John Fogelsong is the Founding Partner of Friends & Family Capital. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
John Fogelsong is the Founding Partner of Friends & Family Capital, a Silicon Valley venture firm he launched in 2019 alongside former Palantir CFO Colin Anderson, drawing on prior experience as a Managing Director at Glynn Capital Management and as the co-founder of big data company ParAccel. The firm targets classic B2B enterprise software and hardware businesses with recurring revenue, investing primarily in early-stage companies from pre-seed through Series B across sectors like SaaS, logistics, and artificial intelligence. For its latest fund, the firm typically writes checks between $6 million and $12 million per company, aiming for 5% to 10% ownership while also taking smaller stakes in up to 40 new startups. Notable portfolio companies include Swarm Aero, Northslope Technologies, Atomic Insights, and Alembic Technologies, alongside core investments in Palantir, SpaceX, and Airtable. Fogelsong’s distinctive point of view centers on partnering closely with founders and CFOs to provide operational expertise in finance team building and strategic capital raising, rather than offering only traditional funding. He holds an MBA and BS in Computer Sc
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