Founders Fund
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Founders Fund is an American venture capital fund founded in 2005 based in San Francisco. The fund has roughly $17 billion in total assets under management as of 2025. The firm was founded by Peter Th
Peter Thiel, co-founder of the Founders Fund, in 2007
Trae Stephens at 2024 TechCrunch StrictlyVC event
Ken Howery, co-founder, 2013
Cyan Banister at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, 2019
Luke Nosek
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Łukasz Nosek is a Polish-American billionaire entrepreneur, notable for being a co-founder of PayPal, which he co-founded with Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Yu Pan and Ken Howery as Confinity in 1998. He
Founders Fund
…in San Francisco. The fund has roughly $17 billion in total assets under management as of 2025. The firm was founded by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek. Founders Fund was the first institutional investor in Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Palantir Technologies, and an early investor in…
Nosek in 2013