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Founders Fund

San Francisco-based venture capital firm.

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  1. people who worked here Peter Thiel (Partner) 2005 –

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  • Peter Thiel 2005 – Partner Primary record 123

    TechCrunch quoted a statement from Thiel about Scale in its report on the August 2019 Series C.

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  • Scale AI 5 Aug 2019 led $100 million Series C at a valuation of over $1 billion Primary record 245

    Round total, not Founders Fund’s share. Accel, Coatue, Index Ventures, Spark Capital and Thrive Capital took part, as did Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger and Adam D’Angelo.

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  1. 2005 – Peter Thiel worked at Founders Fund
  2. 5 Aug 2019 Founders Fund invested in Scale AI
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  1. Facebook, Inc. registration statement (Form S-1), February 2012, Meta Platforms, 1 Feb 2012. Primary record
    Since 2005, Mr. Thiel has been a Partner of Founders Fund, a venture capital firm.
  2. Scale AI and its 22-year-old CEO lock down $100 million to label Silicon Valley's data, TechCrunch, 5 Aug 2019. Scholarship & press
    Scale AI will last over time because it provides core infrastructure to the most important players in the space,” Founders Fund partner and former Trump advisor Peter Thiel said in a statement.
    Founders Fund partner and former Trump advisor Peter Thiel said in a statement.
    announced Monday that it had closed a $100 million Series C round of financing led by Founders Fund with participation from Accel, Coatue Management, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital
  3. Peter Thiel - Founders Fund, Founders Fund. Primary record
    He is a partner at Founders Fund, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has funded companies including SpaceX and Airbnb.
  4. Scale AI’s Series C: Building the data platform to accelerate machine learning, Scale AI, 5 Aug 2019. Primary record
    Scale has raised $100m at a valuation of over $1B. Founders Fund led the round, supported by Accel, Coatue Management, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger and Adam d’Angelo.
  5. Scaling Scale: Riding the Artificial Intelligence Wave, Index Ventures, 5 Aug 2019. Primary record
    Today, we celebrate their $100M financing round led by Founders Fund and participation from Thrive and Spark.
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