Companies funded by Founders Fund
Contrarian venture firm investing in deeptech, defence, and breakthrough software.
Ranked by current headcount across companies in Founders Fund's disclosed portfolio. Refreshed daily.
- 1Compass· New York, New York, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 34.6k employees
- Founded 2012
- 2Stripe· South San Francisco, California, United States
- Secondary
- 14.7k employees
- Founded 2010
- 3Nubank· São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Post-IPO debt
- 11.8k employees
- Founded 2013
- 4Vivint· Lehi, Utah, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 8.5k employees
- Founded 1999
- 5Google DeepMind· London, England, United Kingdom
- Series A
- 8.3k employees
- Founded 2010
- 6OpenAI· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series unknown
- 7.8k employees
- Founded 2015
- 7Rippling· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series G
- 7.2k employees
- Founded 2016
- 8Anduril Industries· Orange, California, United States
- Grant
- 7.2k employees
- Founded 2017
- 9Datavant· Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Series B
- 7.1k employees
- Founded 2017
- 10Scale AI· San Francisco, California, United States
- Corporate
- 6.5k employees
- Founded 2016
- 11Turing· San Francisco, California, United States
- Series E
- 6.4k employees
- Founded 2018
- 12Xero· Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Post-IPO debt
- 6.2k employees
- Founded 2006
- 13Natera· Austin, Texas, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 5.7k employees
- Founded 2004
- 14
- Series G
- 5.3k employees
- Founded 2021
- 15Wave Mobile Money· Arrondissement de Mbadakhoune, Kaolack Region, Senegal
- Debt
- 5k employees
- Founded 2017
- 16Asana· San Francisco, California, United States
- undisclosed
- 4.2k employees
- Founded 2008
- 17Postmates by Uber· San Francisco, California, United States
- Private equity
- 4.1k employees
- Founded 2011
- 18Kavak.com· Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico
- Series F
- 4k employees
- Founded 2016
- 19Ciox Health· New York, New York, United States
- Series unknown
- 3.6k employees
- Founded 2015
- 20Affirm· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 3k employees
- Founded 2012
- 21Zynga· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 2.8k employees
- Founded 2007
- 22Flexport· San Francisco, California, United States
- Convertible note
- 2.8k employees
- Founded 2013
- 23Figma· San Francisco, California, United States
- Post-IPO equity
- 2.8k employees
- Founded 2012
- 24Oscar Health· New York, New York, United States
- Post-IPO debt
- 2.6k employees
- Founded 2012
- 25Corretor de imóveis· Brazil
- Private equity
- 2.2k employees
- Founded 2010
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