Founder Funds Trust is an open-end management investment company that offers exchange-traded funds, including the actively managed Founders 100 ETF (ticker: FFF), which seeks long-term growth of capital by investing at least 90% of its assets in equity securities of 95 to 125 U.S.-listed Founder-Led Companies, defined as those where a founder serves as a chief officer such as CEO, CTO, CSO, or CMO; these include common stocks and REITs across sectors like software, capital markets, financial services, semiconductors, and interactive media; the ETF employs a fundamental rules-based methodology informed by the Founders 200 Index for security selection, with active management flexibility for rebalancing, IPO participation, and adjustments based on founder changes or corporate actions; maximum position weights are capped at 7% per security and 35% for the top five at quarterly rebalances, with intra-quarter special rebalances if thresholds are exceeded.
The Trust, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, at 25 Highland Park Village, Suite 100-587, launched the Founders 100 ETF with its listing on Cboe BATS on December 18, 2025, providing investors broad exposure to approximately 100 of the largest founder-led U.S.-listed companies selected from a universe of large-, mid-, and small-capization firms meeting liquidity and free-float criteria.
The ETF is advised by Founder ETFs, LLC, which pays all organizational expenses except certain transaction costs, taxes, and extraordinary items; it is non-diversified under the 1940 Act and may hold cash equivalents defensively; portfolio turnover data is unavailable as operations commenced post-listing.
No recent partnerships, acquisitions, funding rounds, or strategic shifts for the Trust or ETF have been publicly reported within the last 1-2 years, with the primary development being the Fund's inception and market debut in December 2025.