# Founderville.VC

> Founderville.VC is a VC fund backing Software and Loyalty Programs. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Greenville, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 62%
- Fund size: $6.6M
- Last fund: Feb 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founderville/?viewAsMember=true
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/shalerhouser
- Website: http://Founderville.vc

Founderville.VC is a VC fund in Greenville focused on Software and Loyalty Programs. Founderville is a $6.6mm pre-seed B2B SaaS fund. 45 Greenville, SC-based Limited Partners are funding and mentoring the next crop of Greenville, SC-based founders.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 23% |
| Loyalty Programs | 2 | 15% |
| Media and Entertainment | 2 | 15% |
| News | 1 | 8% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 46% |
| Seed | 5 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Shaler P. Houser | Co-Founder and Partner | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ThreatCaptain | ThreatCaptain is an information technology startup that is a financial cyber risk tool tailored specifically for managed service providers. | $750K | Pre-Seed | Aug 30, 2025 |  |
| Chipp | Build a custom ChatGPT without code. Share it with your audience or sell it to build your business | $2M | Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| BenchmarkAI | BenchmarkAI makes public data accessible with AI. Our first product, Benchmark990, enables anyone to find details about every non-profit in the United States based on their tax forms, the 990 form. With simple questions, find how much a nonprofit makes, who has donated, how much employees get paid, how much money was given in grant dollars, andmuch more. | $1.4M | Seed | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| Strata Platforms | Strata Platforms is making global connections for local impact. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | May 30, 2024 |  |
| Digital Site Box | B2B SaaS Construction | $865K | Pre-Seed | May 15, 2024 |  |
| 6AM City | 6AM is redefining the future of local media as the fastest growing newsletter-first local media company in the country, delivering the most relevant need-to-know local news and events. We aim to build communities driven by conversation, designed to educate and activate the cities we call home.Markets: Greenville, SC (GVLtoday); Columbia, SC(COLAtoday); Charleston, SC (CHStoday); Asheville, NC (AVLtoday); Raleigh, NC (RALtoday); Chattanooga,TN (NOOGAtoday); Nashville, TN (NASHtoday); Lakeland, FL (LALtoday); Louisville, KY (LOUtoday); Lexington, KY (LEXtoday); Kansas City, MO (KCtoday); Richmond, VA (RICtoday); Madison, WI (608today); Indianapolis, IN (INDYtoday); Portland, OR (PDXtoday); Seattle, WA (SEAtoday); Boston, MA (BOStoday); Fort Worth, TX (FTWtoday); San Antonio (SATXtoday); San Diego, CA (SDtoday); Sacramento, CA (SACtoday); and San Jose, CA (SJCtoday). | $10M | Series A | Feb 02, 2024 |  |
| Rymedi | Rymedi is the future of patient engagement and connected health. We fully integrate and enhance laboratory operations, bridging the gap between lab performance and patient engagement. We handle the administrative burdens by allowing our clients to focus on clinical tasks. Our simplified workflows reduce cost of services, providing a uniquecompetitive advantage for customers to win new deals. Our HIPAA compliant platform ensures patient privacy, enables large-scale testing, and provides real-time dashboard analysis. | $9M | Series A | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| North 7th | North 7th is the premier go-to for all real estate services needs:polished photos, engaging video, detailed 3D tours, and even drone shots and virtual staging. | $700K | Pre-Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Pixlmob | Pixlmob designed software that connects photographers and videographers with authorized editors that give image alterations to increase the quality and visibility of images and films. | $700K | Pre-Seed | Sep 06, 2023 |  |
| Vicinity | Vicinity helps investors by providing investment opportunities and access to community real estate and businesses. It provides a crowdfunding platform that assists businesses in gaining access as stakeholders and lenders in the community. | $825K | Seed | Aug 26, 2023 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [RW3 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rw3-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [American Investment Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-investment-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blizzard Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blizzard-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchange-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cambrian Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cambrian-ventures-9393) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Founderville.VC invest in?

Founderville.VC invests primarily in Software, Loyalty Programs and Media and Entertainment startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 Founderville.VC?

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### Who are the partners at Founderville.VC?

The team at Founderville.VC includes Shaler P. Houser (Co-Founder and Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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