Founder Collective
Founder Collective is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an office in New York. It focuses on seed- and early-stage technology companies, investing primarily in software, information technology, and TMT sectors across the United States and globally. The firm was established by successful entrepreneurs who have built and exited companies, and it emphasizes a founder-friendly approach that aims to minimize capital requirements while supporting portfolio companies. Although industry-agnostic, Founder Collective prefers opportunities with an information technology component and pursues a hands-on, founder-oriented investment style through multiple co-managed funds.
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Smyte
Series A in 2017
Smyte Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in trust and safety solutions for websites and mobile applications. Founded in 2014, Smyte employs a combination of manual heuristics, machine learning, and proprietary reputation data to assist organizations in proactively combating spam, fraud, bots, phishing, harassment, and account takeovers. The company caters to a diverse clientele that includes enterprises, marketplaces, and social networks, processing nearly five billion online actions each month. Smyte's automated labeling system identifies potentially malicious activities by analyzing various signals, allowing risk teams to effectively manage threats. As of June 30, 2018, Smyte operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.
Smyte
Seed Round in 2015
Smyte Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in trust and safety solutions for websites and mobile applications. Founded in 2014, Smyte employs a combination of manual heuristics, machine learning, and proprietary reputation data to assist organizations in proactively combating spam, fraud, bots, phishing, harassment, and account takeovers. The company caters to a diverse clientele that includes enterprises, marketplaces, and social networks, processing nearly five billion online actions each month. Smyte's automated labeling system identifies potentially malicious activities by analyzing various signals, allowing risk teams to effectively manage threats. As of June 30, 2018, Smyte operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.
Smyte
Seed Round in 2014
Smyte Inc. is a Software-as-a-Service company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in trust and safety solutions for websites and mobile applications. Founded in 2014, Smyte employs a combination of manual heuristics, machine learning, and proprietary reputation data to assist organizations in proactively combating spam, fraud, bots, phishing, harassment, and account takeovers. The company caters to a diverse clientele that includes enterprises, marketplaces, and social networks, processing nearly five billion online actions each month. Smyte's automated labeling system identifies potentially malicious activities by analyzing various signals, allowing risk teams to effectively manage threats. As of June 30, 2018, Smyte operates as a subsidiary of Twitter, Inc.
Burner
Series A in 2013
Burner, established in 2012 and based in Los Angeles, is a mobile software company specializing in privacy and communication management. It develops the Burner app, which allows users to obtain and manage additional, temporary phone numbers for voice, SMS, and MMS communications. Users can acquire multiple numbers, each functioning as a private line on their iPhone or Android device, and choose to keep or 'burn' (discard) them as needed. The app also offers features like SMS scam filtering and monitoring.
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