Luke Nosek
Co-Founder & Partner @ Founders Fund
San Francisco, United States
Luke Nosek is a Series A investor at Founders Fund in San Francisco focused on Art and Content. Luke Nosek is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Managing Partner of Gigafund and also serves as a Board Member for SpaceX. Luke previously worked at PayPal as a Co-founder, VP, Bus Dev, Marketing, Strategy. Luke Nosek attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
Last updated:
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Industries Luke Nosek invests in
Stages Luke Nosek invests in
Countries Luke Nosek invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Art 1 (14%)
- Content 1 (14%)
- Fashion 1 (14%)
- Computer 1 (14%)
- Hardware 1 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (29%)
- Seed 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
- Series D 1 (14%)
- Series F 1 (14%)
Country
- United States 3 (43%)
- Germany 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Luminous Computing develops photonics chips to handle workloads required by the artificial intelligence industry. The company's product is an AI training and inference chip that fits the computing power of supercomputers into a single chip, allowing businesses to avoid major bottlenecks that traditional processors face.The company wasfounded in 2018 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $105M / Series A / Mar 03, 2022 | ||
| Luminous Computing develops photonics chips to handle workloads required by the artificial intelligence industry. The company's product is an AI training and inference chip that fits the computing power of supercomputers into a single chip, allowing businesses to avoid major bottlenecks that traditional processors face.The company wasfounded in 2018 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $9M / Seed / Jun 04, 2019 | ||
| ResearchGate is the professional network for researchers. Over 20 million researchers use researchgate.net to share and discover research, build their networks, and advance their careers. Based in Berlin, ResearchGate was founded in 2008. Its mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all. | $52.6M / Series D / Feb 28, 2017 | ||
| Space Exploration Technologies is a space-transportation startup company founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX develops crew and cargo capsules, engines, cryogenic tank structures, avionics, equipment, guidance, and control software. The company is developing the partially reusablelaunch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9.Founded in 2002, Space Exploration Technologies is headquartered in Hawthorne, California. | $1B / Series G / Jan 20, 2015 | ||
| ResearchGate is the professional network for researchers. Over 20 million researchers use researchgate.net to share and discover research, build their networks, and advance their careers. Based in Berlin, ResearchGate was founded in 2008. Its mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all. | Series B / Feb 22, 2012 | ||
| Space Exploration Technologies is a space-transportation startup company founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX develops crew and cargo capsules, engines, cryogenic tank structures, avionics, equipment, guidance, and control software. The company is developing the partially reusablelaunch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9.Founded in 2002, Space Exploration Technologies is headquartered in Hawthorne, California. | $50M / Series F / Nov 08, 2010 | ||
| Zivity, a San Francisco startup which launched at TechCrunch40 in 2007, is a premium subscription and fan interaction platform. Zivity celebrates artists through crowdsourced curation and editorial moderation of photography that highlights unique beauty. Fans freely interact with artists and support their favorite artists through microdonations andrecurring monthly support. In July 2009 | $7M / Series A / Mar 08, 2008 |
Co-Investors
About Founders Fund
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.
Founders Fund Contacts
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Delian Asparouhov
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John Luttig
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Napoleon Ta
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Amin Mirzadegan
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Brian Singerman
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What does Luke Nosek invest in?
Luke Nosek invests primarily in Art, Content and Fashion startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Luke Nosek last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Luke Nosek closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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