# Hubert Thieblot

> Hubert Thieblot is a seed investor at Founders, Inc. backing Artificial Intelligence and Gaming. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Founders, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-c414)
- Location: Huntsville, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hubertthieblot
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hthieblot
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hthieblot

Hubert Thieblot is a seed investor at Founders, Inc. in Huntsville focused on Artificial Intelligence and Gaming. Hubert Thieblot is the General Partner of Founders. He founded Curse, Inc. in 2005 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$20M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 35% |
| Gaming | 5 | 29% |
| Software | 5 | 29% |
| Video Games | 3 | 18% |
| SaaS | 2 | 12% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 35% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 29% |
| Angel | 2 | 12% |
| Series A | 2 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 53% |
| Denmark | 1 | 6% |
| Estonia | 1 | 6% |
| Singapore | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Stratus Aviation AI | AI-powered aviation safety platform |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Helios | Helios develops an AI-powered platform to assist government employees with policy tracking and stakeholder management. Its AI-powered platform, Proxi, continuously monitors legislation, regulations, and public sector signals to flag the developments that matter most. It maps the policy landscape, tracks key stakeholders and influence networks, andgenerates polished advocacy materials in seconds. | $4M | Seed | Jul 11, 2025 |  |
| Pally | Pally is an AI Agent for your network. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| Hup | Vision AI hardware startup focusing on consumer homes. | $373.5K | Angel | Jun 02, 2025 |  |
| AnyTopic | AnyTopic is a platform that provides engaging audio experiences on a wide range of topics. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Leap AI | Build powerful AI workflows in minutes. | $1.4M | Seed | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| 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. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2023 |  |
| SMASHSEND | 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 |  |
| Leap AI | Build powerful AI workflows in minutes. |  | Angel | Jan 30, 2023 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Night Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/night-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Makers Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/makers-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Orange DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orange-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Founders, Inc.

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

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.

4 contacts available at Founders, Inc..

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Furqan Rydhan | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/furqan-rydhan |
| Hubert Thieblot | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hubert-thieblot |
| Joher Khan | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joher-khan-4bd4 |
| Omar Waseem | VP of Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omar-waseem |

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## FAQ

### What does Hubert Thieblot invest in?

Hubert Thieblot invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Gaming and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 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 Hubert Thieblot's check size?

Hubert Thieblot typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$20M at Seed and $100k–$1.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hubert Thieblot participates in.

### When did Hubert Thieblot last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hubert Thieblot closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 17 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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