Furqan Rydhan
Founder and General Partner @ Founders, Inc.
San Francisco, United States
Furqan Rydhan is a seed investor at Founders, Inc. in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Furqan Rydhan - Co-Founder @ thirdweb
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Furqan Rydhan invests in
Stages Furqan Rydhan invests in
Countries Furqan Rydhan invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (33%)
- Software 4 (22%)
- Blockchain 3 (17%)
- Internet 2 (11%)
- Social Media 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (56%)
- Pre-Seed 7 (39%)
- Angel 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 11 (61%)
- United Kingdom 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| 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 | ||
| The Clearing Company is an on-chain prediction market that aims to build an on-chain, permissionless prediction market that is compliant with regulatory standards and friendly to retail users. | $15M / Seed / Aug 28, 2025 | ||
| Pally is an AI Agent for your network. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 30, 2025 | ||
| AnyTopic is a platform that provides engaging audio experiences on a wide range of topics. | Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2024 | ||
| Build powerful AI workflows in minutes. | $1.4M / Seed / Jan 09, 2024 | ||
| 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. | $100K / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2023 | ||
| A community-focused social app for people to connect, interact, and transact in their daily lives on web3 built with Lens Protocol. | $2.1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| SMASHSEND is the #1 email marketing platform for B2B SaaS companies. We help teams grow activation and revenue with three pillars: a world-class GPT email editor, automation to onboard/nurture/upsell 24/7, and B2B enrichment that turns every new signup into a full profile (company, size, location, industry). Real-time engagement andlink analytics show who’s opening, clicking, and converting across campaigns and automations. Deliverability is built in: warming, dedicated IP options, and automatic SPF/DKIM/DMARC so emails land where they should. SMASHSEND connects to Stripe (billing/events), PostHog (product signals), Slack (sales alerts), Zapier, webhooks, and a developer-friendly API. | $150K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2023 | ||
| OthersideAI is a provider of AI software. | $2.8M / Seed / Mar 09, 2023 | ||
| Build powerful AI workflows in minutes. | Angel / Jan 30, 2023 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Founders, Inc.
At Founders, Inc. we're quietly building the next gen. of emerging tech companies.We start companies from scratch through our venture Studio: - thirdweb ($30M raised) - buildspace ($10M raised) - Zeet ($4M raised) - Scenario ($6M raised) And we bet on early-stage builders - sometimes even before they're ready to start a company(past investments include Lexica, Levels.fyi, and more).Are you a prolific builder with an affinity for emerging tech? We'll be your first check.
Founders, Inc. Contacts
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Furqan Rydhan
Founder and General Partner
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Hubert Thieblot
General Partner
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Joher Khan
COO
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Omar Waseem
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What does Furqan Rydhan invest in?
Furqan Rydhan invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Furqan Rydhan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Furqan Rydhan closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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