FOUNDER CAPITAL DILIGENCE NOTES: 30-FIRM AUGUST 2026 SOURCE PASS Source review dated 7 August 2026 · Revised 22 August 2026 HOW TO USE THESE NOTES This file preserves the editorial review order from a founder-side source pass. The number is a note identifier, not a rank. The first ten firms have fuller notes because that source pass went deeper. The remaining twenty have shorter follow-up prompts. Note order and depth do not predict conduct or suitability. Most sources are firm or partner pages. Their descriptions of mission, process, founder service, and impact are claims to verify. Check those claims with off-list founder references, draft financing documents, and written conflict disclosures. Where a B Lab directory link appears, it verifies B Corp certification only. B Corp certification is separate from benefit corporation legal status. METHOD AND LIMITS - The notes list the firm and named partners separately so founders can check both. - Firm statements are labeled as published claims or materials. Editorial concerns appear under Questions to verify. - Portfolio overlap is a question, not a conclusion. Whether another investment competes with yours depends on what you are building and what information you would disclose. - Source status says when the review used only firm-authored material or remained incomplete. - The original research produced decimal scores in three batches that used different reference firms. Those numbers were not comparable and were removed. - The displayed order remains only so the HTML, TXT, and CSV can use stable note identifiers. - Partner rosters, stages, and check sizes are as published in August 2026. Verify all three before outreach. - Notes 24, 25, and 27 have incomplete source passes. TEN FULLER NOTES Note 01. Homebrew Partners listed: Hunter Walk; Satya Patel Published stage/check: Pre-seed/seed; $100k–$500k for ~90% of activity; Americas Possible relevance: creator rights and provenance; agent permissions and communication; League work on shared commitments and portable records What the firm publishes: The firm says it has no ownership target, uses partner capital, makes a health and ethics commitment, and sets an urgent-founder response time. Questions to verify: Ask how much capital is reserved for follow-on rounds and review AI, data, and defense portfolio conflicts. Source status: Firm and partner pages only Sources: https://www.homebrew.co | https://hunterwalk.com/about Note 02. Mozilla Ventures Partners listed: Mohamed Nanabhay; Adam Mullinax Published stage/check: Global pre-seed/seed; check undisclosed Possible relevance: creator rights and provenance; agent permissions and communication; League work on shared commitments and portable records What the firm publishes: The firm says its focus includes trustworthy AI, security and privacy, and healthy communities, and that portfolio companies must follow the Mozilla Manifesto. Questions to verify: Confirm the current check size and review portfolio conflicts involving data rights. Source status: Firm pages only Sources: https://mozilla.vc/about | https://mozilla.vc/our-team Note 03. Bloomberg Beta Partners listed: Roy Bahat; Karin Klein; James Cham Published stage/check: Very early; usually $500k–$1m; Bay Area/NY/North America Possible relevance: agent permissions and communication; creator rights and provenance; shared tools and infrastructure What the firm publishes: The firm publishes an operating manual, investment terms, a conflict policy, harm questions, and a founder escalation route. Questions to verify: Bloomberg is the sole LP (limited partner, the fund's money source). Ask how the fund handles independence and conflicts involving publishing or data. Source status: Firm pages and public firm documents only Sources: https://www.bloombergbeta.com | https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Manual/blob/main/1%20-%20Manual.md | https://github.com/Bloomberg-Beta/Investment-Documents Note 04. Precursor Ventures Partners listed: Charles Hudson Published stage/check: Up to $500k pre-seed/seed; North America; no traction threshold Possible relevance: League-mandate work generally; creator markets; founder-side capital diligence What the firm publishes: The firm describes a people-over-product approach, support for first-time founders, diversity, patience, and follow-on reserves. Questions to verify: Ask how 30 to 40 new deals a year affects partner time and review publisher and music portfolio overlap. Source status: Firm pages only Sources: https://precursorvc.com/philosophy | https://precursorvc.com/team/charles-hudson | https://precursorvc.com/portfolio Note 05. Union Square Ventures Partners listed: Nick Grossman; Michael Mignano; Akhil Ramgopal (AI Lead) Published stage/check: Seed/Series A; global; usually leads/co-leads; check undisclosed Possible relevance: League work on shared commitments and portable records; creator rights and provenance; agent permissions; creator/marketplace systems What the firm publishes: The firm publishes theses on networks, protocols, open source, fewer gatekeepers, broader access, and ways for people and organizations to work together. Questions to verify: Review the large creator and platform portfolio for overlap and ask how conflicts are handled. Source status: Firm pages only Sources: https://www.usv.com/about | https://www.usv.com/people | https://www.usv.com/companies Note 06. Fifty Years Partners listed: Seth Bannon; Ela Madej; D. Scott Phoenix Published stage/check: Pre-seed/seed; North America/Europe GTM (go-to-market); check undisclosed Possible relevance: agent permissions; League work on shared commitments and portable records; shared civic infrastructure What the firm publishes: The firm rejects a shareholder-value-only framing and states a positive-impact, long-horizon thesis. Questions to verify: Confirm whether the company meets the firm's deep-tech bar and review dual-use portfolio conflicts. Source status: Firm pages only Sources: https://www.fiftyyears.com/our-way | https://www.fiftyyears.com/team | https://www.fiftyyears.com/home Note 07. Collaborative Fund Partners listed: Craig Shapiro; Sophie Bakalar Published stage/check: Current stage/check undisclosed Possible relevance: creator rights and provenance; League work on shared commitments and portable records; creator economics; marketplaces What the firm publishes: The firm publishes a for-profit/for-good thesis and its "Villain Test" for impact it considers compatible with business incentives. Questions to verify: Ask for the founder-conduct and conflict process, then review platform, labor, and data portfolio overlap. Source status: Firm pages only; no public founder-conduct process found in this pass Sources: https://collabfund.com/about | https://collabfund.com/blog/the-villain-test Note 08. Better Ventures Partners listed: Lyndsey Boucherle; Rick Moss Published stage/check: Leads/co-leads pre-seed/seed; $500k–$1m; Oakland Possible relevance: founder-side capital diligence; creator rights and provenance; agent permissions and communication What the firm publishes: B Lab lists Better Ventures as a Certified B Corporation. The firm says every investment addresses a UN Sustainable Development Goal and publishes annual impact metrics and a conduct policy. Questions to verify: Confirm the stakeholder outcome and reporting requirements; the published thesis is less specific about digital rights. Source status: Firm pages plus B Lab's certification directory, checked 22 August 2026 Sources: https://www.better.vc/about | https://www.better.vc/code-of-conduct | https://www.better.vc/portfolio | https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/better-ventures/ Note 09. Kapor Capital Partners listed: Brian Dixon; Batul Joffrey Published stage/check: Pre-seed/seed after product built/deployed; US impact eligibility Possible relevance: creator income, access, and founder-side capital diligence What the firm publishes: The firm publishes an impact screen, its GIVE commitment, an investment process, and impact reports. Questions to verify: Confirm eligibility for companies serving low-income and underrepresented US communities, along with the reporting obligations. Source status: Firm pages, including firm-published impact reports Sources: https://www.kaporcapital.com/how-we-invest | https://www.kaporcapital.com/who-we-are/ | https://www.kaporcapital.com/impact-reports Note 10. General Catalyst Partners listed: Hemant Taneja; Alex Tran Published stage/check: Create/Seed/Grow; multi-office; check undisclosed Possible relevance: agent permissions; provenance and evidence systems; AI governance What the firm publishes: The firm describes responsible AI as an investment-process pillar and says it reviews stakeholders, failure modes, and mitigations. Questions to verify: Review the large multi-stage AI portfolio for overlap and ask for examples where the stated process changed an investment or governance decision. Source status: Firm pages only Sources: https://www.generalcatalyst.com/stories/a-manifesto-for-responsible-ai | https://www.generalcatalyst.com/team | https://www.generalcatalyst.com/capital TWENTY SHORTER NOTES These entries had a shorter review. Source status reports what this pass covered; it does not certify completeness. A public source pass cannot show how a firm behaves in private. Note 11. Obvious Ventures | Source status: Firm pages and B Lab directory (https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/obvious-ventures/) | What to verify: Ask how its ESG policy and grievance channel affect investment and governance decisions. Note 12. Amplify Partners | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Review generative-media and data portfolio overlap; ask about governance and founder references. Note 13. Afore Capital | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Check portfolio overlap before sharing internal information. Note 14. Responsibly Ventures | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Confirm the current check and fund capacity; ask founders how voluntary reporting works in practice. Note 15. Hustle Fund | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Verify portfolio conflicts and treat the published Net Promoter Score and testimonials as firm-selected material. Note 16. True Ventures | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Review creator, social, AI, adtech, and data-rights overlap. Note 17. First Round Capital | Source status: Firm pages; public governance material was thin | What to verify: Ask how the firm handles governance and generative-media or web-AI conflicts. Note 18. Impact America Fund | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Confirm the traction threshold, eligibility, and required community outcome. Note 19. Omidyar Network | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Confirm whether the relevant vehicle can invest in and lead the proposed round. Note 20. Future Ventures | Source status: Firm page | What to verify: Confirm that the company fits the frontier-technology mandate and review dual-use conflicts. Note 21. City Light Capital | Source status: Firm pages; public detail was thin | What to verify: Confirm thematic eligibility, stage, and current check size. Note 22. Lux Capital | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Review defense and AI portfolio overlap and ask for the founder-governance terms. Note 23. DCVC | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Review defense, industrial, and AI overlap and ask for the founder-governance terms. Note 24. Pear VC | Source status: Source pass incomplete | What to verify: Complete a primary-source, partner, terms, and portfolio-conflict review. Note 25. Susa Ventures | Source status: Source pass incomplete | What to verify: Verify partner routing, current terms, and portfolio conflicts. Note 26. Conviction | Source status: Firm page | What to verify: Review direct model, synthetic-media, and agent overlap; ask whether the firm has a published process for weighing harms outside the portfolio company. Note 27. Floodgate | Source status: Source pass incomplete | What to verify: Verify partner routing, current check, terms, and portfolio conflicts. Note 28. Prime Coalition / Azolla Ventures | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Confirm the climate-only mandate and investment instrument; treat its additionality method as firm-authored. Note 29. Radical Ventures | Source status: Firm pages | What to verify: Review foundation-model, search, video, and compute overlap; ask for the governance screen. Note 30. Khosla Ventures | Source status: Firm pages plus the cited Surfrider record | What to verify: Review AI, defense, and governance conflicts, including the decade-long Martins Beach public-access litigation that ended when the US Supreme Court declined review in 2018: https://www.surfrider.org/media/press-releases/surfriders-martins-beach-victory-stands-as-supreme-court-denies-khoslas REFERENCE QUESTIONS FOR FOUNDERS 1. Give me three off-list founders: one breakout, one sideways outcome, and one shutdown. 2. What ownership, board, veto, pro-rata (the right to keep your ownership share in later rounds), and information rights do you request at this check size? 3. What happened in your last three bridge or distress decisions? 4. How do you handle a portfolio conflict discovered before investment versus afterward? 5. Will you commit in writing to treating creator rights, provenance, privacy, and safety constraints as durable company strategy? 6. Who owns the relationship if the sponsoring partner leaves? 7. For impact claims, what metrics, reporting burden, governance rights, and remediation process follow? CORRECTIONS Any firm named in these notes can dispute an entry through the site contact form at antimoloch.org. Material corrections will be published on the HTML page.