Investments
813Portfolio Exits
134Funds
15Partners & Customers
1About Founders Fund
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm investing in science and technology companies solving difficult problems. The firm invests at all stages across a wide variety of sectors, including aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, health, and consumer Internet. It was founded in 2005 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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Latest Founders Fund News
May 6, 2023
The ChatGPT chatbot’s creator, OpenAI, has completed a $300 million share sale at a $27 billion to $29 billion valuation. Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Thrive, and K2 Global, among other Venture Capital companies have reportedly purchased new shares. To be clear, this is in addition to Microsoft’s massive investment disclosed earlier this year, the sum of which is reported to be approximately $10 billion. Recent sources indicate that ChatGPT has surpassed one hundred million monthly active users. In addition to ChatGPT, OpenAI released updates for their AI-based image generator DALL-E, a speech recognition model called Whisper AI, and GPT-4. More than 30 percent of OpenAI is owned by outside investors. Over $18 billion has been raised by AI startups in under six months, putting them on track to surpass the $41 billion raised by the industry in 2022. Read more on Tech Gist Africa:
Founders Fund Investments
813 Investments
Founders Fund has made 813 investments. Their latest investment was in Campus as part of their Seed VC on May 5, 2023.
Founders Fund Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/1/2023 | Seed VC | Campus | $29M | Yes | Bloomberg Beta, Dylan Field, Founders Fund, Jason Citron, Lachy Groom, Precursor Ventures, Reach Capital, Rethink Education, Sam Altman, and Undisclosed Investors | 2 |
4/29/2023 | Unattributed VC | OpenAI | $300M | Yes | 3 | |
3/28/2023 | Seed VC - II | Turntable | $7M | Yes | F7, and Founders Fund | 1 |
3/26/2023 | Seed VC | |||||
3/15/2023 | Series I |
Date | 5/1/2023 | 4/29/2023 | 3/28/2023 | 3/26/2023 | 3/15/2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed VC | Unattributed VC | Seed VC - II | Seed VC | Series I |
Company | Campus | OpenAI | Turntable | ||
Amount | $29M | $300M | $7M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Bloomberg Beta, Dylan Field, Founders Fund, Jason Citron, Lachy Groom, Precursor Ventures, Reach Capital, Rethink Education, Sam Altman, and Undisclosed Investors | F7, and Founders Fund | |||
Sources | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Founders Fund Portfolio Exits
134 Portfolio Exits
Founders Fund has 134 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Notable on February 23, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/23/2023 | Acq - Pending | 2 | |||
1/17/2023 | Acquired | 6 | |||
12/20/2022 | Acquired | 17 | |||
Date | 2/23/2023 | 1/17/2023 | 12/20/2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acq - Pending | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 2 | 6 | 17 |
Founders Fund Fund History
15 Fund Histories
Founders Fund has 15 funds, including Founders Fund VIII.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/3/2022 | Founders Fund VIII | $1,900M | 2 | ||
3/3/2022 | Founders Growth Fund | $3,400M | 1 | ||
3/26/2020 | Founders Fund Growth Principals Fund | $101.54M | 1 | ||
2/19/2020 | Founders Fund Growth I | ||||
11/20/2019 | Founders Fund VII |
Closing Date | 3/3/2022 | 3/3/2022 | 3/26/2020 | 2/19/2020 | 11/20/2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fund | Founders Fund VIII | Founders Growth Fund | Founders Fund Growth Principals Fund | Founders Fund Growth I | Founders Fund VII |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $1,900M | $3,400M | $101.54M | ||
Sources | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Founders Fund Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
Founders Fund has 1 strategic partners and customers. Founders Fund recently partnered with Silicon Valley Bank on .
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vendor | United States | 1 |
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Country | United States |
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Sources | 1 |
Founders Fund Team
9 Team Members
Founders Fund has 9 team members, including , .
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