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Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a water-focused venture capital that has backed 1 water company since 2005. (don't) Waste Water rates its water commitment Occasional.

Occasional
Water Commitment
Type
Venture Capital
AUM
$17.0B
Founded
2005
HQ
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series A - Series B
Median round
$22.8M
Portfolio
1 cos

Water Commitment Score

Tier
Occasional
1 water companies · last deal 2019 · leads ~100% of rounds · Med confidence
How this is scored ↗
as of Jun 2026 · no pay-to-rank

Compiled from official filings, third-party records, and direct intelligence from investors and founders, in Leviathan · recomputed monthly · as of Jun 2026.

How they invest

Series A1
Series B1
Median round$22.8Mrange $13.5M - $32M · 2 disclosed

Portfolio · 1 water companies

Solugen
Solugen’s Bioforge technology combines engineered enzymes with metal catalysts to transform pla
$32MLED Series B · 2019

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Invests alongside

Fifty Years2x Y Combinator2x KdT Ventures1xRefactor Capital1x

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