Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across multiple stages, from seed to late-stage. It pursues transformative technologies and follows a founder-friendly investment approach that provides substantial support with minimal interference. The firm invests in ventures solving difficult problems across sectors such as aerospace and transportation, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, healthcare, biotechnology, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer internet, software, robotics, and related technology fields. It has backed notable companies early, including SpaceX, Palantir, and Facebook, reflecting a history of partnering with ambitious founders to scale breakthrough technologies.

Delian Asparouhov

Partner

Jennifer Campbell

Partner

Bridget Harris

Associate

Joey Krug

Partner

Sean Liu

Partner

Jeffrey Lonsdale

Managing Director, Asia

John Luttig

Partner

Amin Mirzadegan

Partner

Scott Nolan

Partner

Luke Nosek

Managing Partner

Stephen Oskoui

Venture Partner

Ryan Petersen

Partner

Keith Rabois

Partner

Neil Ruthven

CFO

Napoleon Ta

Partner

Matias Van Thienen

Partner

Past deals in Georgia

Stord

Series D in 2022
Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.

Hermeus

Series B in 2022
Hermeus Corporation, founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is focused on developing hypersonic aircraft capable of flying at speeds exceeding Mach 5. These advanced jets significantly reduce travel times, allowing a flight from New York to London to take just 90 minutes instead of the typical seven hours. Hermeus aims to enhance the global transportation network by enabling businesses to operate efficiently without major changes to existing aviation infrastructure. The company's innovations not only decrease flight durations but also enhance safety for long-haul and business class air travel, facilitating improved connectivity between major global cities.

Stord

Series D in 2021
Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.

Stord

Series C in 2021
Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.

Stord

Series B in 2020
Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.

Plethora

Venture Round in 2015
Plethora Corporation is a precision machining company that specializes in CNC machining, milling, and turning of various materials, including aluminum alloys, copper alloys, plastics, steels, and stainless steels. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Marietta, Georgia, Plethora serves a diverse range of industries, such as robotics, automotive, aerospace, and consumer packaged goods, in the United States. The company offers innovative manufacturing systems that transform customer designs into custom parts by utilizing robotics and proprietary in-house software. Plethora also provides design feedback by analyzing CAD models directly within the client's CAD software, ensuring optimized manufacturing processes.

Postmates

Series C in 2015
Postmates Inc. is an on-demand food and grocery delivery platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2011, the company connects customers with local couriers to facilitate the delivery of products from a wide range of stores and restaurants across the United States. With access to over 600,000 merchants, including exclusive offerings, Postmates enables users to discover, order, and track groceries, alcohol, and meals with ease. The platform is particularly prominent in Los Angeles and covers 80% of U.S. households, serving customers in all 50 states. Additionally, Postmates offers a subscription service, Postmates Unlimited, which provides free delivery from all participating merchants, enhancing the convenience of its service.

Plethora

Series A in 2014
Plethora Corporation is a precision machining company that specializes in CNC machining, milling, and turning of various materials, including aluminum alloys, copper alloys, plastics, steels, and stainless steels. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Marietta, Georgia, Plethora serves a diverse range of industries, such as robotics, automotive, aerospace, and consumer packaged goods, in the United States. The company offers innovative manufacturing systems that transform customer designs into custom parts by utilizing robotics and proprietary in-house software. Plethora also provides design feedback by analyzing CAD models directly within the client's CAD software, ensuring optimized manufacturing processes.

BitPay

Series A in 2014
BitPay provides enterprise-grade bitcoin payment solutions for businesses, offering tools to accept digital currency payments and convert them to fiat. The platform includes a RESTful API and a bitcoin payment gateway, support for native payment protocol and signed payment requests, and a wallet solution named Copay that includes hardware security integration for private key generation and transaction signing. BitPay also offers BitPay Send, a payout service that enables organizations to disburse cryptocurrency to employees, affiliates, customers, vendors, and contractors. The company partners with payment processors to support merchants and has a focus on enabling merchants to accept Bitcoin and settle in traditional currencies. Founded in 2011, BitPay serves organizations across industries seeking blockchain-based payment acceptance and management.

Plethora

Seed Round in 2013
Plethora Corporation is a precision machining company that specializes in CNC machining, milling, and turning of various materials, including aluminum alloys, copper alloys, plastics, steels, and stainless steels. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Marietta, Georgia, Plethora serves a diverse range of industries, such as robotics, automotive, aerospace, and consumer packaged goods, in the United States. The company offers innovative manufacturing systems that transform customer designs into custom parts by utilizing robotics and proprietary in-house software. Plethora also provides design feedback by analyzing CAD models directly within the client's CAD software, ensuring optimized manufacturing processes.

BitPay

Seed Round in 2013
BitPay provides enterprise-grade bitcoin payment solutions for businesses, offering tools to accept digital currency payments and convert them to fiat. The platform includes a RESTful API and a bitcoin payment gateway, support for native payment protocol and signed payment requests, and a wallet solution named Copay that includes hardware security integration for private key generation and transaction signing. BitPay also offers BitPay Send, a payout service that enables organizations to disburse cryptocurrency to employees, affiliates, customers, vendors, and contractors. The company partners with payment processors to support merchants and has a focus on enabling merchants to accept Bitcoin and settle in traditional currencies. Founded in 2011, BitPay serves organizations across industries seeking blockchain-based payment acceptance and management.

Postmates

Series A in 2013
Postmates Inc. is an on-demand food and grocery delivery platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2011, the company connects customers with local couriers to facilitate the delivery of products from a wide range of stores and restaurants across the United States. With access to over 600,000 merchants, including exclusive offerings, Postmates enables users to discover, order, and track groceries, alcohol, and meals with ease. The platform is particularly prominent in Los Angeles and covers 80% of U.S. households, serving customers in all 50 states. Additionally, Postmates offers a subscription service, Postmates Unlimited, which provides free delivery from all participating merchants, enhancing the convenience of its service.

Postmates

Seed Round in 2012
Postmates Inc. is an on-demand food and grocery delivery platform based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2011, the company connects customers with local couriers to facilitate the delivery of products from a wide range of stores and restaurants across the United States. With access to over 600,000 merchants, including exclusive offerings, Postmates enables users to discover, order, and track groceries, alcohol, and meals with ease. The platform is particularly prominent in Los Angeles and covers 80% of U.S. households, serving customers in all 50 states. Additionally, Postmates offers a subscription service, Postmates Unlimited, which provides free delivery from all participating merchants, enhancing the convenience of its service.

Stord

Stord develops a cloud-based software platform for managing warehousing and distribution services. Its platform enables clients to oversee product flow across multiple warehouses on one dashboard, facilitating on-demand scaling and optimizing inventory and orders globally.
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