Online Event

Meet the Founder Capital Portfolio: Futureproof

Discover why top founders partner with Founder Capital.

Date

Dec 17, 2025

Time

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

Address

Online Event

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As Founder Capital begins backing high-potential, high-momentum founders at the earliest stages, we invite our friends to meet one of our first investments: FutureProof. Founded by a serial founder from the FI Network with four exits, FutureProof already serves 100+ beta customers and is redefining how startups and small businesses manage their finances through AI. If you are interested in learning more about the Founder Capital portfolio, thesis, and strategy, then please join us for this intimate conversation with the Founder and fund GPs.

What You’ll Learn

Why founder-market fit is central to Founder Capital’s investment thesis
How Oz Merchant identified a massive gap in startup finance and built FutureProof to fill it
The impact of deploying a strong vision and how companies like FutureProof are addressing complex problems
Get a unique opportunity to hear directly from serial entrepreneur Oz Merchant, and ask your own questions

This event is hosted by the FI Venture Network
The FI Venture Network is a free, exclusive network of angels, VCs, accelerators, pre-seed, and seed investors interested in funding startups at the earliest stages. FIVN is run by the Founder Institute - the world's largest network of startup incubators and accelerators. To learn more about FIVN and apply for membership, visit FI.co/venture.

Speakers

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations @ Founder Institute

Oz Merchant

CEO @ Futureproof

Mohd Santarissy

General Partner @ Founder Capital

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