# The Founders Kitchen

> The Founders Kitchen is a VC fund backing Internet, Crowdsourcing and Personal Finance. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

The Founders Kitchen is an investment fund, led by Uri Levine, with the goal of building startups.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Crowdsourcing | 2 | 22% |
| Personal Finance | 2 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 22% |
| Travel | 1 | 11% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 2 | 22% |
| United States | 2 | 22% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pontera | Pontera, formerly FeeX, bridges the gap between a better retirement and financial advisors by allowing them to manage and trade their clients' held away accounts. Its goal is to help people retire with more wealth and financial security. The company, which was founded in 2012, works with RIAs, Broker-Dealers, and some of the country'slargest financial institutions. | $60M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| Kahun | Kahun develops AI software that structures clinical knowledge for use in healthcare applications. Its platform combines knowledge graphs and AI to support clinical reasoning, medical information retrieval, and healthcare workflows. | $8M | Seed | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Pontera | Pontera, formerly FeeX, bridges the gap between a better retirement and financial advisors by allowing them to manage and trade their clients' held away accounts. Its goal is to help people retire with more wealth and financial security. The company, which was founded in 2012, works with RIAs, Broker-Dealers, and some of the country'slargest financial institutions. | $45.1M |  | Nov 01, 2021 |  |
| WeSki | WeSki simplifies the ski holiday booking process. We combine powerful technology with an ever-expanding unbiased inventory of supplies to enable the consumer total choice, convenience & personalization. WeSki offers real-time comparable results, fair pricing direct from suppliers, a seamless digital experience, complete flexibility for everycomponent of the ski trip and market-disrupting pricing. For all skiers wanting a simpler way to book their ski holiday, WeSki enables the choice of flights, resorts, accommodation and more, all in one place, all bookable online (or by phone), for any duration, and personalized to each individual traveler. Our skiers pay for what they need and nothing more. | $2M |  | Mar 11, 2021 |  |
| Pontera | FeeX was launched in 2012 to bring transparency to the retirement market. They have spent the last four years developing the technology, systems and algorithms necessary to capture, normalize, analyze and compare various financial products including 401k, 403b, 401a, 457, PSP and IRA’s. FeeX provides an automated and personalized in depth analysiswhich allows for data driven fiduciary advice at scale. They currently serve multiple facets of the financial industry including Broker Dealers, Insurance Companies, RIA’s and Online Brokerages | $26M |  | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| Pontera | Pontera, formerly FeeX, bridges the gap between a better retirement and financial advisors by allowing them to manage and trade their clients' held away accounts. Its goal is to help people retire with more wealth and financial security. The company, which was founded in 2012, works with RIAs, Broker-Dealers, and some of the country'slargest financial institutions. | $26M |  | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| Pontera | FeeX was launched in 2012 to bring transparency to the retirement market. They have spent the last four years developing the technology, systems and algorithms necessary to capture, normalize, analyze and compare various financial products including 401k, 403b, 401a, 457, PSP and IRA’s. FeeX provides an automated and personalized in depth analysiswhich allows for data driven fiduciary advice at scale. They currently serve multiple facets of the financial industry including Broker Dealers, Insurance Companies, RIA’s and Online Brokerages | $8.2M |  | May 01, 2020 |  |
| Pontera | Pontera, formerly FeeX, bridges the gap between a better retirement and financial advisors by allowing them to manage and trade their clients' held away accounts. Its goal is to help people retire with more wealth and financial security. The company, which was founded in 2012, works with RIAs, Broker-Dealers, and some of the country'slargest financial institutions. | $8.2M |  | May 01, 2020 |  |
| Pontera | Pontera, formerly FeeX, bridges the gap between a better retirement and financial advisors by allowing them to manage and trade their clients' held away accounts. Its goal is to help people retire with more wealth and financial security. The company, which was founded in 2012, works with RIAs, Broker-Dealers, and some of the country'slargest financial institutions. | $2.3M |  | Jul 01, 2019 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blumberg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blumberg-capital) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Hanaco Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanaco-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Hyperwise Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyperwise-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Innovation Council](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-innovation-council) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Founders Kitchen invest in?

The Founders Kitchen invests primarily in Internet, Crowdsourcing and Personal Finance startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did The Founders Kitchen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for The Founders Kitchen closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 9 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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