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Founders Fund

San Francisco-based venture capital firm

foundersfund.com

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded year: 2005
Company type: Partnership
Number of employees: 10–70

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Latest news about Founders Fund

In short: Founders Fund raised $6 billion for a new growth fund and led significant investments in AI, defense, and agritech sectors.

Company announcements

28 February 2024 Founders Fund

Founders Fund announces Hereticon Apocalypse Ball event

The event will occur from October 28 to 31 in Miami Beach featuring talks, performances, and discussions on transformative technologies and apocalypse themes.

31 August 2023 Founders Fund

Founders Fund discusses Peter Thiel's diversity myth revisited

Peter Thiel reflects on his book's impact and current cultural divisions. The discussion covers social distractions and their effects on progress and geopolitics.

25 June 2023 Founders Fund

Founders Fund discusses ethics in defense technology development

The post explores ethical considerations and principles guiding defense technology investment and use, emphasizing deterrence and just war theory.

24 June 2023 Founders Fund

Founders Fund discusses Twitter Files revealing political censorship

The post analyzes Twitter's internal censorship, political bias, and implications for free speech and technology's role in power dynamics during 2023.

Media coverage

June 11 Bloomberg

Founders Fund, Andreessen Poised for Record Returns From SpaceX IPO

A small number of firms are set to net tens of billions of dollars in returns from SpaceX's initial public offering at a nearly $1.8...

May 23 TradingKey

SpaceX IPO Nears, Google Sees $100 Billion Return, Early VCs Net $60 Billion

Elon Musk retains 85.1% voting control via dual-class shares and holds a 42% economic interest. Early investors like Google, Valor Equity Partners, and Founders Fund...

May 19 The Information

SpaceX IPO Could Return More Than $60 Billion Each for Founders Fund, Valor

SpaceX's initial public offering, expected to be the largest in history, is also set to yield the largest venture returns ever at the time of...

May 12 The Bulletin

Roadrunner Raises $27M to Rebuild Quote-to-Cash from the Ground Up

Roadrunner is rebuilding quote-to-cash from the ground up, starting with CPQ. The result is painfully familiar to anyone who has worked in enterprise sales: reps...

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