Founders Fund - VC Sheet
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VC Sheet profile for Founders Fund, a contrarian San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel that backs hard scientific breakthroughs and category-defining companies. The fund invests across Seed through Series B+ stages in AI, biotech, defense, space, and fintech, with check sizes ranging from $500K to $150M.
Key Points
- •Founders Fund is a contrarian, founder-maximalist VC that backs hard scientific breakthroughs and overlooked markets
- •Invests across Seed, Series A, and Series B+ stages with average check sizes of $500K–$150M
- •Key sectors include AI, biotech, defense, space, and fintech
- •Best way to get in touch is via warm introduction; headquartered in San Francisco, primarily invests in USA
- •Notable for never removing founders as CEOs and making fast, independent investment decisions
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Best way to get in touch warm intro Contrarian, founder-maximalist VC that backs hard scientific breakthroughs and category-defining, overlooked markets, never removing founders as CEOs and making fast, independent investment decisions. Stages they invest in Seed Series A Series B+ N/A Sectors they invest in AI Biotech Defense Space Fintech N/A Avg Check size $500K - $150M N/A Can They Lead? Yes N/A Location San Francisco, California N/A Geographies They Invest in USA N/A Founders Fund Website
Stages N/A Seed Series A Series B+ Sectors AI Biotech Defense Space Fintech N/A Avg Check $500K - $150M N/A Leads? Yes N/A Jump to Section Investors at the Fund Notable Investments About the Fund Sheets They're In Close X Industries Aerospace AI + Compute Energy Biotech Consumer Enterprise Software Defense Robotics Manufacturing Climatech Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Thank you! Your submission has been received! Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form. Investors AT THE FUND
Profile Peter Thiel Managing Partner, Founders Fund
Profile Keith Rabois General Partner, Founders Fund
Profile Brian Singerman General Partner, Founders Fund
Profile Scott Nolan General Partner, Founders Fund
Profile Trae Stephens General Partner, Founders Fund
Profile Napoleon Ta General Partner, Founders Fund
Profile Matias Van Thienen General Partner, Founders Fund
Profile John Luttig Principal, Founders Fund
Profile Delian Asparouhov Principal, Founders Fund
Profile Amin Mirzadegan Principal, Founders Fund
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Founders Fund is a venture capital firm built around Peter Thiel's contrarian philosophy that seeks to fund "flying cars, not 140 characters" and hard scientific breakthroughs rather than incremental apps, positioning itself as an institutionalization of that worldview that systematically hunts for companies that can become category-defining monopolies in markets others ignore. The firm is "founder-maximalist" and has never removed a single founder as CEO, unlike conventional VCs who remove roughly half of founders within three years, while also rejecting standard venture bureaucracy like traditional Monday partner meetings in favor of faster, more independent decision-making.
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