# FounderNest

> FounderNest is an AI-native market intelligence platform that helps innovation teams at large corporations, CVCs, R&D, M&A and strategy groups discover, evaluate and track emerging startups, technologies and trends. Its AI Market Intelligence Analyst (AMIA) scans 50M+ companies, 160M+ patents and billions of data points to surface opportunities faster than traditional research.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founders:** Felix Gonzalez Herranz (Co-Founder & CEO), Miguel Gonzalez Herranz (Co-Founder), Jose Vicente Ruiz Cepeda (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~41 employees
- **Products:** AMIA - AI Market Intelligence Analyst, Space Intelligence, Company Intelligence, Competitor Intelligence, Market & Trend Intelligence
- **Notable:** Customers report sourcing critical information 21x faster and discovering 47% more relevant opportunities., Database scaled to 50M+ companies, 160M+ patents and 10B+ data points., Backed by 12 investors including Silicon Valley names tied to PayPal, Waze, Palantir, Square and Pinterest.

## Products & services

- **AMIA - AI Market Intelligence Analyst** — An orchestrated network of domain-specific AI agents that scouts, analyzes and proactively tracks markets on behalf of corporate innovation teams.
- **Space Intelligence** — Maps and analyzes emerging technology landscapes so teams can size a market and find adjacent opportunities.
- **Company Intelligence** — Real-time, AI-generated profiles of startups and competitors, including funding, traction signals and decision-makers.
- **Competitor Intelligence** — Continuous monitoring of competitive moves, product launches and patents.
- **Market & Trend Intelligence** — Surfaces emerging technology trends, hidden gems and shifts across patents, papers and news.

## Achievements

- Customers report sourcing critical information 21x faster and discovering 47% more relevant opportunities.
- Database scaled to 50M+ companies, 160M+ patents and 10B+ data points.
- Backed by 12 investors including Silicon Valley names tied to PayPal, Waze, Palantir, Square and Pinterest.
- Adopted by Fortune 500 customers across pharma, automotive, CPG, finance and telecom.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Published 'The new innovation scouting stack' on how AI is actually used by leading buyers in 2026.
- **2025-11** — Released insights series profiling 20 companies advancing enterprise AI agents.
- **2025-10** — Expanded AMIA agent network with deeper patent and clinical-trial coverage.
- **2022-12** — Closed Seed round, bringing total raised to ~$5.9M.

## Links

- Website: https://foundernest.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundernest
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/foundernest

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Last updated: 2026-06-29