FundersClub

Venture Capital · Crowdfunding & P2P Lending
250investments
70exits
$76Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
3,990open roles in its portfolio

Overview

FundersClub is an online venture capital platform that lets accredited investors put money into vetted startups and venture funds. Investors can back individual early-stage companies, many of them Y Combinator graduates, or diversified funds across software, fintech, healthcare and other technology sectors. The company was founded in San Francisco in 2012 by Alex Mittal and Boris Silver and was itself part of the Y Combinator accelerator.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
250
52 of them startups
Hiring now
72
3,990 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
5
$76M raised
Exits
70
17 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Software 28%Artificial Intelligence 13%Financial Services 9%Internet Services 9%Education 8%Transportation & Logistics 7%Health Care 7%Professional Services 7%
Where its companies are
United States 34%Canada 6%India 2%Mexico 2%France 1%Australia 1%Colombia 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 46%Series B 21%Pre-seed & seed 17%Series C and later 15%
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 3 rounds in the press that name it

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Shared investors3
FelicisVia a fund
224 portfolio companies: Arda, Phonic, Lux Capital and 221 more
Plug and PlayVia a fund
2741 portfolio companies
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies

News

News FundersClub 9 years ago
Hardest Part Of AI Is Cleaning Up Your Data - Tips From Experts
For engineers looking to draw insights from AI, it
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News FundersClub 9 years ago
For Now, AI Tinkering Has Outpaced The Cloud
For startups getting serious about building models and iterating, it can make sense to build a homebrewed AI box. The field of AI is a tinkerer
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News FundersClub 9 years ago
An Investigation Into The Relationship Between SEO And Stock Price
The head of SEO at Atlassian compares stock prices of 24 public tech companies and their SEO profiles over time. Google Trends, it turns out, is more correlated with stock prices than is a company
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News FundersClub 9 years ago
Most Startups Still Opt For Dot-Com Domains, But That's Changing At Y Combinator
With more types of domain names available than ever, from .ai to .website, the dot-com URL remains coveted by startups, but trends are slowly shifting. Paul Graham, for one, still thinks startups should prioritize getting a dot-com name.
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News FundersClub 9 years ago
Major Internet Service Providers Are Fueling Their Own Disruption
By pushing for the removal of privacy protections, major ISPs have further nudged open the door to startup challengers.
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News FundersClub 9 years ago
If Everybody Thinks It's A Good Idea, It's Probably Not: A Conversation With Niko Bonatsos
FC goes deep with the General Catalyst managing director Niko Bonatsos, who found the Snapchat team when they were still at Stanford.
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News FundersClub 9 years ago
As Uber Shows, Growth Hacking Should Have Limits
Startup culture encourages founders to hack their way to growth in nearly any way possible. Paring back on and controlling those ethos can be difficult for startups who took growth hacking a step too far.
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News FundersClub 9 years ago
Work on Startups Early In Life, Get Technical If You're Not. A Chat With Garry Tan-Founder, VC and Former YC Partner
Live conversation between FundersClub CEO, Alex Mittal, and Garry Tan - founder, YC Partner, and VC at Initialized Capital.
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News FundersClub 9 years ago
Each Immigrant FundersClub Founder Creates 159 U.S. Jobs
This study explores the impact that first and second generation immigrants have had on the FundersClub portfolio, and on the U.S. economy via U.S. job creation.
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco United States
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