Founders Fund
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests at every stage in companies building revolutionary technologies. It has been investors, founders, and early employees of prominent technology companies. It has historically invested in a wide variety of sectors, including aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, health, andconsumer Internet.
- Total investments:
- 1058
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
- Fund size:
- $6B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Founders Fund invests in
Stages Founders Fund invests in
Countries Founders Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 15 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.7M–$14M
- Series A
- $5.5M–$50M
- Series B
- $15M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 168 (16%)
- Artificial Intelligence 83 (8%)
- Health Care 75 (7%)
- Information Technology 65 (6%)
- FinTech 63 (6%)
Stage
- Series A 254 (24%)
- Seed 219 (21%)
- Series B 162 (15%)
- Series C 96 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 60 (6%)
Country
- United States 502 (47%)
- United Kingdom 13 (1%)
- Germany 7 (1%)
- Brazil 6 (1%)
- Mexico 6 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Delian Asparouhov
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 34 | Find email | |
John Luttig
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 13 | Find email | |
Napoleon Ta
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Amin Mirzadegan
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Brian Singerman
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 43 | Find email | |
| See all 15 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biossil is an applied AI drug discovery platform to create specialized treatments for distinct patients. | $153M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 28, 2026 | ||
| EnduroSat designs and engineers spacecraft for business applications and space exploration missions. The company focuses on swarm/constellation satellite applications. EnduroSat builds customized satellites and providing complete support service for full-cycle missions. | $205M / Series C / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Covenant is a global defense technology company that builds long-range precision strike weapons for the United States and its allies. The company's flagship weapon system, Anthem, combines a heavy payload and long range at a fraction of the cost of comparable legacy systems. | $250M / Series A / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| Regent develops an electric boat-flying machine for coastal transportation. The company designs and manufactures electric flying machines that will transport commercial passengers. The vehicle, known as a seaglider, is a wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates a few meters above the water's surface and combines an airplane's high speedwith a boat's low operating cost. Seagliders are designed to travel at speeds of up to 180 mph (290 km/h) with a range suitable for regional trips, connecting coastal cities and islands. The company aims to revolutionize regional transportation by creating fast, efficient, and sustainable seagliders that connect coastal communities. | $120M / Series B / Aug 27, 2026 | ||
| Voya Energy is an energy management company that has developed technology to transform high-energy recycled metals into a safe fuel. | $35M / Series A / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| n of 1 mrna cancer vaccines | $4M / Seed / Aug 23, 2026 | ||
| Network Bio is a clinical and molecular data library enabling precision medicine approaches for common human diseases. Its platform delivers a centralized repository for clinical and molecular data that allows researchers to identify patterns and correlations that can be used to develop new treatments and diagnostic tools. | $50M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| Hadrian is a precision manufacturing company that manufactures precision components to serve aerospace and defense clients. It builds autonomous, software-defined precision component factories that help its customers make rockets, satellites, jets, and eVTOLs. | $1.4B / Series D / Aug 06, 2026 | ||
| Senra Systems operates in the manufacturing industry, focusing on software configuration to improve manufacturing processes. The company works to transform skilled assembly tasks into production lines, enhancing production efficiency. It also has involvement in the Aerospace and Defense industry. It collects anonymous data through Google Analyticsto analyze user behavior and use the insights to improve its services. | $65M / Series B / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| HUboo Logistics functions as a digital tracking and enterprise supply chain portal. The entity coordinates international linehaul freight, manages overseas warehousing, processes multi-carrier last-mile deliveries, and assists with cross-border customs documentation pre-checks. | $270M / Series A / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| See all 1058 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Founders Fund invest in?
Founders Fund invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 1,058 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Founders Fund's check size?
Founders Fund typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$14M at Seed, $5.5M–$50M at Series A and $15M–$100M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Founders Fund participates in.
How do I contact Founders Fund?
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Who are the partners at Founders Fund?
The team at Founders Fund includes Delian Asparouhov (Principal), John Luttig (Principal) and Napoleon Ta (Partner), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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