San Francisco, US · Partner
Peter Thiel
Partner at Founders Fund
Latest rounds
- BOB AI HoldingsSeed · $5.5MOct 2026
- EtchedRound · $700MAug 2026
- EtchedSeries C · $300MJun 2026
BacksAISemiconductorsHardware & ElectronicsFintech
The firm
Founders FundVC firm · US161cheques in 12 months1120all time42ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 93
- Led
- 2
- Disclosed
- $4.6B
- Active
- 1999–26
- BOB AI HoldingsSeed$5.5MUSJoined · +4 investors
EtchedRound$700MUSJoined · +13 investors- EtchedSeries C$300MUSJoined · +18 investors
PanthalassaGrowth$140MUSLed · +26 investors- Etched AISeries C$500MUSJoined · +5 investors
Quantum SystemsSeries C$208.2MDEJoined · +3 investors
The latest 12 of 93. Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFounders FundManaging Member of the Issuers' General Partnersince 2026
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFounders FundManaging Member of the General Partner of the Issuerssince 2025
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFounders FundManaging Member of the Issuer's General Partnersince 2025
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFounders FundManaging Member of the General Partner of the Issuersince 2023
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFoundersManaging Member of the General Partner of the Issueron 4 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFoundersManaging Member of the General Partneron 2 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raisingZenreach, Inc.Directorsince 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raisingNanotronics Imaging, Inc.Directoron 3 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFoundersManaging Member of the General Partner of the Issuerson 5 filings · since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAsana, Inc.Directorsince 2012
- SEC Form D · Company raisingPalantir Technologies Inc.Directoron 17 filings · since 2012
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFoundersManaging Member of General Partner of Issuersince 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raisingROBOTEX INCDirectoron 5 filings · since 2010
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFoundersPromoteron 7 filings · since 2010
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundFoundersA Managing Member of The Founders Fund Alpha Management, LLC, which serves as the sole general partner of The Founders Fund SpaceX Fund, LPon 2 filings · since 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raisingPalantir Technologies IncDirectoron 6 filings · since 2009
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
Their book
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel · 2014
4.14 from 419,155 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
If you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets. The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular…
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