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What does Founders Fund invest in?
Founders Fund invests most often at Seed and Venture (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Advertising (AdTech) and Apps.
Founders Fund highlights
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160 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Venture: 53% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 62 rounds, median $4.2M
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44 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries A
- Sectors
- AI & Machine LearningAdvertising (AdTech)Apps
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first1,120 appearances
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137 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration9 named
BSBrian SingermanManaging MemberiFiling they signed
KRKeith RaboisManaging MemberiFiling they signed
KHKenneth HoweryMemberiForm ADV
LBLauren Brittany GrossChief Operations OfficeriForm ADV
NTNapoleon TaManaging MemberiFiling they signed
NRNeil RuthvenChief Finance OfficeriForm ADV
NSNeil Shah PaiGeneral CounseliForm ADV
PAPeter Andreas ThielManaging MemberiFiling they signed
TSTrae StephensManaging MemberiFiling they signed
We also hold 44 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$59Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Founders Fund LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 155462
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed44 in all
ManicubeBought by Elizabeth Arden Red Door SpaUndisclosedNov 2015
Misfit WearablesBought by Fossil$260MNov 2015
BooshakaBought by SprinklrUndisclosedNov 2015
theAudienceBought by Al Ahli Holding GroupUndisclosedSept 2015
PathBought by Daum KakaoUndisclosedMay 2015
Wallaby FinancialBought by BankrateUndisclosedDec 2014
isocketBought by Rubicon ProjectUndisclosedNov 2014
RingadocBought by Practice FusionUndisclosedAug 2014
PropellerBought by Palantir TechnologiesUndisclosedJul 2014
VotizenBought by BrigadeUndisclosedJun 2014
CausesBought by BrigadeUndisclosedJun 2014
Topsy LabsBought by Apple$200MDec 2013
Oyster.comBought by TripAdvisorUndisclosedOct 2013
The Climate CorporationBought by Monsanto$930MOct 2013
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.