The Founders Kitchen is an investment fund, led by Uri Levine, founder of Waze, a passionate serial entrepreneur, and disruptor, with the goal of building startups. The Firm follows the vision of doing good and doing well, creating and investing in startups that address big problems, disrupt inefficient markets and improve dysfunctional services, empowering users with relevant and timely data and tools. Its goal is to generate significant and global impact through its startups.
Most of The Founders Kitchens startups are homebrewed initiatives. However, it also enjoys working with strong teams. The Founders Kitchen put great emphasis on leadership for their startups, and take advantage of the great human resources of the Israeli ecosystem, which they mentor and advise.
The Founders Kitchen cultivates embryonic ideas and actively mentors teams, developing intimate knowledge and trust. It applies a proven method, which has been successfully implemented in their portfolio companies. It includes active mentorship from the earliest brainstorming phases through seed investment maturity, co-founding, building the team and serving as active board members, while navigating the implementation of the selected strategy.