Founder Collective

VC Firm·Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA·$95M (Fund V, 2023); ~$365M total across five funds

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2009, with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and New York City. The firm is led by managing partners who have all previously founded and sold technology companies. It intentionally keeps fund sizes modest to stay aligned with early-stage founders. Founder Collective has backed over 300 companies across its five funds, including 12 unicorns such as SeatGeek, Uber and Coupang. The firm invests across sectors with a focus on enterprise and consumer technology.

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Enterprise SoftwareConsumer TechnologySaaSB2B SoftwareSeed Stage

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Olix

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Computer Hardware·Seed

Olix Computing is a London-based startup developing the Optical Tensor Processing Unit (OTPU), a new type of AI accelerator that uses photonics rather than traditional GPU architecture for AI inference. The company integrates photonics with an SRAM-based memory architecture, which it claims can outperform high-bandwidth memory systems in efficiency, throughput per watt, and overall cost. Originally registered as Flux Corp Ltd in March 2024, the company rebranded to Olix Computing. Founded by 25-year-old serial entrepreneur James Dacombe, who also runs brain-monitoring company CoMind, Olix has grown to over 70 employees and plans to ship its first products by 2027. Valued at over $1B.