The Founder Coach

What is The Founder Coach?

The Founder Coach is an investment fund and coaching service that specializes in supporting venture-backed tech startup founders throughout their growth journey. The fund invests in Business Solutions and Consumer sectors, with a focus on Seed and Series A stages. The firm offers a bespoke range of services that includes one-on-one coaching, group sessions, and access to various frameworks and strategies aimed at scaling both the leader's abilities and their companies.

Dave Bailey, the CEO of Founder Coach, is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and scaled several tech companies, including Delivery Hero, which had an IPO in 2017. Leveraging his experience, Dave has created the Venture Scale System comprising numerous integrated frameworks that help startup CEOs expand their operations, teams, and overall business effectiveness.

Dave now provides strategic coaching to an elite group of founder CEOs backed by top-tier VCs such as Sequoia Capital, SoftBank, and General Catalyst.

Whether the company is in the Seed to Series B growth-stage, where the CEO needs to quickly improve their capabilities, or in the late-stage Series C to Pre-IPO phase requiring guidance from an experienced CEO mentor, The Founder Coach has offerings tailored to these critical phases.

Investment amounts from The Founder Coach range from a minimum of $100,000 to a maximum of $5,000,000, with a sweet spot around $1,500,000. The website regularly features articles, a podcast, and newsletters providing CEOs with proven frameworks and mental models to tackle common challenges when scaling their teams and businesses. Dave Bailey and The Founder Coach also offer programs beyond coaching, such as VC retreats and mentorship programs for coaches, fostering a larger community of leadership development.