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Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Portland, United States
Countries of investment
  • USA
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Pre-Seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • Software
  • Consumer Services
  • Digital Health
About
The firm provides capital, mentorship, and operational support to early-stage startups. Founder First Fund helps founders build repeatable growth engines while connecting them with resources to accelerate market adoption.
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$100K
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$500K
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Investment Thesis

Founder First Fund focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage SaaS, consumer tech, and digital platform startups. They look for founders with scalable business models and the ability to execute rapidly.
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Manager's Experience

The team has extensive experience in early-stage startups, venture investing, and entrepreneurship support. Founders and partners have backgrounds in scaling startups, operational roles, and previous venture-backed exits. The team combines hands-on startup building experience with capital allocation expertise to help portfolio companies grow effectively.

Team

Anu Duggal - Managing Partner

Praveen Sharma - Partner

Maria Lopez - Associate

Portfolio

Shipt

Blue Corona

SocialChorus

Koru Kids

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