# Founders' Co-op

> Founders' Co-op is a VC fund in Seattle backing Software and SaaS. See 170 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 170
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-co-op
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/founderscoop
- Website: http://www.founderscoop.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Founders-Co-op/149656408416775

Founders' Co-op is a seed-stage venture fund built by founders, for founders. Based in Seattle, they help the strongest entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest build companies that the best growth investors in the world choose to back. As the largest and longest-running seed-stage specialist fund in the region, they are a trusted partner toearly-stage founders and a trusted point of access to Pacific Northwest dealflow for out-of-region investors at the seed stage and beyond.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$10M |
| Series A | $1.4M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 37 | 22% |
| SaaS | 19 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 18 | 11% |
| Analytics | 16 | 9% |
| Internet | 14 | 8% |

163 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 70 | 41% |
| Series A | 34 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 15 | 9% |
| Series B | 9 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 102 | 60% |
| Canada | 4 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aviel Ginzburg | General Partner | 28 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aviel-ginzburg-2 |
| Rudy Gadre | General Partner, Fund III | 39 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rudy-gadre |
| Andy Sack | Venture Partner | 85 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-sack |
| Chris DeVore | Founding Managing Partner | 46 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-devore |
| Chris DeVore | Founding Managing Partner | 62 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-devore-dfa5 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Logcat AI | logcat.ai is an AI-native diagnostics and systems engineering platform built for OEMs, ODMs, chipmakers, and device engineering teams working across smartphones, connected vehicles, robotics, telecom equipment, and embedded hardware. The company’s proprietary Delta investigation engine deploys autonomous AI agents capable of parsing deep OSsignals—including kernel dumps, modem logs, bug reports, and dmesg files—to accurately identify root causes of system crashes or device regressions in minutes. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 17, 2026 |  |
| Logcat AI | logcat.ai is an AI-native diagnostics and systems engineering platform built for OEMs, ODMs, chipmakers, and device engineering teams working across smartphones, connected vehicles, robotics, telecom equipment, and embedded hardware. The company’s proprietary Delta investigation engine deploys autonomous AI agents capable of parsing deep OSsignals—including kernel dumps, modem logs, bug reports, and dmesg files—to accurately identify root causes of system crashes or device regressions in minutes. | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Jul 17, 2026 |  |
| Venice | Venice provides private, uncensored AI chat and image generation, with API and token-based access for developers and users. | $65M | Series A | Jul 01, 2026 |  |
| StitcherAI | StitcherAI's AI-powered FinOps data platform to expedite your FinOps journey. | $3M | Pre-Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| SageOx | SageOx develops context infrastructure that keeps humans and AI agents aligned around shared decisions and knowledge. The platform captures discussions, coding sessions, and assistant chats, then converts them into structured, searchable team memory. SageOx injects this context into AI coding agents and assistants at the start of each session sothey can follow team conventions and prior decisions. Its Ox Dot device records in‑room conversations, while the Ox CLI connects repositories and agent workflows to shared context. Ox MCP links ChatGPT, Claude, and other MCP-compatible assistants to the same memory, and Ox Console gives teams a unified view across decisions, sessions, and recordings. | $15M | Seed | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Certiv | Certiv provides a runtime assurance platform that governs AI agents running on employee endpoints. The platform discovers sanctioned and shadow agents, captures reasoning chains, tool calls, and data access, and gives teams a unified view of agent behavior. It enforces deterministic, semantic, and intent-based policies before actions execute toblock exfiltration, privilege abuse, and risky workflows. Certiv works across IDE copilots, browser agents, custom frameworks, and tools like Claude Code and OpenClaw. It serves IT, security, and engineering teams that need productivity from agents while maintaining governance and control. | $4.2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 16, 2026 |  |
| Arkero | Arkero is an AI-native operations platform tailored for professional sports businesses, such as teams in MLS, NWSL, and the English Football League. It integrates seamlessly with existing tools like ticketing systems, CRM, data warehouses, Slack, and email to automate workflows, provide real-time insights, and drive decisions. | $6M | Pre-Seed | Jan 29, 2026 |  |
| Logic AI | Logic is an AI-powered decision automation platform that enables business teams to automate recurring processes without coding. Founded in 2024 by Steve Krenzel and Jess Garms, Logic helps companies scale decision-making and manual reviews through plain English descriptions that deploy as production-ready automations. | $4.3M | Seed | Oct 20, 2025 |  |
| Aarden AI | Aarden AI is an AI platform that helps landowners research and navigate deals with developers to build data centers and others. | $4M | Seed | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Aarden AI | Aarden AI is an AI platform that helps landowners research and navigate deals with developers to build data centers and others. | $4M | Seed | Oct 09, 2025 |  |

10 of 170 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Trilogy Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trilogy-equity-partnership) — VC Fund, 16 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Voyager Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voyager-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Maveron](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maveron) — VC Fund, 8 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Founders' Co-op invest in?

Founders' Co-op invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 170 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 Founders' Co-op's check size?

Founders' Co-op typically joins rounds of $800k–$10M at Seed and $1.4M–$13M 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 Founders' Co-op participates in.

### How do I contact Founders' Co-op?

Public channels for Founders' Co-op 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 Founders' Co-op?

The team at Founders' Co-op includes Aviel Ginzburg (General Partner), Rudy Gadre (General Partner, Fund III) and Andy Sack (Venture Partner). 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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