Current Firm
Founder Collective
Investments
5+ companies
Focus
Enterprise, Consumer
About Eric Paley
Eric Paley is a former repeat founder who co-founded Brontes Technologies, a 3D intra-oral imaging company spun out of MIT that he ran through to acquisition by 3M, giving him deep technical and operational experience before becoming a VC at Founder Collective. He applies probabilistic thinking inspired by "Fooled by Randomness" to investing and argues against trend-chasing, believing that industry trends follow companies rather than the other way around, so he looks for outlier founders who create the next wave instead of fitting into today's hot categories.
Focus Areas
EnterpriseConsumerAISaaS
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Notable Investments
BuzzFeed
Verkada
Sift
SeatGeek
Airtable