fraud for over 1,900 Financial and Government Institutions. It offers services such as business verification (KYB), fraud detection, business onboarding optimization, risk profiling, portfolio monitoring & alerting, and workflow automation. Baselayer empowers 1,900+ financial institutions, government agencies, lenders, and fintech to unlock instant trust with any business in America.

Draftboard is an online platform designed to enhance the recruitment process by allowing companies to publicly post their new-hire referral bonuses. The company specializes in human resources recruiting software that facilitates the connection between top talent and employers. Its platform provides access to open roles at leading organizations and features a referrals network that includes a unique pool of pre-qualified candidates. Draftboard also integrates with existing applicant tracking systems, enabling users to manage applications directly within their workflows. By defining incentive terms, Draftboard aims to assist companies in hiring the right individuals for specific roles, ultimately streamlining the recruitment process.

Pollen is an online platform that supports freelancers in expanding their businesses through professional development and tactical resources. It offers a range of tools, including personalized assessments, audio playbooks, and tailored growth plans, designed to help freelancers efficiently achieve their goals. Pollen facilitates connections among peers and provides access to proven processes from its expert network, enabling users to break down their objectives into manageable roadmaps that integrate seamlessly into their schedules. This approach fosters a non-performative community, encouraging freelancers to enhance their skills and attract new customers effectively.

Videowise is a video review application platform that automates the process of gathering and displaying product video reviews for online retail businesses. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Dover, Delaware, the platform efficiently searches, verifies, syncs, and serves video reviews sourced from various video streaming websites. It offers features such as floating widgets, a theme builder, and real-time analytics, allowing eCommerce companies to track return on investment and analyze customer engagement. By leveraging these capabilities, Videowise aims to enhance customer conversions and overall shopper experience, thereby increasing customer value for online stores.

Baselayer automates business risk assessment and eliminates B2B fraud for over 1,900 Financial and Government Institutions. It offers services such as business verification (KYB), fraud detection, business onboarding optimization, risk profiling, portfolio monitoring & alerting, and workflow automation. Baselayer empowers 1,900+ financial institutions, government agencies, lenders, and fintech to unlock instant trust with any business in America.

Pollen is an online platform that supports freelancers in expanding their businesses through professional development and tactical resources. It offers a range of tools, including personalized assessments, audio playbooks, and tailored growth plans, designed to help freelancers efficiently achieve their goals. Pollen facilitates connections among peers and provides access to proven processes from its expert network, enabling users to break down their objectives into manageable roadmaps that integrate seamlessly into their schedules. This approach fosters a non-performative community, encouraging freelancers to enhance their skills and attract new customers effectively.

Hugo Corporation, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in cloud-based connected meeting notes software. Its primary product, the Hugo application, enables teams to collaboratively set meeting agendas, share notes, and organize insights based on participant attendance. The software facilitates the transformation of meeting notes into actionable items and includes integrations with over 20 tools such as chat, CRM, video conferencing, and project management applications. This functionality allows organizations to manage their meetings effectively, ensuring efficiency and transparency in communication and collaboration among team members.

Raise Commercial Real Estate, formerly known as HelloOffice, Inc., is a commercial real estate brokerage firm based in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. Established in 2015, the company specializes in assisting startups and high-growth companies in finding suitable office spaces. Raise Commercial Real Estate offers a comprehensive range of services, including planning (financial analysis, legal, zoning, and site selection), buildout (workplace strategy, project management, and architecture), and operations (move coordination, furniture, office management, and lease administration). The company also provides document management and commute analysis services. By combining experienced brokers with user-friendly software, Raise Commercial Real Estate aims to streamline the process of securing commercial real estate for its clients.

Lorem Technologies, Inc., established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, operates an on-demand freelance marketplace called Lorem. This platform connects non-technical business owners with skilled web developers and designers globally, facilitating swift project collaborations within 10 minutes. The company's mission is to empower business owners and promote freelancing as the future of work.

Crexi is a rapidly growing online marketplace for commercial real estate, launched in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The platform serves as a comprehensive technology and data solution for commercial real estate professionals, facilitating the management, growth, and transaction processes involved in buying, selling, and leasing properties. With millions of users, Crexi has become the most active marketplace in the industry, showcasing over 500,000 commercial listings valued at more than $1 trillion. The company provides tools for streamlined deal management, analytics, and reporting, enabling buyers, brokers, and property owners to effectively navigate the commercial property market. With a team of over 150 employees, Crexi continues to enhance its offerings to support the needs of its stakeholders in the commercial real estate sector.

Verkada Inc. is a cloud-based physical security platform company, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional location in London, United Kingdom. It provides a comprehensive suite of products, including video security cameras, access control systems, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace software, and intercoms, all integrated into a single cloud-based software platform. This platform offers real-time insights that help organizations across various sectors, such as healthcare, finance, education, retail, and government, to manage security risks and operational inefficiencies. Verkada's solutions are designed for simplicity and scalability, enabling users to address security concerns and workplace issues effectively without requiring complex configurations.

Lorem Technologies, Inc., established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, operates an on-demand freelance marketplace called Lorem. This platform connects non-technical business owners with skilled web developers and designers globally, facilitating swift project collaborations within 10 minutes. The company's mission is to empower business owners and promote freelancing as the future of work.

Troops is a developer of a revenue communications platform that enhances sales velocity, forecast accuracy, visibility, and collaboration for sales teams. The platform integrates with Salesforce to provide real-time transparency around sales data and operates as a Slackbot, enabling users to configure reports, communicate deal wins, and access information on both standard and custom Salesforce objects. By employing artificial intelligence, Troops allows users to create customizable notifications, view, and update data across various applications. This functionality helps sales teams receive actionable pipeline alerts and increases their overall sales activity.

Crexi is a rapidly growing online marketplace for commercial real estate, launched in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The platform serves as a comprehensive technology and data solution for commercial real estate professionals, facilitating the management, growth, and transaction processes involved in buying, selling, and leasing properties. With millions of users, Crexi has become the most active marketplace in the industry, showcasing over 500,000 commercial listings valued at more than $1 trillion. The company provides tools for streamlined deal management, analytics, and reporting, enabling buyers, brokers, and property owners to effectively navigate the commercial property market. With a team of over 150 employees, Crexi continues to enhance its offerings to support the needs of its stakeholders in the commercial real estate sector.

Crexi is a rapidly growing online marketplace for commercial real estate, launched in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The platform serves as a comprehensive technology and data solution for commercial real estate professionals, facilitating the management, growth, and transaction processes involved in buying, selling, and leasing properties. With millions of users, Crexi has become the most active marketplace in the industry, showcasing over 500,000 commercial listings valued at more than $1 trillion. The company provides tools for streamlined deal management, analytics, and reporting, enabling buyers, brokers, and property owners to effectively navigate the commercial property market. With a team of over 150 employees, Crexi continues to enhance its offerings to support the needs of its stakeholders in the commercial real estate sector.

Hickory is a fast-growing startup based in New York, backed by Y-Combinator. The company specializes in developing an employee training application focused on enhancing retention for Sales and Customer Service staff. Hickory's app utilizes a proprietary algorithm to predict when employees are likely to forget their training and schedules targeted review exercises tailored to individual strengths and weaknesses. This approach aims to turn staff into brand experts, ultimately saving businesses time and money by reducing the need for retraining.

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.

Experiment Engine, Inc. is a conversion optimization platform based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2014. The company focuses on enabling brands and agencies to effectively manage testing programs, scale experimentation, and measure return on investment through its user-friendly platform. Experiment Engine provides tools for planning, reviewing, and reporting on various testing projects, while also offering access to resources in design, development, copywriting, and quality assurance. Its platform facilitates testing different versions of web pages, allowing users to analyze results, prioritize experiments based on data, and refine conversion strategies. Serving sectors such as e-commerce, publishing, lead generation, and agencies, Experiment Engine aims to enhance the effectiveness of digital marketing efforts through informed decision-making and collaboration. As of 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of Optimizely, Inc.

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.

Bond Street is a startup focused on transforming small business lending through technology, data, and design. Small business owners are the foundation for growth in the economy, and yet today’s banking system has left them behind. It is building a better future where access to financing is simple, transparent, and fair. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

ThriveHive is a digital marketing agency specializing in small business growth. It offers a comprehensive Guided Marketing Platform that helps clients define business goals and implement tailored solutions optimized for return on investment (ROI). ThriveHive manages all aspects of marketing campaigns, allowing businesses to focus on core operations. The platform tracks online and offline activities, including direct mail, advertisements, email, social media, videos, and advertising words, providing custom toll-free and local numbers for lead capture and sales monitoring.

YesGraph is a developer of a referral recruiting platform that focuses on enhancing company growth through effective invite and referral flows. The platform utilizes machine learning and social graph analysis to optimize user acquisition, allowing enterprises to generate private-referral leads from their networks. By providing a user-friendly interface, YesGraph enables organizations to attract high-quality new users, streamlining the recruitment process and improving overall performance.

Sift Limited, established in 1996, is a digital media solutions provider headquartered in Bristol, UK, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and the United States. The company offers online business consultancy and services to various organizations, including member bodies, not-for-profits, publishers, and corporates. Sift's portfolio comprises nine online business communities, such as AccountingWEB and BusinessCloud9, and it organizes related face-to-face business events. Additionally, Sift provides PracticeWEB, a SaaS platform for UK accounting firms, and SiftGroups, which offers hosted online community solutions to publishers, corporates, and public sector bodies. Since 2011, Sift has expanded its services to include digital trust and safety solutions, helping over 34,000 sites and apps prevent fraud and build customer trust.

ThriveHive is a digital marketing agency specializing in small business growth. It offers a comprehensive Guided Marketing Platform that helps clients define business goals and implement tailored solutions optimized for return on investment (ROI). ThriveHive manages all aspects of marketing campaigns, allowing businesses to focus on core operations. The platform tracks online and offline activities, including direct mail, advertisements, email, social media, videos, and advertising words, providing custom toll-free and local numbers for lead capture and sales monitoring.

AI Exchange, Inc., based in Boston, Massachusetts, operates through its subsidiaries, AI Advisors and AI Exchange Technologies, to offer a web-based technology and investment advisory platform that connects the alternative investment and investment advisor markets. Founded in 2011, AI Exchange specializes in providing investment advisors and their clients access to high-quality long/short alternative investment strategies. These strategies are delivered in a liquid and transparent manner, with reasonable investment minimums, allowing clients to maintain custody of their investment assets. The company's approach aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of alternative investments for advisors and their clients.

Sift Limited, established in 1996, is a digital media solutions provider headquartered in Bristol, UK, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and the United States. The company offers online business consultancy and services to various organizations, including member bodies, not-for-profits, publishers, and corporates. Sift's portfolio comprises nine online business communities, such as AccountingWEB and BusinessCloud9, and it organizes related face-to-face business events. Additionally, Sift provides PracticeWEB, a SaaS platform for UK accounting firms, and SiftGroups, which offers hosted online community solutions to publishers, corporates, and public sector bodies. Since 2011, Sift has expanded its services to include digital trust and safety solutions, helping over 34,000 sites and apps prevent fraud and build customer trust.

PJX Media is an out-of-home advertising agency that specializes in creating and executing advertising campaigns across various formats, including billboards and transit ads. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Denver, the company utilizes advanced technology to facilitate the entire advertising process, from audience-based planning to execution and performance reporting. PJX Media offers a comprehensive suite of services, including strategic planning that leverages data to identify target markets and optimize budgets, as well as management services that ensure campaign success through proof of posting and detailed performance analysis. As a subsidiary of ADstruc, PJX Media combines industry expertise with innovative tools to enhance the effectiveness of out-of-home advertising for its clients.

Stack Overflow is an online community founded in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky, initially based in New York, later moved its headquarters to London. It provides a platform for developers and programmers to share knowledge, solve coding challenges, and collaborate on projects. The company offers several services including Stack Overflow for Teams, which facilitates mission-critical knowledge management; Stack Overflow for Talent and Jobs, focusing on hiring, recruiting, and employer branding solutions; Stack Overflow Advertising, designed to promote products and boost brand awareness; and Stack Overflow Enterprise, a secure platform for large teams to share and find critical company information.

Betaworks, established in 2007 and based in New York, is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage investments. It invests in emerging consumer behaviors and trends driven by frontier technologies, often being one of the first institutional investors. Additionally, Betaworks operates Betaworks Studios, a membership club for entrepreneurs and innovators, providing a space for networking, collaboration, and events.

Magnetic Media Online, Inc. is a digital marketing and artificial intelligence company that provides a comprehensive advertising platform for enterprises, brands, and agencies. It specializes in data-driven advertising solutions, enabling marketers to effectively find, retain, and re-engage customers across various channels and devices. The company's offerings include a media buying platform, audience targeting through AI-optimized strategies, and capabilities for video, connected television, native, and cross-device advertising. Magnetic leverages extensive data sources, including purchase intent data from over 450,000 partner sites and insights from more than 250 million shopping profiles, to deliver targeted and effective programmatic campaigns. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York City, Magnetic has established a presence in multiple U.S. cities as well as in Europe and Canada, reflecting its commitment to serving a diverse clientele across various verticals.

Big Think, Inc., established in 2007, is a New York-based company that operates a public forum and a corporate learning platform. Its primary business is to facilitate interaction with global thought leaders through idea-driven video interviews, covering a wide range of topics from arts and culture to science and technology. The company's public platform, BigThink.com, offers free access to these interviews, aiming to help individuals stay informed and think critically in a rapidly changing world. Additionally, Big Think offers a corporate learning platform called Big Think Edge, which provides Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and academic institutions with actionable video insights from leading experts. This platform is designed to help organizations attract, develop, and retain top talent by catalyzing conversations around critical 21st-century business topics.