Founders Fund
Organization
Key facts about this entity
Entity type: Organization
Schema.org type: Corporation
Country: United States
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2005
Co-founders: Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek
Sector: Venture capital — breakthrough technology, defence, life sciences, deep tech
Notable DACH portfolio: Trade Republic (existing investor; led €1.2B secondary Dec 2025 at €12.5B)
Official website: https://foundersfund.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/founders-fund
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_Fund
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5475929
Entity Profile
Overview
Founders Fund is a US venture capital firm co-founded in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery and Luke Nosek, headquartered in San Francisco, that invests in breakthrough technology companies across defence, aerospace, life sciences, artificial intelligence and financial services.
What it is
Founders Fund was established in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek and operates from San Francisco. The firm invests across breakthrough technology sectors including defence and aerospace, life sciences, artificial intelligence and financial services, and is known for concentrated positions in a small number of technology companies at early and growth stages.
DACH relevance and Startuprad.io coverage
Founders Fund is one of the most influential US venture capital firms of the past two decades and, through its participation in Trade Republic, one of the most significant US investors in German consumer FinTech. The firm led the €1.2 billion Trade Republic secondary transaction of December 2025 at a €12.5 billion valuation, an event that made Trade Republic Germany's most highly valued technology company at that date.
Public source context
Public information on Founders Fund used for this record is drawn from its official https://foundersfund.com , its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_Fund and https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5475929 , and public reporting on the Trade Republic secondary transaction of 17 December 2025.
Startuprad.io coverage of Founders Fund
Peter Thiel and Germany: The Diaspora Financier Who Owns the Doctrine but Not the Winner
Published: 12 June 2026
Last updated: 30 August 2026
Coverage type: Analysis
https://www.startuprad.io/post/peter-thiel-and-germany-the-diaspora-financier-who-owns-the-doctrine-but-not-the-winner
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