Le Founders Club ouvre ses portes aux entrepreneurs français financés par le capital-risque

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Tech entrepreneurs launch venture fund

By Maija Palmer, Technology Correspondent

Technology entrepreneurs now have a unique way to cash in on their companies following the creation of a new venture capital fund. more...

See original press release Technology & Cleantech VCs join forces to create The Founders Club

The Founders Club is a global venture capital vehicle where founders & C-level execs of VC backed companies pool together a small percentage of their personal future equity upside in return for becoming Limited Partner "investors" in a ground breaking entrepreneur exchange fund.

The Club has launched with member companies headquartered on the West Coast, East Coast, across Europe and Israel. We are currently accepting new members into three separate portfolios:

• Healthcare & Life Science Portfolio (Biotech Pharmaceutical, Medical Devices, Healthcare IT & Services)
• Technology & Cleantech Portfolio (classic ITC, Mediatech & Environmentally friendly technology)
• Later Stage Technology (all companies with revenues of at least $25M USD) 

A VC would never invest the entire fund into one company, but that is precisely the situation most founders and hired CEOs are in. The Founders Club addresses this issue and brings many additional points of value to these entrepreneurial ventures. Members of The Founders Club agree to pay a small percentage of their personal cash exits from an IPO or M&A transaction to the club and the club distributes that cash to all the members in that specific portfolio. Founders benefit from diversification and liquidity, but the primary reason to join is because they believe that their slightly diluted exit with the help of the Keiretsu (FC network) is worth more than 100% of their exit without this assistance. The reason many join is simply to make a smart tax efficient investment into other highly filtered technology companies. 

Portfolio members work together helping each other reach key milestones, access each others' investors, share commercial contacts and exchange advice resulting in insiders' advantage. The Founders Club also draws upon a formal network of Venture Advisors comprised of senior VCs, corporates, investment bankers and entrepreneurs to assist our portfolios.

All applications, company information and participants are strictly confidential, but we encourage you to speak directly with us and meet other members at any of our periodic networking events or private meetings. Just like the VCs that invest in our portfolio companies we make a long term commitment to company building.

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