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Foundation Capital is a venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley. The firm was founded in 1995, and in 2012 managed more than $2.4 billion in investment capital.[1] As of 2023, the firm has over $6 billion in assets under management.

History

Foundation Capital was founded in 1995.[2]

The firm raised its seventh and at the time the largest fund of $750 million in April 2008.[3] It was one of Netflix's original investors.[4]

In 2013 the firm closed its seventh fund with $282 million and its eighth fund in 2015 with $325 million.[2]

Foundation Capital has invested in approximately 400+ ventures over the course of the last 28 years, 34 of which have had initial public offerings.Шаблон:Citation needed It currently maintains investments in around 80 companies.Шаблон:Citation needed Most investments fall under the areas of fin-tech, enterprise software, and web 3.

In 2019 Foundation Capital closed its ninth fund with $350 million in commitments[2] and in 2022, closed its tenth fund with $500m in commitments after successful early investments in companies like Solana, Turing, Eightfold, Cerebras and Generative artificial intelligence startup Jasper.[5]

Programs

The firm's Entrepreneur-in-Residence program selects several candidates to incubate, train, and graduate, challenging them to develop a solid business plan for an emerging technology.

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