# Founders Committee Ventures

> Founders Committee Ventures is a VC fund backing FinTech and E-Commerce. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founderscommittee
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/FoundersCommitt
- Website: https://founderscommittee.com

Founders Committee Ventures is a VC fund in New York focused on FinTech and E-Commerce. Founders Committee is a syndicate fund & a group of entrepreneurs who invest in great teams that actively help make a difference.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Founders Committee Ventures. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Founders Committee Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/founders-committee?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 11% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 11% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 11% |
| Gift | 1 | 5% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 26% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 26% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 47% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Merja | General Partner | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-merja |
| Christina Yeung | Head of AdTech | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christina-yeung |
| David Saunders | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-saunders-19af |
| Jonathan Schlossberg | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-schlossberg |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Otherwise Brewing | San Francisco's first gluten-free brewery |  | Seed | Aug 12, 2023 |  |
| Bits | Bits set up automatic investments at regular intervals within the Bits app to strengthen the value of your micro-investments. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| Kredibank | Kredi is a neo bank building Africa's one-stop shop for digital financial services. Kredi is a platform that eliminates all the challenges of using multiple applications and allows users to manage all aspects of their financial lives. We are fully licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. We provide access to digital financial services such assavings, credit, payment, investments, and insurance to all consumers in Nigeria in one place. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 02, 2022 |  |
| EvaBot | Eva is the easiest way to send personalized corporate gifts at scale. Never worry about preferences or delivery details again. Just cc Eva in an email or chat on Slack.Eva's machine intelligence matches hip product companies with the unique interests and attributes of the gift recipient. The result is a perfect automated gift from acurated list of vendors. | $8.3M | Series A | Jul 28, 2022 |  |
| EvaBot | Eva is the easiest way to send personalized corporate gifts at scale. Never worry about preferences or delivery details again. Just cc Eva in an email or chat on Slack.Eva's machine intelligence matches hip product companies with the unique interests and attributes of the gift recipient. The result is a perfect automated gift from acurated list of vendors. |  | Seed | Feb 11, 2022 |  |
| Tribevest | Tribevest is a subscription online platform that makes it 10x easier for investor groups to collaborate, formalize, bank, pool capital, and buy private investments together. Common financial goals include Single-Family Rental real estate and Vacation Homes.The team is based in Columbus, OH, and is led by seasoned entrepreneurs with deepexpertise in marketplaces and payments. Travis Smith (Enterprise Payments @ Jack Henry), Zach Bowers, (FuelDrop, Founder), Josh Wilson, Larry Scott (ScriptDrop Founder), Kerry Dixon, Ph.D. (OSU, Professor), and Pete Kight (CheckFree, Founder/CEO $4.5B exit to Fiserv) | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| EvaBot | Eva is the easiest way to send personalized corporate gifts at scale. Never worry about preferences or delivery details again. Just cc Eva in an email or chat on Slack.Eva's machine intelligence matches hip product companies with the unique interests and attributes of the gift recipient. The result is a perfect automated gift from acurated list of vendors. |  | Series A | Jan 06, 2022 |  |
| EvaBot | Eva is the easiest way to send personalized corporate gifts at scale. Never worry about preferences or delivery details again. Just cc Eva in an email or chat on Slack.Eva's machine intelligence matches hip product companies with the unique interests and attributes of the gift recipient. The result is a perfect automated gift from acurated list of vendors. |  |  | Jan 06, 2022 |  |
| US Bitcoin Corp | US Bitcoin Corporation builds and operates the data centers securing the bitcoin network. It is committed to sustainably managing its operations through the use of low- and no-carbon sources of energy. It is a provider of bitcoin mining services offering cost-effective mining, enabling consumers to have access to feasible mining services. |  | Series B | Sep 10, 2021 |  |
| Tribevest | Tribevest is a subscription online platform that makes it 10x easier for investor groups to collaborate, formalize, bank, pool capital, and buy private investments together. Common financial goals include Single-Family Rental real estate and Vacation Homes.The team is based in Columbus, OH, and is led by seasoned entrepreneurs with deepexpertise in marketplaces and payments. Travis Smith (Enterprise Payments @ Jack Henry), Zach Bowers, (FuelDrop, Founder), Josh Wilson, Larry Scott (ScriptDrop Founder), Kerry Dixon, Ph.D. (OSU, Professor), and Pete Kight (CheckFree, Founder/CEO $4.5B exit to Fiserv) |  | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Founders Committee Ventures invest in?

Founders Committee Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, E-Commerce and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 19 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 Committee Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Founders Committee Ventures?

The team at Founders Committee Ventures includes Daniel Merja (General Partner), Christina Yeung (Head of AdTech) and David Saunders (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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