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Entrepreneur, Investor, Technologist
Worked at a dot-com startup
Age 15
Built multi-million dollar ecommerce company
Age 17
Founding CTO, AppLovin
2011
CTO & Co-Founder, Bebo (acquired by Amazon)
2015-2019
Founded Founders, Inc.
2020
San Francisco
Co-Founded thirdweb
2020
Furqan Rydhan is a serial entrepreneur and investor based in San Francisco. He is the founder and CEO of Founders, Inc. (f.inc), a venture firm and 42,000-square-foot founder campus at Fort Mason in San Francisco.45 He is also a co-founder of thirdweb, a web3 development platform.1
Rydhan began working at a dot-com company at age 15.6 At 17, he built a multi-million dollar ecommerce company.6 He dropped out of college to pursue technology ventures full-time.3
Rydhan was the founding CTO of AppLovin, a mobile advertising and app monetization company he co-founded with Adam Farooqi.3 AppLovin went public and reached a valuation exceeding $100 billion.8
From 2015 to 2019, Rydhan served as CTO and co-founder of Bebo, a social networking platform later acquired by Amazon.17 He worked alongside Shaan Puri, who was CEO; the two later co-hosted a weekly podcast together.3
Rydhan founded Founders, Inc. in 2020.7 The firm operates out of a 42,000-square-foot campus at Fort Mason in San Francisco, where it provides founders with office space, a hardware lab, media recording resources, daily meals, and community support.5 Founders, Inc. writes initial checks of up to $250,000 and takes 4-7% equity.5 The firm invests across AI/ML, AR/VR, hardware, web3, developer tools, and consumer products.5
Also in 2020, Rydhan co-founded thirdweb, a full-stack open-source web3 development platform used by developers to build decentralized applications.12
Furqan Rydhan is a serial entrepreneur and investor based in San Francisco. He is the founder and CEO of Founders, Inc. (f.inc), a venture firm and 42,000-square-foot founder campus at Fort Mason in San Francisco.45 He is also a co-founder of thirdweb, a web3 development platform.1
Worked at a dot-com startup
Age 15
Built multi-million dollar ecommerce company
Age 17
Founding CTO, AppLovin
2011
CTO & Co-Founder, Bebo (acquired by Amazon)
2015-2019
Founded Founders, Inc.
2020
San Francisco
Co-Founded thirdweb
2020
Rydhan began working at a dot-com company at age 15.6 At 17, he built a multi-million dollar ecommerce company.6 He dropped out of college to pursue technology ventures full-time.3
Rydhan was the founding CTO of AppLovin, a mobile advertising and app monetization company he co-founded with Adam Farooqi.3 AppLovin went public and reached a valuation exceeding $100 billion.8
From 2015 to 2019, Rydhan served as CTO and co-founder of Bebo, a social networking platform later acquired by Amazon.17 He worked alongside Shaan Puri, who was CEO; the two later co-hosted a weekly podcast together.3
Rydhan founded Founders, Inc. in 2020.7 The firm operates out of a 42,000-square-foot campus at Fort Mason in San Francisco, where it provides founders with office space, a hardware lab, media recording resources, daily meals, and community support.5 Founders, Inc. writes initial checks of up to $250,000 and takes 4-7% equity.5 The firm invests across AI/ML, AR/VR, hardware, web3, developer tools, and consumer products.5
Also in 2020, Rydhan co-founded thirdweb, a full-stack open-source web3 development platform used by developers to build decentralized applications.12
