Founders First Capital Partners

Founders First Capital Partners is a United States-based financial firm that provides revenue-based financing and alternative credit products to small businesses led by diverse and underrepresented entrepreneurs. The organization focuses on closing the funding gap for underinvested companies that are frequently excluded from traditional venture capital networks or conventional commercial debt markets. Through its revenue-based financing model, the firm issues loans that are repaid as a percentage of the borrower's ongoing revenue, generating fixed-income returns for its institutional investors. The firm's alternative credit approach has been analyzed in a comprehensive case study by Harvard Business School, and its active portfolio includes scalable businesses such as OnShore Technology Group, led by Valarie King-Bailey. Having recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary of operations through a major capital activation event, the firm was founded by Kim T. Folsom.