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Founders Fund — 2017 Investments

11 investments dated 2017 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Cloud9cloud9.ggin𝕏Sep 2017SEC filingmedium confidence

Cloud9 is an esports organization that competes in Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, a first-person shooter game with competitive multiplayer modes.

GamingSports TechLos Angeles, US

Paullie K. Etienne(Executive Officer, Director)inJacques M. Etienne(Executive Officer, Director)Jack Etienne(Founder)Paullie Etienne(Founder)

BoardDaniel Fiden(Director)

Board seatBrian Singerman· per SEC Form D · $25M raise · filed Sep 2017

Co-investorsEspt Ventures LlcUTA VenturesValor Equity PartnersBalderton CapitalCloud9 CapitalLiquid Ventures+4 more

Built Roboticsbuiltrobotics.comin𝕏Sep 2017 · $64M

Built Robotics develops autonomous robotics systems for solar energy installation, specifically for piling, trenching, and safety applications in solar farm construction.

CleantechConstruction TechEnergyHardwareRoboticsUnited States, US

Noah Ready-Campbell(Founder)inAndrew Liang(Founder)in

BoardForest Baskett(Director)in

Co-investorsBuilding VenturesCalibrate VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Next47Pascal Capital+10 more

Entrepreneur Firstjoinef.comin𝕏Sep 2017

Entrepreneurs First is an accelerator and founder community that identifies and supports talented individuals from academic institutions and tech communities globally to become founders.

CleantechClimate TechDeep TechFuture of WorkLondon, GB

Matt Clifford(Founder)inAlice Bentinck(Founder)in

BoardReid Hoffman(Board Member)inGreg Lawton(Board Member)in

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Charlie SonghurstElad GilEnterprise Capital FundsFirestartrGreylock Partners+15 more

Hubble Contactshubblecontacts.cominAug 2017 · $10M

Hubble Contacts runs a subscription service that ships contact lenses, including third-party brands like 1-Day Acuvue Moist, directly to consumers based on their chosen refill schedule.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Ben Cogan(Founder)inJeff BergerinJesse Horwitz(Founder)

Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalGaingels

ISEEisee.aiin𝕏Series A · Sep 2017 · $15M

ISEE AI builds fully autonomous yard trucks for industrial supply chain and logistics operations, combining an AI platform with software and hardware engineering to automate yard operations.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsCambridge, US

Yibiao Zhao(Executive Officer, Director)inLe Yu(Director)

BoardReed Sturtevant(Director)in

Co-investorsBoston Seed CapitalEniac VenturesHyperplane Venture CapitalMaersk GrowthSafar PartnersSamsung Next+1 more

Jusbrasiljusbrasil.com.brApr 2017

Jusbrasil operates a Brazilian legal information platform that aggregates court records, legislation, and related data.

Grand Cayman

Rafael Costa(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardEric Acher(Director)in

Co-investorsMONASHEESSoftbank Latin America FundWarburg Pincus

Modern Healthmodernhealth.comin𝕏Series B · Dec 2017 · $31M

Modern Health provides mental health support solutions for employers with over 100 employees.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechHR TechMental HealthSan Francisco, US

Alyson Watson(CEO)inErica Johnson(Founder)Alyson Friedensohn(Executive Officer, Director)inAlyson (Friedensohn) Watson(Founder)inErica (Johnson) JersinNate Norton(DevOps Engineer)

Co-investors01 Advisors515 VenturesAfore CapitalBattery VenturesKleiner PerkinsMerus Capital+11 more

Next Insurancenextinsurance.comin𝕏Mar 2017

NEXT Insurance (ERGO NEXT) sells small-business insurance online, including general liability policies with product liability coverage for retailers, online sellers, wholesalers, and product makers.

FintechInsurTechSaaSPalo Alto, US

Guy Goldstein(Founder)Alon Huri(Founder)inNissim Tapiro(Founder)in

BoardNick Shalek(Director)inEitan Bek(Director)inMatthew McElhattan(Director)

Co-investors1435 CapitalAllianz XBattery VenturesCapitalGG SquaredGroup 11+36 more

Vicariousintrinsic.aiin𝕏Jul 2017 · $50M

Intrinsic builds a software platform and developer environment, including Intrinsic Flowstate, for programming, deploying, and operating industrial robots and automation.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsRobotics

Wendy Tan White MBEin

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesMetaplanetGood VenturesInnovation EndeavorsKhosla VenturesOpen Field Capital+1 more

Vicarious FPCvicarious.comJul 2017 · $50MAcquired

Vicarious was a Bay Area AI/robotics startup founded in 2010 that developed brain-inspired AI software enabling industrial robots to perform complex warehouse tasks like picking, packing, and palletizing.

Palo Alto, US

David Scott Phoenix(Executive Officer, Director)Dileep George(Founder)D. Scott Phoenix(Founder)in

BoardDustin Moskovitz(Director)in

Co-investorsAmino CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Felicis VenturesOlive Tree CapitalRealization Capital PartnersWipro Ventures+7 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.