Founders Fund — 2023 Investments
17 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
REGENT designs and manufactures Seaglider wing-in-ground-effect aircraft for regional coastal transportation and defense logistics, offering high-speed zero-emission travel between coastal cities and military applications.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDefense TechHardwareMobility & TransportationSpace TechNorth Kingstown, US
Billy Thalheimer(Founder)inMichael Klinker(Founder)inMike Klinker(Founder)Tom Harari(Vice President Strategy \u0026 Corporate Development)inSusan Hendrix(Lead Technical Recruiter)Jody Simon(Sourcing Lead)
PartnerDelian Asparouhov· led
Co-investorsAurum Venture PartnersDarco CapitalDolby Family VenturesFuture Planet CapitalGlobal BrainGraph Ventures+31 more
Armada develops edge computing and AI solutions for industrial applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Dan Wright(Founder)inJon Runyan(Founder)inPradeep Nair(Founder)in
Co-investors137 Ventures515 VenturesArtisanal VenturesBalerion Space VenturesCollaborative FundCollective Liquidity+29 more
Avantis is a decentralized derivatives exchange built on Base that lets users trade leveraged perpetuals on crypto, forex, metals, commodities, and indices directly from their wallets.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesEdessa CapitalFlowdeskGalaxy VenturesSymbolic CapitalModular Capital+1 more
Black Ore builds intelligent infrastructure for tax and financial services, automating execution and scaling personalized advice for firms, businesses, and individuals.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Eyal Shinar(Founder)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAudaciousGeneral CatalystHAWKTAILLionBirdOak HC/FT+7 more
Chronosphere provides an observability platform for microservices and containers that helps teams detect and fix customer-impacting issues while controlling costs and complexity.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSNew York, US
Martin Mao(Founder)inRob Skillington(Founder)inAshley Alexander(Chief People Officer)inMargaret Dawson(Global Head of Marketing)inBill Hineline(Field Chief Technology Officer)inIan Smith(Chief of Staff to the CEO and Head of Strategy)in
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesAdditionAntiBasis Set VenturesCarbide VenturesCardinia Ventures+16 more
Delphi is an AI-powered assistant platform that helps venture capitalists scale their investment operations by automating deal screening, founder communication, and thought leadership distribution.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEdTechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Dara Ladjevardian(Founder)inSam Spelsberg(Founder)in
BoardKeith Rabois(Investor/Venture Capitalist)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesMenlo VenturesMute VenturesMVP VenturesSequoia CapitalSharf Ventures+2 more
GameFabric is a game server orchestration platform that unifies bare metal and cloud infrastructure under a single API for multiplayer game studios.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsGaming
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Upfront VenturesLunar Ventures
N1 is a Layer 1 blockchain designed for global, high-performance, trustless finance, offering features such as atomic transactions that let traders bundle multiple order actions into a single instruction set.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsSolari CapitalStateless VenturesGSRKrakenKraken VenturesSALT
Meanwhile is a licensed Bitcoin-denominated life insurance company whose policies collect premiums and pay death benefits in BTC, with premiums that grow at a guaranteed rate in Bitcoin terms and the option to take Bitcoin loans against policy value.
Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTechHamilton, BM
Tia Beckmann(Chief Financial Officer)inMax Gasner(Founder)Zac Townsend(Founder)in
Co-investorsFramework VenturesFulgur VenturesGradient VenturesSam Altman6th Man VenturesHaun Ventures+9 more
Mosaic (now part of HiBob as its Finance Suite / "Bob Finance") provides FP&A software for financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytics, integrated with people data from an HCM platform.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Bijan Moallemi(Founder)in
Co-investorsFf Venture CapitalFriends Family CapitalGeneral CatalystOMERS VenturesOssian CapitalRadical Ventures+5 more
Independent multiplayer game studio behind tactical shooter Spectre Divide; shut down in March 2025 after the game underperformed.
San Francisco, US
Nate Mitchell(Founder)inMatthew Hansen(Chief Operating Officer)
BoardJonathan Lai(Director)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAbstract VenturesAmplify PartnersAnthos CapitalBoxGroupDetroit Venture Partners+12 more
Neurotechnology company developing implantable brain-computer interfaces for people with paralysis and vision loss.
BiotechFremont, US
ELON MUSK(Executive Officer)inBen Rapoport(Founder)Benjamin Rapoport(Founder)DJ Seo(Founder)Dongjin Seo(Founder)Elon Musk(Founder)
Co-investors1802 VenturesAdvaita CapitalAliya Capital PartnersAurum Venture PartnersBeyond CapitalBollinger Investment Group+41 more
Rex.Fit makes a wearable camera device that uses computer vision to automatically track food intake and nutrition, alongside an API that fitness facilities integrate for nutritional analysis.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ahmad Roumie(Founder)inRangel Milushev(Founder)in
Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesEntrepreneur FirstRedstoneTane FundY CombinatorAmino Capital+11 more
Rinsed is a CRM and business management platform for car wash operators that integrates with POS systems to manage memberships, customer retention, and sales operations.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSNew York City, US
Austin Esecson(Founder)inNic Hippenmeyer(Founder)inSam Logan(COO)inGabe Solomon(Data \u0026 Analytics Engineer)Kristin Farahdel(Technical Implementation Manager)Madison Dalton(People Operations Manager)
Co-investorsVMG PartnersY CombinatorBedrockBedrock CapitalMischiefPerret Capital LLC
Stripe builds payment and financial infrastructure software that lets businesses accept payments and run their operations online.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
John Collison(President)inPatrick Collison(CEO)inWilliam Gaybrick(Executive Officer)inGreg Brockman(Founding Engineer, then first CTO)inSarah HeckinRyan Seekely(Engineering Manager)
Co-investors1435 Capital500 GlobalAdvaita CapitalAdventure FundAglae VenturesAir Street Capital+104 more
Wraithwatch provides a unified data fabric and control plane for cyber defense teams, letting human and AI defenders query source data directly, profile identities and their blast radius, deploy security controls as code, and auto-correlate threat reports with their environment.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense TechAustin, US
Nik(Founder)inGrace Clemente(Founder)inCarlos Más(Founder)inCarlos Mas(Founder)Nik Seetharaman(Founder)
Co-investorsBlack FlagHuman CapitalXYZ Venture Capital
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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