Founders Fund

venture capital
San Francisco, United StatesFounded 2005Website

AUM

$11.0M

Team

1

Funds

3

Investment Thesis

Top Sectors

AI / ML
Fintech
Consumer

Preferred Stages

Series A
Seed
Series B

Deal Pace

1.1

deals/year avg

Team Activity Score94/100

Investment Team

K
Keith Rabois
Managing Director
Hot 94

Portfolio Companies(12)

Hashicorp

Dev ToolsSeries A
$25.5M
Dec 2023

Remote

HR TechSeed
$9.0M
Jun 2022

Zip

FintechSeed
$18.0M
May 2022

Luma

AI / MLSeries A
$13.5M
Sep 2021

Mistral AI

AI / MLSeries A
$10.2M
Jul 2019

Quibi

ConsumerSeries A
$500.0M
Aug 2018

Essential Products

ConsumerSeries B
$75.0M
Jun 2017

Skillz Spinoff (Aarki Bid)

AI / MLSeries A
$1.4M
Sep 2015

Aria Insights

Deep TechSeries B
$5.5M
Apr 2015

Beepi

MarketplaceSeries A
$2.4M
Apr 2014

Homejoy

MarketplaceSeries A
$7.6M
Dec 2013

Powa Technologies

FintechSeries A
$15.2M
Nov 2013

Portfolio Breakdown

By Sector

AI / ML3 deals · 25%
Fintech2 deals · 17%
Consumer2 deals · 17%
Marketplace2 deals · 17%
Dev Tools1 deal · 8%
HR Tech1 deal · 8%
Deep Tech1 deal · 8%

By Stage

Series A8 deals · 67%
Seed2 deals · 17%
Series B2 deals · 17%
12 tracked deals7 sectors · 3 stages

Deal Activity by Year

2013
2
2014
1
2015
2
2017
1
2018
1
2019
1
2021
1
2022
2
2023
1

Fund Vehicles

Founders Fund Fund 1
Cool
Size: $2.0M
deploying94% deployed
Founders Fund Fund 2
Hot
Size: $3.1M
deploying41% deployed
Founders Fund Fund 3
Hot
Size: $1.8M
deploying21% deployed