# Founders Circle Capital

> Founders Circle Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Enterprise Software. See 62 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 62
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 32%
- Fund size: $355M
- Last fund: Mar 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-circle-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/founderscc
- Website: http://www.founderscircle.com

Founders Circle Capital is a growth-stage investment firm that focuses on investing in people.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Founders Circle Capital. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Founders Circle Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/founders-circle-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 21 | 34% |
| Enterprise Software | 9 | 15% |
| SaaS | 8 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 13% |
| Analytics | 7 | 11% |

131 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Secondary Market | 14 | 23% |
| Series D | 11 | 18% |
| Series C | 10 | 16% |
| Series E | 8 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 45 | 73% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ken Loveless | Partnern & Co-founder | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-loveless |
| Marilu Livermore | Head of Brand and Growth & Director, Marketing & Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marilu-livermore |
| Mike Jung | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-jung |
| Andrew Boston | Investor | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-boston |
| Anthony Matusich | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-matusich |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ClickHouse | ClickHouse is an open-source column-oriented database management system that focuses on real-time analytical reporting. It enables users to execute complex SQL queries efficiently, making it suitable for applications that require fast data processing and analysis. The system is particularly effective for big data environments, allowingorganizations to manage and analyze large volumes of information seamlessly. ClickHouse supports various data ingestion methods and offers features that facilitate data warehousing and observability. Its architecture is designed to optimize performance and scalability, catering to the needs of sales teams and data analysts seeking actionable insights from their data. |  | Series C | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| Ambience Healthcare | Ambience Healthcare develops an AI operating system used for documentation, coding, and clinical workflows in healthcare settings. The company builds an AI medical scribe that captures clinician-patient conversations in real time and converts them into clinical notes. Its scribe tool includes speech recognition, real-time documentation, and AIfeatures designed to integrate with electronic medical record systems. The tool generates notes within seconds and allows customization based on user preferences. | $243M | Series C | Jul 29, 2025 |  |
| MaintainX | MaintainX is a software company that provides maintenance and asset management tools for industrial and frontline operations. Its platform helps organizations manage work orders, preventive maintenance, inspections, reporting, asset tracking, and parts inventory through a centralized digital system. The company integrates AI-powered features thatassist teams with troubleshooting, data collection, operational analysis, and predictive maintenance workflows. MaintainX is used across industries such as manufacturing, facilities management, food and beverage, retail, and distribution to improve equipment uptime and streamline maintenance processes. The platform also supports compliance and safety procedures by digitizing workflows and standardizing maintenance operations across multiple sites. | $150M | Series D | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| Hidden Level | Hidden Level provides cutting-edge technologies for passive radar and drone detection, specializing in RF spectrum signal analysis. Their technology focuses on passive radar systems designed for drone detection and airspace monitoring, serving sectors such as critical infrastructure, defense, and public safety. Hidden Level's AirspaceMonitoring Service (AMS) utilizes networks of passive sensors to detect and track various aerial vehicles, including drones, over large geographic areas. This service is designed to be compliant with Title 18 regulations, ensuring adherence to privacy laws. | $65M | Series C | Feb 03, 2025 |  |
| Kappa Biosciences | Kappa Biosciences is an early-stage biotechnology and life sciences startup with a vision to deliver big solutions to existing problems. It is currently in the R&D phase. | $8.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Clearco | Clearco is an online financial platform that provides growth capital to e-commerce and B2B companies. It utilizes proprietary software and data science models to identify high-growth funding opportunities and also offers funding in exchange for a steady revenue share of earnings. It also allows startups to avail an alternative source of funding fortheir fast-growing businesses without diluting equity. | $60M | Series D | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| Jasper | Jasper is an AI Content Platform that allows individuals and teams to leverage AI to scale their content strategies. With Jasper, anyone from individual freelancers to creators at enterprise companies can break through writer's block, repackage what they've written, create original images, and adapt their content to different formatsand languages. Jasper has been recognized as "one of America's fastest-growing private companies" by Inc. 5000.Jasper was established on January 11, 2021 by Dave Rogenmoser and John Philip Morgan in Austin, Texas. | $125M | Series A | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Jasper | Jasper is an AI platform specifically designed for marketing, enabling users to generate high-quality content at a significantly faster rate. It automates various marketing processes and enhances brand experience. The company provides tools for creating a wide range of content, including blog posts, social media updates, and marketing copy,leveraging advanced AI technology. It features a text-to-image generator that allows users to create visually appealing, on-brand images based on textual descriptions. | $125M | Series A | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Multiverse | Multiverse is a tech startup that seeks to provide an alternative to university training. Multiverse ensures young people have access to the best career-focused apprenticeships on offer.Multiverse empowers and supports people to create their own realities as they journey through a fulfilling career. Multiverse is a true alternative to a one-trackuniversity route and often uninspiring corporate training. | $220M | Series D | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| Multiverse | Multiverse is a tech startup that seeks to provide an alternative to university training. Multiverse ensures young people have access to the best career-focused apprenticeships on offer.Multiverse empowers and supports people to create their own realities as they journey through a fulfilling career. Multiverse is a true alternative to a one-trackuniversity route and often uninspiring corporate training. | $220M | Series D | Jun 08, 2022 |  |

10 of 62 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [CapitalG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [G Squared](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g-squared-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Founders Circle Capital invest in?

Founders Circle Capital invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and SaaS startups, most often at Secondary Market and Series D stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Founders Circle Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Founders Circle Capital?

The team at Founders Circle Capital includes Ken Loveless (Partnern & Co-founder), Marilu Livermore (Head of Brand and Growth & Director, Marketing & Operations) and Mike Jung (Managing Partner & Co-Founder), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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