# FoundersX Ventures

> FoundersX Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 74 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 74
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundersx-ventures/
- Website: http://www.foundersxventures.com/

FoundersX Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Established in 2016 and based in Silicon Valley, FoundersX is a deep-domain winner with investment focus on deep tech, enterprise AI and digital infrastructure. We outcompete with our deep-dive research capacity. We are an early investor in multiple tech unicorns with several home runs, and have over 20 high growth companies valued at over $100M.We have highly competitive deal flows and high hit rate. Our firm is featured on the WSJ and Business Insider as a pioneering tech VC.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$7.6M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$1.4M |
| Series A | $5M–$38M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 18 | 24% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 12% |
| FinTech | 8 | 11% |
| Biotechnology | 8 | 11% |

88 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 43 | 58% |
| Series A | 9 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 7% |
| Series B | 2 | 3% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 39 | 53% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 5% |
| Nigeria | 3 | 4% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Mexico | 2 | 3% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Helen Liang | Founder & Managing Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helen-liang |
| Kevin Shey | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-shey |
| Benjamin Xu | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjiamin-xu |
| Tom Kosnik | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-kosnik |
| Tom Kosnik | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-kosnik-6ef6 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Idilio | Idilio TV is a media‑tech startup building an AI‑powered microdrama platform primarily for Spanish‑ and Portuguese‑speaking audiences. | $5.5M | Seed | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| Turion Space | Turion Space provides a spacecraft to remove orbital debris and services to existing satellites. The spacecraft will rendezvous and dock with current satellites and large debris objects using vision sensors and robotic arms. Utilizing the onboard propulsion system, the spacecraft will either deorbit or change the orbit of the debris object orsatellite. | $75M | Series B | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Glyphic Biotechnologies | We sequence proteins. Glyphic Biotechnologies is a biotechnology startup revolutionizing the field of proteomics. While DNA can reveal biological insights, proteins actually tell us what our bodies will do. We are developing a first-of-its-kind, next-generation protein sequencing platform to enable researchers to gain novel insights into biologyand disease. | $38M | Series A | Sep 26, 2025 |  |
| Kontigo | We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app. | $20M | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Arintra | Arintra provides an AI-powered autonomous medical coding platform to streamline hospital and clinic revenue cycle management. The platform processes clinical documentation to generate accurate diagnostic and procedural codes (e.g., ICD‑10, CPT) within electronic health records like Epic or Cerner, requiring zero manual input. It offers explainableaudit trails and analytics dashboards that track coding accuracy, denial trends, and workflow efficiency. Clients report measurable improvements such as a 5% increase in revenue and over 50% reduction in aged accounts receivable days following implementation. | $21M | Series A | Aug 14, 2025 |  |
| Mbodi AI | Teach robots new skills through natural language and run reliably in production in minutes. Mbodi combines generative AI, agent orchestration, and symbolic reasoning, turning everyday language and quick demos into precise, reliable robot actions for industrial automation. |  | Seed | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| Alinea | Alinea is a mobile investing platform that enables users to invest in stocks and exchange-traded funds. The platform allows users to create curated playlists of investments, offering a structured way to diversify portfolios based on interests and themes. Alinea provides tools to automate investing through recurring contributions and supports usersin making financial decisions by presenting relevant insights. The platform also includes a social component, where users can view and share investment strategies with peers. Alinea targets individuals seeking a simplified approach to personal finance and investing. The app is designed for those looking to start investing without requiring advanced financial knowledge. Alinea operates as a self-directed investment service with an emphasis on thematic and goal-based investing. | $16.1M | Series A | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Solve Intelligence | We use AI to help you write high-quality patents quickly. We do this by providing a simple in-browser document editor that any patent attorney or inventor can start using straight away.Our product can help with all stages of the patent life cycle, from drafting and filing to prosecution and opposition.If you are an an inventor, a patentattorney, or even just an enthusiast interested in the intersection of AI and intellectual property, we would love to hear from you: https://www.solveintelligence.com/contact | $12M | Series A | Apr 09, 2025 |  |
| Martin | Your personal voice AI. | $2M | Seed | Jan 30, 2025 |  |
| FS2 Business | FS2 Business is a technology company. | $2.6M | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |

10 of 74 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does FoundersX Ventures invest in?

FoundersX Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 74 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 FoundersX Ventures's check size?

FoundersX Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$7.6M at Seed, $500k–$1.4M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$38M 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 FoundersX Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact FoundersX Ventures?

Public channels for FoundersX Ventures include LinkedIn 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 FoundersX Ventures?

The team at FoundersX Ventures includes Helen Liang (Founder & Managing Partner), Kevin Shey (Venture Partner) and Benjamin Xu (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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