Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | VC |
Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • PropTech • Other • IT (& TMT) • Media • Education • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Energy • CleanTech • A.I. (& Big Data) • HealthTech (& Fitness) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Analytics • GovTech • Impact • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Logistics (& Distribution) • Medical Devices (& Hospital Services) • Payments • Robotics • Aerospace (& Defense) • Real Estate (& Construction) • Healthcare (& Wellness) • Investment Management • Mobility • Consumer |
Stages | Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C |
Investing | United States • Canada • Israel |
Investment Range | $500,000 - $150,000,000 |
Investment Sweet Spot | $25,000,000 |
Assets Under Management | $3,000,000,000 |
Founded in 2005, Founders Fund is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm invests in the consumer internet, biotechnology, advanced machines and intelligence, aerospace, transportation, analytic, software, nanotechnology, telecommunication, education, robotics, healthcare, information technology, and media sectors.
The firm and its partners have been early backers of some of the most impactful companies of the past decade, including Airbnb, Facebook, Palantir and SpaceX.
Founders Fund pursues a founder-friendly investment strategy, providing maximum support with minimum interference.
As of 2022, Founders Fund an aditional $5 billion in new capital and brought the firm's aggregate capital under management to more than $11 billion
However, we have learned from different sources that in 2023 Founders Fund has quietly cut the size of its eighth venture capital fund in half, from around $1.8 billion to around $900 million, to adapt to uncertain market conditions. [1]
[1] - axios.com/2023/03/03/founders-fund-slashes-vc-peter-thiel