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Founders Fund

The Founders Fund is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, investing in technology companies that was founded in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howry, and Luke Nosek.

Contents
Timeline
Associated investment funds
Funded Companies
People
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies

The Founders Fund is a venture capital firm investing in a wide variety of companies developing technologies and businesses in aerospace & transportation, biotechnology & health, advanced machines & artificial intelligence, energy, analytics & software, consumer internet & media. Peter Thiel, Ken Howry, and Luke Nosek founded the Founders Fund in 2005, and the firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Notable investments made by the Founders Fund include: Airbnb, Lyft, Spotify, Facebook, ZocDoc, Palantir Technologies, and SpaceX.

Timeline

Associated investment funds

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Funded Companies

79 Results
Company
Company
Description
Description
Website
Website
Industry
Industry
Location
Location
Funding rounds
Funding rounds
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, better known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
spacex.com
Space industry
Hawthorne, California
SpaceX funding round, December 2012
SpaceX Series C round
SpaceX Series A round
SpaceX Series B round
Facebook
Facebook is an online social networking service founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin.
facebook.com
Social media
Virtual reality
Telecommunications industry
Advertising
Adtech
Menlo Park, California
Facebook Series C round
Facebook Series B round
Facebook Series A round
Facebook angel round
Transcriptic
A biotechnology company that has built a robotic cloud lab which allows on-demand services for biology laboratories.
transcriptic.com
Biotechnology
Information technology
Synthetic biology
Menlo Park, California
Transcriptic seed round
Wild Earth (company)
Company using cellular agriculture to produce pet food.
wildearth.com
Biotechnology
Cellular agriculture
Pet food
Food technology
Berkeley, California
United States
Wild Earth Series A
Lyft
Lyft is an American transportation network company. It designs, markets and operates a mobile application for matching drivers with passengers.
lyft.com
Transportation network company
Collaborative consumption
Peer-to-peer
San Francisco
Lyft Series C round
Lyft Series B round
Lyft Series A round
Lyft seed round
Synthego
Synthego is a silicon Valley-based genetic engineering startup founded by Michael Dabrowski.
synthego.com
Synthetic biology
Biotechnology
-
Synthego funding round, October 2018
Synthego Series A round
Collective Health
An insurance technology offering a platform for companies to manage health insurance policies for their employees.
collectivehealth.com
Insurance
Insurance technology
Health insurance
Healthcare
Health information technology
Software as a service
San Francisco
California
United States
Collective Health Series E round, June 2019
Zocdoc
Zocdoc is a company an online medical care appointment booking service.
zocdoc.com
Healthcare
Booking
Dental industry
Doctor
New York City
Zocdoc Series C round
Zocdoc Series B round
Zocdoc Series A round
Buddy Media
Buddy Media is a social media marketing platform.
buddymedia.com
Social media marketing
Advertising
-
Buddy Media Series D round
Buddy Media Series C round
Buddy Media Series A round, July 2009
Buddy Media Series A round, September 2007
Buddy Media Series B round
Asana (software)
Asana provides a project management platform to organize and plan workflows.
asana.com
Task management
Software
Productivity software
San Francisco
Asana funding round, November 2018
Asana (software) seed round
Asana (software) Series B round
Asana (software) Series A round
Asana (software) angel round
Scale AI
An artificial intelligence company making an API for validating and training data for applications.
scale.com
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Software
Big data
Machine learning
San Francisco
California
United States
Scale AI Series C round
The Climate Corporation
The Climate Corporation (Climate) is a digital agriculture company that is a subsidiary of Bayer. The Climate Corporation, founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, examines weather, soil and field data.
climate.com
Risk management
Agriculture
Big data
San Francisco
The Climate Corporation Series C round
The Climate Corporation Series B round
The Climate Corporation angel round
The Climate Corporation Series A round
Powerset (company)
A company that created an internet search engine. It was started in 2005 and acquired by Microsoft in 2008.
powerset.com, web.archive.org/web/200...om/about
Natural language processing (NLP)
Internet
San Francisco
Powerset funding round, May 2006
Powerset Series A round
Leap Motion
Leap Motion is an american manufacturer of computer hardware sensor devices founded by Michael Buckwald.
leapmotion.com
Virtual reality
Augmented reality
Human–computer interaction
Artificial intelligence (AI)
San Francisco
Leap Motion Series B round
Leap Motion Series A round
Leap Motion seed round
Betable
Betable is a London-based company.
developers.betable.com
Mobile game
Gambling
Gaming
-
Betable Series A round
Betable seed round
Yammer
Yammer is a San Francisco-based social enterprise company founded by David O. Sacks.
yammer.com
Social enterprise
San Francisco
Yammer Series E round
Yammer Series D round
Yammer Series C round
Yammer Series B round
Yammer Series A round
Knewton
Knewton is a New York City-based company founded by Jose Ferreira.
knewton.com
Learning management system
Mathematics education
Curriculum
University
Big data
Machine learning
Education
New York City
Knewton Series D round
Knewton Series C round
Knewton Series B round
Knewton Series A round
theAudience (company)
theAudience is a social media company founded by Oliver Woodley.
theaudience.com
Social media
-
theAudience Series A round
Blend (company)
Blend invites companies that service the mortgage industry to sell digital tools--APIs--through its platform.
blend.com
Enterprise software
Big data
Payment system
NFC
Bitcoin
Blockchain
Banking industry
-
Blend Series E round, June 2019
Declara
Declara is a company that develops knowledge sharing software.
declara.com, declara.com
Professional development
Education
Educational technology
Student information system
Social network
Palo Alto, California
Declara seed round
Figure Eight
Figure Eight is a machine learning and artificial intelligence company.
figure-eight.com, figure-eight.com
Machine learning
Artificial intelligence (AI)
-
Figure Eight Series B round
Figure Eight Series A round
Figure Eight seed round
Raptr
Raptr is a social-networking website and instant messenger founded by Patrick Li.
raptr.com
Gaming
-
Raptr Series B round
Raptr Series A round
Raptr angel round
ResearchGate
ResearchGate is a scientific social network.
researchgate.net
-
Berlin
ResearchGate Series C round
ResearchGate Series B round
ResearchGate Series A round
GoodRx
GoodRx is a company providing a prescription drug price comparison tool.
goodrx.com
Pharmaceuticals
Healthcare
Santa Monica, California
GoodRx seed round
Trusted Insight
Trusted Insight is a financial services company founded by Alex Bangash.
thetrustedinsight.com
Financial services
-
Trusted Insight funding round, August 2013
Trusted Insight seed round
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People

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Role
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Aaron VanDevender

Chief Scientist and Principle



Brian Singerman

Partner



Cyan Banister

Partner



Eric Scott

Principle



Erin Gleason Lane

Vice President of Communications



Jeff Lonsdale

Managing Director, Asia



John Luttig

Associate



Ken Howry

Partner



Lauren Gross

Partner and Chief Operating Officer



Matias Van Thienen

Principle



Michael Solana

Vice President



Mike Petriano

Creative Director



Napoleon Ta

Partner



Neil Pai

General Counsel



Neil Ruthven

CFO



Peter Thiel

Partner



Scott Nolan

Partner



Trae Stephens

Partner



Zachary Hargreaves

Principle



Further reading

Title
Author
Link
Type
Date

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Brandon Kochkodin , Jen Skerritt , and Craig Giammona

Web



In-car commerce startup Cargo raises $22 million led by Founders Fund

Kristen Korosec

Web



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Companies

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Consumer Internet & Media

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Consumer Internet & Media

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Analytics & Software

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Advanced Machines & Intelligence

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Analytics & Software

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Biotechnology & Health

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Analytics & Software

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Analytics & Software

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Consumer Internet & Media

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Biotechnology & Health

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Analytics & Software

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Biotechnology & Health

Credit Karma





Consumer Internet & Media

DeepMind 





Advanced Machines & Intelligence





Biotechnology & Health

Facebook 





Consumer Internet & Media

Flexport 





Analytics & Software

Forward





Biotechnology & Health

Harbor





Analytics & Software

HQ





Consumer Internet & Media

Hubble





Biotechnology & Health

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Aerospace & Transportation





Advanced Machines & Intelligence

Niantic 





Consumer Internet & Media

Founders Fund

foundersfund.com
Is a
Venture capital firm
Company
Founder
Peter Thiel
Ken Howery
Luke Nosek
Brian Singerman
Headquarters
San Francisco
Industry
Venture capital
Founded date
2005
Location
San Francisco
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Parent organization
Pathfinder (venture capital)

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