Founders Fund - Massinvestor Venture Capital and Private Equity Database

VC Founders Fund

https://foundersfund.com/

Office Locations:

One Letterman Drive, Building D, Suite 500
Presidio of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94129

Stages:

Early

Industries:

Information Technology

Life Sciences & Healthcare

Media & Digital Media

Software & Internet

Transportation & Distribution

Description:

The Founders Fund is a multi-stage, multi-sector venture capial firm with an emphasis on transformational technologies and companies. The firm's industries of interest include Advanced Machines, Aerospace & Transportation, Analytics & Software, Biotechnology & Health, and Consumer Internet & Media. Founders primarily invests at the seed stage, with a typical investment of $500,000-$5,000,000. The firm's partners previously founded PayPal. Initial subscriptions to the Founders Fund were $50 million.

Funds:

Fund Name	Amount	Date
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Investment Firm Key

   VC = Venture Capital
   PE = Private Equity
   A = Angel
   I = Incubator
   MB = Merchant Bank
   VD = Venture Debt
   FI = Family Investment Office
   FOF = Fund of Funds
   ED = Economic Development Office
   TT = Technology Transfer Office
   CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
   SEC = Secondary Purchaser
   HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund

COMPANY STAGE	REVENUE
Venture Capital
Seed Stage (includes "pre-seed," or concept stage)	No Revenue
Early Stage	Minimal Revenue
Growth Stage (also called Mid-stage)	$2M-$7M
Expansion Stage (also called Late-stage)	$7M and greater
Private Equity
Lower Middle Market	$10M-$249M
Middle Market	$250M-$499M
Upper Middle Market	$500M-$1B
Large Cap	>$1B

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Investment Team:

Name	Title	Get the complete investment team + individual email addresses for investment team partners. Get personal images, LinkedIn links, investment specialties, office locations and more with a National Database subscription or Silicon Valley Database subscription.
Brian Singerman	Partner
Erin Gleason Lane	Vice President of Communications
Lauren Gross	Partner and COO
Lauren Gross	Partner & COO
Michael Solana	Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):

Date	Name	State	Amount	Stage
09/18/2026	Cognition AI	CA	$2,000,000,000	Series E
09/09/2026	Covenant Defense	DC	$250,000,000
08/31/2026	Regent	RI	$240,000,000	Series B
08/20/2026	Network Bio	CA	$50,000,000
08/06/2026	Hadrian	CA	$1,370,000,000	Venture
07/15/2026	Senra Systems	CA	$65,000,000	Series B
07/14/2026	State Affairs	DC	$70,000,000	Venture
07/08/2026	Poetic	CA	$50,000,000	Series A
06/09/2026	NewLimit	CA	$435,000,000	Series C
06/04/2026	Impulse Space	CA	$500,000,000	Series D
05/27/2026	Stord	GA	$250,000,000	Series F
05/19/2026	Armada	CA	$230,000,000	Series B
04/17/2026	Loop	MA	$95,000,000	Series C
04/15/2026	Alloy Therapeutics	MA	$40,000,000	Series E
04/07/2026	Hermeus	GA	$350,000,000	Series C
03/24/2026	Halter	CO	$220,000,000	Series E
03/11/2026	Swarm Aero	CA	$35,000,000	Series A
02/16/2026	Anthropic	CA	$30,000,000,000	Series G
02/03/2026	Avalanche Energy	WA	$29,000,000	Venture
01/08/2026	Valinor Enterprises	DC	$54,000,000	Series A
11/19/2025	Numeric	CA	$51,000,000	Series B
11/03/2025	Substrate	CA	$100,000,000
10/29/2025	Valthos	CA	$30,000,000	Seed
10/16/2025	Peptilogics	PA	$78,000,000	Series B-2
10/16/2025	HistoSonics	MI	$250,000,000	Growth