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Founders Fund

Peter Thiel's venture firm — backers of SpaceX, Palantir, Stripe
VC Multi-stage 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2005
AUM
$17B
as of 2025-Q4
MID
Founders Fund was founded in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek (the PayPal mafia). It is known for contrarian, founder-friendly checks into hard-tech and frontier-tech companies. Brian Singerman led the firm through its peak SpaceX/Palantir era; Keith Rabois and Trae Stephens are now active partners.

Firm Profile

Firm Type
VC
Subtype
Multi-stage
Founded
2005
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Country
USA
Active Fund
Founders Fund VIII ($900M) · 2022

Notable Partners

Peter ThielBrian SingermanKeith RaboisTrae StephensNapoleon Ta

Portfolio Companies (5)

spacexpalantir PLTRandurilstripeairbnb ABNB

Investment Focus

Stages
Seed · Series A · Series B · Growth
Sectors
Defense · Space · Crypto · Bio · Frontier Tech
VCTier-1 VCDefense TechPayPal Mafia
Investor data reflects publicly disclosed AUM, fund sizes, and portfolio holdings as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed periodically.