Founders Co-op
Venture Capital and Private Equity PrincipalsWashington, United States2-10 Employees
Founders Co-op operates in the venture capital and private equity space and is based in Seattle, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest. It focuses on helping early-stage startup founders located outside Silicon Valley build companies that attract backing from established venture capital firms. The firm contributed to the region's startup ecosystem by creating and leading Techstars Seattle, an accelerator program that has operated for more than a decade. The organization functions as a community of founder-operators whose experience and networks span building, scaling, and exiting high-growth technology businesses. It supports early-stage companies through collaborative engagement anchored in its founder-centric network.