FoundersClub Responds: Each Immigrant FC Founder Creates 159 US Jobs

In a recent post, FoundersClub Christopher Steiner reflected on current concerns with the US’ newest president and hostile immigration policy, “The last five days have led to a great deal of introspection across industries regarding relationships with, and even dependencies on, the greatest American ally of all: the immigrant.”

Steiner continued,

“From its inception, FundersClub has understood and embraced the role of immigrants in our companies and our society. At an almost uncanny rate, immigrants supply the spark that powers the great American innovation machine. PayPal, Google, Tesla, and even FC all include co-founders that were born elsewhere. FC has strived to compile a portfolio that includes founders who hail from everywhere. The best founders, we’ve found, come from a diversity of backgrounds and places. We have a duty to our investor members, and to the fearless innovators of the world, to find, fund, and support the very best startups and startup founders without bias. Often, those startups were founded by either first generation immigrants or by the children of parents who immigrated to the United States with the idea that their children would have a chance to participate in a society and economic system that rewards risk-takers, innovators and hard workers.”

Steiner shared metrics that the FC team collected focusing on impact immigrants have had not only on the FC portfolio, but also on the U.S. economy by asking portfolio founders to reply to a quick survey that revealed if they were first, second or third generation immigrants, where they were from, and how many jobs their companies have created. 82 founders within 24 hours. Of those 82 founders, 39 are first generation immigrants, which means they were born somewhere else and immigrated to the United States.

Steiner shared more facts regarding FC First Generation Immigrant Founders below.  While this snapshot of data is the result of a survey and is not intended to be a complete analysis of FC’s immigrant founder statistics or their impact on US job creation or the US economy, the information remain poignant:

  • Hail from 19 different countries
  • Started companies that have created an aggregate of 6,208 U.S. jobs
  • Each founder creates an average of 159 U.S. jobs
  • If we expand our dataset to also include data from second generation immigrant founders—21 additional founders—the numbers reflect an even larger impact.

FC First and Second Generation Immigrant Founders (Combined):

  • From 26 different countries
  • Started companies that have created 7,632 U.S. jobs in aggregate
  • Each founder creates an average of 127 U.S. jobs
  • FC has a young portfolio. The very oldest companies in the portfolio are now ~4.5 years old. We expect the companies’ positive impact on the US economy will grow even more as time proceeds. There is strong precedent for this. A study by the National Foundation for American Policy found that 51% of startups valued at $1 billion or more had at least one immigrant founder. Valued together, those 44 companies are worth $168 billion.

 

“The United States has prospered for centuries on the strength of the people who have sought this place out, and arrived here, often arduously, via boat, flight and foot. Immigrants’ contributions to the tech ecosystem have helped the United States economy remain far more buoyant in recent years than those of other developed countries,” concluded Steiner. “This human capital edge has always been one of the main differences between the United States and the rest of the world.”



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