Founders Future
Founders Future is a transatlantic venture capital firm and venture studio established in 2018 by Marc Ménasé. Headquartered in Paris, France, with an office in San Francisco, the firm focuses on investing in AI-first and frontier-technology startups. It manages nearly $400 million in assets and is recognized as one of the most active early-stage investors in Europe, having supported over 140 companies, including notable names like Databricks and Perplexity. The firm operates as both a venture capital firm and a venture studio, providing investment capital and operational support to early-sta Per Crunchbase, Founders Future has made 173 investments, 26 as lead investor across 135 portfolio companies, with 7 exits including 1 IPOs.
Investing activity
Founders Future has made 173 investments according to Crunchbase across 135 portfolio companies, and has led 26 rounds and seen 7 exits, 1 of them by IPO.
Founders Future appears in 7 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $22M, and led 1 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed and Series A, with a median round size of $7M and the largest at $12M. The most recent are Clueso (Series A, $10M, Oct 2026), SafeWorld (Seed, $12.2M, Oct 2026) and Outline (Seed, $3M, Sep 2026).
Founders Future most often invests alongside Y Combinator, Reach Capital, LightShed Ventures and Ingram Content Group, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI, AI video agents and Robotics safety / simulation.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Founders Future
What AI companies has Founders Future invested in?
Founders Future's AI investments include Clueso, SafeWorld, Outline, Cashmere, Didit and Constellation Space. The 7 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Founders Future based?
Founders Future is based in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
What stage does Founders Future invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Founders Future has invested at Seed and Series A, with a median round of $7M. Founders Future led 1 of those rounds.
Who does Founders Future co-invest with?
Founders Future's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Y Combinator (3 deals), Reach Capital (2 deals), LightShed Ventures (2 deals), Ingram Content Group (2 deals) and Fortitude Ventures (2 deals).
How can founders reach Founders Future?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Founders Future's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Founders Future to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.