👋 Hey! Let’s build
Why “Folic”?
FOLIC stands for Founders, Operators, Leaders, Investors & Creators, the set of roles essential to build a new healthy venture.
What we do:
1) Angel Investing: We like to invest in angel, pre-seed and seed rounds with investments in the range 5k-25k. We are primarily focused in 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇳
Investment | Methods | Scout VC follow ons | Stage | Areas |
Upto 25k | Direct, SPVs, RUVs, etc. | 100k - 1.5M | Pre-Seed to Series A | FinTech, InsureTech, FoodTech, Marketplaces, Social, SaaS, Tools and Publishing. |
2) VC Collaboration: We collaborate with other VC funds on deal flow, scouting investments, incubating concepts and diligence assistance.
3) Advise: We advise startups on Tech stack, Product strategy and Org structuring.
4) Mentorship: We have mentored 40+ folks so far on a range of topics: college applications, first time managers, org structuring, leadership challenges and fundraising.
How we can help:
- Provide strategic advice on Technical & Product roadmaps.
- Spread the word to our quality network (10k+).
- AI/ML strategy.
- Fundraising assistance and connect with the right investors.
- PeopleOps: Hiring, org structure, remote/hybrid culture, etc.
- Key expertise in following verticals: FinTech, InsureTech, Marketplaces, Social, eCommerce, SaaS, Tools and Publishing.
About us:
- Vishal Srivastava - Engineering & AI/ML executive @ Groundspeed, prev @ Goldman Sachs
- (Advisor) Vasundhara Tyagi - Product lead @ Meta, prev @ Grubhub
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Portfolio
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Scouting deals for
- A few folks @ Insight Partners, a16z, Redpoint etc.
Co-investors
- YC, a16z, Insight, CRV, Plug & Play, Anthemis Group, Unusual Ventures, Elad Gil, Coinbase Ventures, Foundation Capital, Dell Technologies, First Round Capital, Eniac Ventures, etc.
Other communities we are involved with:
- IADAS / Webby Awards Judge
- IEEE & ACM
- DevNetwork Board Member
- First Round Fast Track
We are grateful for you 🙏