Eric Paley

General Partner
Eric’s Favorite Quote

“Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.”

- Pema Chödrön

Eric Paley is a partner at Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital fund based in Cambridge, MA and Soho, NY. Eric led Founder Collective’s investments into numerous companies including Uber (NYSE: UBER), The Trade Desk (Nasdaq: TTD), Cruise, Airtable, Formlabs, and WHOOP.

Previously, Eric founded Brontes Technologies, a 3D imaging company which was acquired by 3M. Eric has been named to the Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists five times, appearing as high as #9 as the top-rated seed investor on the list. Eric holds a Bachelor’s degree in Government from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Fun Fact
Wrote his undergraduate thesis on resolving large-scale public policy NIMBY conflicts through consensus-building projects.

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