Founders Fund
Venture Capital
Hard Tech, Defense & Space
Seed
Early Stage
Growth
Space Tech
Defense Tech
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2005
- Website
- foundersfund.com
- AUM
- $11.0B
- Portfolio Companies
- 83
- Last Investment
- Mar 2026
- Geographic Focus
- United States
Investment Thesis
Founders Fund backs contrarian founders solving genuinely hard scientific and engineering problems. They invest in revolutionary technologies — not incremental improvements — and trust founders with significant autonomy.
Portfolio83
LC
Lighter CapitalI
Impul
D
DeepMindE
EnduroSatW
WorkriM
Mnzil
GM
General Matter
CE
Crusoe Energy SystemsPP
Pudgy Penguins
BC
Boring Company