{"id":11245,"date":"2016-12-05T13:46:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T21:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/blog\/?page_id=11245"},"modified":"2023-12-29T13:06:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T21:06:04","slug":"media-kit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/media-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\" class=\"x-section default_boxes\" style=\"margin: 45px 45px 0px;padding: 0px;border-style: solid;border-width: 1px;border-color: hsl(0, 2%, 80%); background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><h1  class=\"h-custom-headline default_big_titles h1\" ><span>Media Kit<\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><p><strong>Founders Network\u00a0\u00ae<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Founders Helping Founders<\/em> \u00ae<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2011, Founders Network has curated a generous, authentic, and inclusive community of 600+ tech founders<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0with over $30B raised, collectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To interview our staff or members about company news, industry trends or\u00a0events, please email:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"mailto:press@foundersnetwork.com\">press@foundersnetwork.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"media_kit_links\" class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-2\" style=\"padding: 25px 25px 0px;border-style: solid;border-width: 10px 1px 1px;border-color: hsl(180, 33%, 30%); background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Quick Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/media-kit\/#about\">Boilerplates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/media-kit\/#facts\">Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/media-kit\/#assets\">Logos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-section-2\" class=\"x-section default_boxes\" style=\"margin: 45px;padding: 0px 0px 45px;border-style: solid;border-width: 1px;border-color: hsl(0, 2%, 80%); background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"about\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><h3 class=\"default_big_titles\">About Founders Network<\/h3>\n<p><em>Founders Helping Founders<\/em> \u00ae<\/p>\n<h5>Short Boilerplate<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2011, Founders Network has curated a generous, authentic, and inclusive community of tech founders and catalyzed millions of \u201cfounder helping founder\u201d moments. We&#8217;ve helped thousands of tech founders answer the questions, build the relationships, and gain the perspective they needed to move faster. Today Founder&#8217;s Network is 600+ global members strong with over $30B raised, collectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Standard Boilerplate<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2011, Founders Network has curated a generous, authentic, and inclusive community of tech founders and catalyzed millions of \u201cfounder helping founder\u201d moments. We&#8217;ve helped thousands of tech founders answer the questions, build the relationships, and gain the perspective they needed to move faster. Today Founder&#8217;s Network is 600+ global members strong with over $30B raised, collectively. Counting over 2,000 member companies since inception, FN founders have achieved more than $18B in value creation. Our platform, programs, and high-touch service facilitate authentic experience sharing, warm introductions, and long-term professional relationships. Additional benefits include over $500k in startup discounts and promotion to 2,000 newsletter readers. Members are located in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, and other tech hubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Long Boilerplate<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2011, Founders Network has curated a generous, authentic, and inclusive community of tech founders and catalyzed millions of \u201cfounder helping founder\u201d moments. We&#8217;ve helped thousands of tech founders answer the questions, build the relationships, and gain the perspective they needed to move faster. Today Founder&#8217;s Network is 600+ global members strong with over $30B raised, collectively. Counting over 2,000 member companies since inception, FN founders have achieved more than $18B in value creation. Our platform, programs, and high-touch service facilitate authentic experience sharing, warm introductions, and long-term professional relationships. Additional benefits include over $500k in startup discounts and promotion to 2,000 newsletter readers. Members are located in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, and other tech hubs.\u00a0 Our members have founded companies like Docker ($2.1B), ProductBoard ($1.7B), InCode ($1.25B), Paystand ($1B+), and Braze <span>($8B IPO)<\/span>. Over 100 top tier investors offer mentorship to founders through our platform. We accept full-time tech founders by invitation only. Our approval process ensures members can trust the quality of advice received. We recognize that as a startup grows, the problems do not go away, they just change. To that end, Founders Network offers membership levels for founders at different stages in their startup journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-section-3\" class=\"x-section default_boxes\" style=\"margin: 45px;padding: 0px 0px 45px;border-style: solid;border-width: 1px;border-color: hsl(0, 2%, 80%); background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px; background-color:hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><h3 class=\"default_big_titles\">About Founders Network Fund<\/h3>\n<p>In 2023, FN Founder and CEO Kevin Holmes launched FN Fund, <span>a seed-stage venture capital firm affiliated with\u00a0<\/span>Founders Network.\u00a0<span>Over the next three years, our $12.5M fund aims to provide crucial capital and support to top pre-seed and seed-stage startups in the FN pipeline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With over two decades of experience working closely with early-stage founders, Holmes has developed a keen eye for identifying high-potential founders with exceptional aptitude for scaling technology ventures. Leveraging this expertise and Holmes\u2019 privileged access to deals within the FN pipeline, FN Fund is strategically positioned to invest in transformative companies with exponential potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"just_the_facts\" class=\"x-section default_boxes\" style=\"margin: 45px;padding: 0px 0px 45px;border-style: solid;border-width: 1px;border-color: hsl(0, 2%, 80%); background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div id=\"facts\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><h3 class=\"default_big_titles\"><b>Just the Facts<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headquartered in <strong>San Francisco, CA<\/strong> and founded on April 5th, 2011.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Official tagline of Founders Network is<b> founders helping founders \u00ae<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Global community<\/b> with <strong>600+ members<\/strong>\u00a0in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Seattle, Vancouver, New York City, London and other tech hubs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Membership limited to<b> full-time tech founders by \u00a0invitation only<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New members approved monthly by notable <a href=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Membership Committee<\/a>\u00a0including founders of <strong>Siri, Docker, Match.com, TripleLift, Marqeta, SafetyPay, and more.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our community is highly engaged, we have <\/span><b>over 4,000 forum posts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in our archives <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We host <\/span><b>over 100 events a year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including our 3 day, annual <a href=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/blog\/early-bird-registration-for-2016-fnsummit-in-napa-valley-now-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Summit<\/a> retreat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have negotiated nearly <\/span><b>$6M in deal redemption value <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for our members from <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.ibm.com\/startups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IBM<\/a>, Hanson Bridget, Stripe, and others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fnInvestor program matches members with over <strong>100\u00a0investors<\/strong>\u00a0with <strong>35:1<\/strong> pitch to funding ratio.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Twice the national average <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>of female founders<\/strong> with a separate female founders forum (according to rates reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kauffman.org\/key-issues\/women-in-entrepreneurship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation<\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"x-section-5\" class=\"x-section default_boxes\" style=\"margin: 45px;padding: 0px 0px 45px;border-style: solid;border-width: 1px;border-color: hsl(0, 2%, 80%); background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><h3 class=\"default_big_titles\"><b>Media Opportunities<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul data-sourcepos=\"36:1-40:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"36:1-36:71\"><strong>Interviews with Founders Network founders, mentors, and investors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"37:1-37:72\"><strong>Feature articles about the Founders Network community and programs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"38:1-38:41\"><strong>Event sponsorships and partnerships<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"39:1-40:0\"><strong>Logo placement and advertising opportunities<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"assets\" class=\"x-section default_boxes\" style=\"margin: 0px 45px 45px;padding: 0px 0px 45px;border-style: solid;border-width: 1px;border-color: hsl(0, 1%, 80%); background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);\" ><div id=\"\" class=\"x-container max width\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\" ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm cs-ta-center x-1-1\" style=\"padding: 0px;\" ><h2  class=\"h-custom-headline cs-ta-center default_big_titles h3\" ><span>Logos<\/span><\/h2><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><p>For usage in print, Online or TV &amp; Film.<\/p>\n<\/div><ul  class=\"x-block-grid two-up\" ><li  class=\"x-block-grid-item\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fnprofileimages3.s3.amazonaws.com\/s3upload\/2545ea4c2a936de46243ece48d58aae3..png\" alt=\"Founders Network Key Logo Green\" width = 150px \/><\/li><li  class=\"x-block-grid-item\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fnprofileimages3.s3.amazonaws.com\/s3upload\/edb41fb761d0822166bd81b1252a30fe..png\" alt=\"Founders Network Long Logo Green\" width=\"506px\"\/><\/li><\/ul><div id=\"\" class=\"x-text\" style=\"\" ><p>White Logos are available at the Dropbox link below.<\/p>\n<\/div><a  class=\"x-btn x-btn-flat x-btn-global\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/8iwpuo94ds4d41q\/AAAE6eJiz-bXvD3d5uKyLkNfa?dl=0\" title=\"Dropbox Logo Folder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"   data-options=\"thumbnail: ''\"><i  class=\"x-icon mvn mln mrs x-icon-dropbox\" data-x-icon-b=\"&#xf16b;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Download from Dropbox (PNG &#038; 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