# Founder Collective

> Founder Collective is a VC fund in Cambridge backing Software and Internet. See 378 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 378
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 6%
- Fund size: $85M
- Last fund: May 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/349075?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A349075%2Cidx%3A2-1-4%2CtarId%3A1441405914518%2Ctas%3AFounder%20Collective
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/fcollective
- Website: http://foundercollective.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foundercollective?fref=ts

Founder Collective is a VC fund in Cambridge focused on Software and Internet. Each Founder Collective partner has founded and sold a technology company. The company we wish had existed when we first started out is what we hope to create with Founder Collective. We offer a user guide for managing the risky commodity known as venture capital. The company believes that in order to advance their firms and maintain control,entrepreneurs should aim to raise the least amount of money possible.Founder Collective was established on May 22, 2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$7M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 68 | 18% |
| Internet | 38 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 31 | 8% |
| SaaS | 24 | 6% |
| Health Care | 24 | 6% |

291 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 168 | 44% |
| Series A | 90 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 27 | 7% |
| Series B | 13 | 3% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 225 | 60% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| Israel | 4 | 1% |
| India | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 3 | 1% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Tamplin | Founder Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-tamplin |
| Zach Klein | Founder and Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zach-klein |
| Amanda Herson | Seed Investor | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amanda-herson |
| Andy Palmer | Founder and Partner | 25 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-palmer-2 |
| Dan Sommer | Founder Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-sommer |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ficus | Modern life insurance payouts | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | May 29, 2026 |  |
| Windmill | Windmill is an information technology company that provides a tools for reviews, feedback, goal tracking and manage people, performance. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 28, 2026 |  |
| Rebar | Rebar is a construction technology company that develops AI-powered estimating software for HVAC equipment suppliers and representative firms. Its platform helps teams automate HVAC takeoffs, the process of reviewing building plans, to identify and count equipment needed for a project. The company’s software uses artificial intelligence to analyzeconstruction drawings and automatically tag and quantify HVAC components such as dampers, diffusers, and other equipment. This reduces the manual work involved in estimating and enables teams to generate project estimates much faster.In addition to automated takeoffs, the platform provides tools for tracking estimating performance, analyzing market specifications, and monitoring bidding activity to help HVAC suppliers make more informed sales and product decisions. It focuses on bringing AI-driven automation to the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector by streamlining complex estimation workflows for HVAC businesses. | $14M | Series A | Mar 10, 2026 |  |
| Shellworks | Shellworks is a biomaterials company that develops and manufactures a bio-based material that offers a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics. The company’s technology converts natural raw materials into polymers that can be used in packaging, consumer goods, and other applications where traditional plastics are commonly employed. Vivomeris engineered to provide similar functional properties as conventional plastics while offering improved environmental performance through biodegradability or compostability. Shellworks focuses on integrating its materials into manufacturing processes, collaborating with companies seeking to reduce plastic waste and transition to renewable, circular solutions. Through its research, development, and production of bio-based polymers, the company aims to enable practical, eco-friendly material alternatives across multiple industries. | $15M | Series A | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| tofu | tofu is an online marketplace for founders, hiring managers, and talent team leaders to find talent. | $3.6M | Seed | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| Radial | Radial provides new medical treatments for mental conditions including treatments like neuromodulation and rapid acting medications. | $50M | Series A | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Ezeebit | Ezeebit is a payment solutions provider that enables African merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments both in-store and online. The platform processes transactions quickly and automatically converts the cryptocurrency into stablecoins to eliminate volatility risk. Funds are then settled into the merchant's local currency account, typicallySouth African Rand (ZAR), on the next business day. The company offers multi-currency support for popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum and maintains compliance with financial regulatory bodies. | $2.1M | Seed | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| Pantherun Technologies | Pantherun is a fabless semiconductor Cyber Security company that provides technology that can encrypt data without any drop in speed of communication. There is no discernible change to the packet structure. This enables all devices to seamlessly encrypt and transmit data, thus defeating the hacker’s attempts to get anything meaningful from a devicethat employs Pantherun’s encryption approach.To propagate, demonstrate and give customers a reference point for testing and working with our chip IP, we build complete products, targeting few segments like IOT and Commuter safety and information in Industrial sectors like Railway, Smart City and Road Safety that are US$17 Billion a year markets with CAGR of 6%.We see ourselves providing products to prove our IP, thus reaching market acceptance quicker, with the aim to license our IP to the entire microprocessor markets. | $12M | Series A | Oct 10, 2025 |  |
| Appy.AI | Appy.AI platform enables anyone to build complete AI businesses through natural conversation without coding. | $5M | Seed | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| Iris Finance | Iris Finance provides operators and investors with the necessary information about a company's financial performance in real-time, enabling them to make informed future plans. | $6.2M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |

10 of 378 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Founder Collective invest in?

Founder Collective invests primarily in Software, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 378 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Founder Collective's check size?

Founder Collective typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$7M at Seed and $1.4M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Founder Collective participates in.

### How do I contact Founder Collective?

Public channels for Founder Collective include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Founder Collective?

The team at Founder Collective includes James Tamplin (Founder Partner), Zach Klein (Founder and Partner) and Amanda Herson (Seed Investor), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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