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Founders First Capital Partners

Investor type

VC

Founded

2015

AUM

$200 M

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investment Ticket

$0-1 m

Investment Stage

Series B

Region of investment

North America

ESG Focus

Women People of color and other minorities
Investor profile last updated: 23 September, 2025

Profile

Founders First Capital Partners, LLC is making history with the launch of the first revenue-based financer and online accelerator focused on growing thriving million dollar small businesses. We give women, minorities, & veteran business owners access to capital. Our mission is to empower underserved groups of business owners by providing them with access to growth capital, expertise and resources to enable them to build sustainable, profitable, and accretive legacy businesses.

Industry

Business Services (B2B) Financial Services Networking Fintech Marketing and Advertising Media and Entertainment Real Estate AdTech IT Services Oil and Gas Retail Sports/SportsTech

Founders First Capital Partners Funds

Name Type
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Region
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FCP Fund II, L.P.
Fund of funds
IT Services
Oil and Gas
Retail
Sports/SportsTech
Seed
Series A
Series B
North America
$5-10 m
$150 M
June 2011

Contacts

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Casey Estrada Director
Director
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Bella Gangnes Senior Director of Investments
Senior Director of Investments
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FAQs about Founders First Capital Partners

Founders First Capital Partners is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Series B, writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Founders First Capital Partners is located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Founders First Capital Partners was founded in 2015.
Founders First Capital Partners invests in companies and startups in Business Services (B2B), Financial Services, Networking, Fintech, Marketing and Advertising, Media and Entertainment, Real Estate, AdTech, IT Services, Oil and Gas, Retail, Sports/SportsTech.
Founders First Capital Partners invests in companies and startups in North America.
Founders First Capital Partners invests in companies and startups at Series B.
Founders First Capital Partners usually invests $0-1 m on average.
Founders First Capital Partners has around $200m assets under management.
Founders First Capital Partners last fund was created/launched in 2011-06-13
Founders First Capital Partners invests and supports Women, People of color and other minorities startups and founders.
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