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Founders Fund

Venture Capital · Founded 2005 · San Francisco, United States

#10 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 0.1% of investors worldwide

A venture capital firm investing in companies with revolutionary technologies

611 Portfolio companies+33% in 5 years
128 Unicorns
31 Decacorns
1,038 Investments
Aug 2026 Last investment
02 · Biggest holdings

Founders Fund’s biggest current holdings.

Founders Fund is a named shareholder in 39 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $180B in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 12 biggest are below, each sized by that estimate.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 SpaceX | xAISpace · Gigacorn 10.4% $1.2T $130B
  2. 2 AndurilSecurity · Decacorn 28.5% $61.0B $17.4B
  3. 3 StripeFintech · Centicorn 5% $159B $8.0B
  4. 4 RampFintech · Decacorn 14.5% $44.0B $6.4B
  5. 5 Cognition | Devin AIEnterprise Software · Decacorn 16.5% $26.0B $4.3B
  6. 6 PolymarketFintech · Unicorn 21% $15.0B $3.1B
  7. 7 12% $12.5B $1.5B
  8. 8 8.8% $12.6B $1.1B
  9. 9 10.5% $10.0B $1.1B
  10. 10 11.5% $8.0B $920M
  11. 11 8.5% $7.5B $638M
  12. 12 6.1% $9.7B $589M

Showing the 12 largest of 39 disclosed direct holdings.

6 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Founders Fund’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Founders Fund also appears inside investor groups in Facily, Flash Express, Maven Clinic, OpenAI, OpenSea, Quora, Ripple, ZenBusiness, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Exits

Founders Fund’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Founders Fund’s transaction record.

$2.7T IPO · 2026
Entered Series B+Now $1.7TSpace
$104B IPO · 2012
Entered Series B+Now $1.5TMedia
$1.7B IPO · 2010
Entered Series B+Now $1.3TEnergy
Palantir
$22B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $404BSecurity
$47B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $97BTravel
$30B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $90BMusic
$42B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $70BFintech
$1.8B IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $46BHealth
$2.0B IPO · 2016
Entered SeedNow $35BMarketing
$15B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $32BFintech
$29B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series B+Enterprise Software
$24B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $6.1BTransportation
04 · Portfolio analysis

Where Founders Fund’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 611 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA534
  2. Mexico27
  3. UK17
  4. Germany10
  5. India9
  6. Canada6
  7. Brazil5
  8. France5
  9. New Zealand5
  10. Netherlands3
  11. Norway3
  12. Singapore3
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software125
  2. Fintech110
  3. Health96
  4. Media65
  5. Marketing46
  6. Real Estate41
  7. Transportation36
  8. Security31
  9. Robotics25
  10. Energy24
  11. Food24
  12. Education22
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed238
  2. Series A232
  3. Series B+133
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage247
  2. Late Growth222
  3. Early Growth175
  4. Mature3
05 · Portfolio market map

Inside Founders Fund’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 611 tracked.

OpenAI
Enterprise Software · Centicorn
$852B
Databricks
Enterprise Software · Centicorn
$188B
Anduril
Security · Decacorn
$61B
SpaceX | xAI
Space · Gigacorn
$1.7T
Stripe
Fintech · Centicorn
$159B
Lyft
Transportation · Unicorn
$6.1B
The Boring Company
Real Estate · Unicorn
$7.0B
Polymarket
Fintech · Decacorn
$15B
Airbnb
Travel · Decacorn
$97B
Ramp
Fintech · Decacorn
$44B
Palantir
Security · Centicorn
$404B
PsiQuantum
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$7.0B
Flexport
Transportation · Unicorn
$8.0B
Crusoe
Energy · Decacorn
$10B
Nubank
Fintech · Decacorn
$70B
Meta
Media · Gigacorn
$1.5T
Spotify
Music · Decacorn
$90B
Kavak
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.2B
Hadrian
Robotics · Unicorn
$8.0B
Rippling
Fintech · Decacorn
$17B
Roivant Sciences
Health · Decacorn
$23B
Cognition | Devin AI
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$26B
Wish
Fashion
$42M
Scale
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$29B
Compass
Real Estate · Decacorn
$13B
Faire
Home Living · Decacorn
$13B
Oscar
Health · Unicorn
$5.0B
Freenome
Health · Unicorn
$1.3B
Neuralink
Health · Unicorn
$9.7B
Affirm
Fintech · Decacorn
$32B
Trade Republic
Fintech · Decacorn
$13B
Impulse Space
Space · Unicorn
$4.3B
Physical Intelligence
Robotics · Unicorn
$5.6B
AvidXchange
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.7B
Chaos Industries
Security · Unicorn
$4.5B
Canva
Media · Decacorn
$42B
Bolt
Security
$300M
Quince
Fashion · Decacorn
$10B
Postmates
Food · Unicorn
$2.6B
Ayar Labs
Energy · Unicorn
$3.8B
Zynga
Gaming · Decacorn
$13B
Flock Safety
Security · Unicorn
$7.5B
STORD
Transportation · Unicorn
$3.0B
Ripple
Fintech · Decacorn
$40B
Niantic Labs
Gaming · Unicorn
$3.5B
Figma
Media · Decacorn
$11B
Workrise
Energy · Unicorn
$2.9B
Domo
Marketing
$299M
Collective Health
Health · Unicorn
$1.5B
Solugen
Chemicals · Unicorn
$2.0B
Branch
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$4.0B
Blend
Fintech
$343M
TruMid
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
NewLimit
Health · Unicorn
$3.1B
AbCellera Biologics
Health · Unicorn
$1.7B
Stark
Security · Unicorn
$3.5B
Radiant Industries
Energy · Unicorn
$1.8B
Varda Space
Health · Unicorn
$1.6B
Ultima Genomics
Health · Unicorn
$1.8B
Planet Labs
Space · Unicorn
$8.3B
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Founders Fund’s portfolio founders come from.

200 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States154
  2. Canada7
  3. Germany6
  4. Argentina5
  5. Brazil5
  6. Mexico4
  7. United Kingdom4
  8. Australia3
  9. Peru2
  10. Portugal2
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University19
  2. Harvard University14
  3. University of California, Berkeley12
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology11
  5. Cornell University8
  6. Stanford University Graduate School of Business6
  7. Columbia Business School5
  8. Georgia Institute of Technology5
  9. New York University5
  10. University of Waterloo5
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google16
  2. McKinsey & Company13
  3. SpaceX | xAI8
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology7
  5. Goldman Sachs6
  6. Microsoft6
  7. Square6
  8. Stanford University5
  9. University of California, Berkeley5
  10. Citibank4