Founders Fund — 2024 Investments

AfterHour is a community-based social trading platform that connects retail stock market traders, allowing them to share verified positions and research with live alerts, charts, and ticker-specific chat rooms.

FintechMarketplacesSocial

KXKevin Xu(Founder)inKevin X(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesBABasecamp FundGAGaingelsGEGeneral CatalystPEPear VCTRTrousdale Ventures+1 more

Ataraxis develops AI foundation models that analyze multi-modal patient data, including pathology slide images, to assess cancer aggressiveness and predict recurrence risk and treatment response.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechNew York, US

KGKrzysztof Geras(Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder)inJWJan Witowski(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)in

BoardKrish Ramadural(Director)Rohan Ganeshananthan(Director)

Co-investorsAIAIX VenturesBLBlue Trail PartnersFLFloating PointGIGiant Ventures Global LlpOBObvious VenturesTRTranspose Platform Management+1 more

Avail is a blockchain infrastructure project focused on scalability solutions for blockchain ecosystems.

Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

AAAnurag Arjun(Founder)inChris Giliberti(Founder)Prabal Banerjee(Founder)

Co-investorsAMAmino CapitalBOBorderless VentureCOCoatue ManagementDRDragonflyFIFigmentHTHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)+26 more

AVAIL provides a content management system that enables design and technical teams to efficiently organize, find, and reuse technical content across applications.

Construction TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLexington, US

RSRandall Stevens(CEO and Founder)in

Co-investorsBLBluegrass Angel VentureFOForward Venture CapitalALAltos VenturesCHChapter OneCYCyber CapitalDRDragonfly+4 more

A messaging platform feature for property managers and rental companies that links conversations to tenant lifecycle stages and provides filtering and alert capabilities.

B2B MarketplacesFintechPropTechSaaS

RCRyan Coon(Founder)in

Co-investorsMEMetaPropMEMetaProp VenturesSASandalphon CapitalALAltos VenturesBIBigfoot CapitalCHChapter One+6 more

Babylon is a digital health company that develops prescription medications and treatments for specific health conditions.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

BoardMichelle Arkin(PhD)

Co-investorsBABackwards CapitalK5K5 GlobalLALaunch HouseLOLong Journey VenturesLULux CapitalMEMetaplanet+5 more

Caldera provides a rollup engine that lets apps and communities launch customizable, purpose-built blockchains that settle on Ethereum, along with Metalayer for cross-chain connectivity and shared liquidity.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Matthew Katz(Founder)Parker Jou(Founder)inMatt Katz(Founder)

Co-investors1K1k(x)1K1kxALAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)DRDragonflyLALattice CapitalMEMetastable+6 more

Calibrate Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups working on AI, automation, autonomy, machine learning, and robotics, partnering with technical founders at the earliest stages.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRobotics

KDKevin Dunlap(Co-Founder & Managing Partner)inJSJason Schoettler(Co-Founder & Managing Partner)in

Co-investorsFOFoundryOPOptum VenturesRERedesign HealthTHThreshold VenturesTITiger Global Management

Calibrate offers a Metabolic Reset weight-loss program that combines GLP-1 medications prescribed by clinicians with lifestyle coaching to help members lose weight and maintain it.

Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Isabelle Kenyon(Founder)

Co-investorsDEDeclaration PartnersGAGaingelsGEGeneral MillsOPOptum VenturesPLPLUS CapitalSASamsung Next+4 more

Charge Robotics automates labor-intensive tasks in solar construction to address deployment bottlenecks as demand for solar energy grows.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechConstruction TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US

BHBanks Hunter(Founder)inMJMax Justicz(Founder)inPRPhaedra Randolph(Head of Strategy and Operations)inHardeep Dhillon(Head of Talent Acquisition)Alec Page(Head of Operations \u0026 Strategy)Shreya Nathan(Chief of Staff)

Co-investorsATATEL VenturesCOCollaborative FundFOFoundersX VenturesGAGaingelsOUOutset CapitalSOSoma Capital+4 more

Cognition develops Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer agent that plans, writes, tests, and deploys production code within existing development environments to augment human engineering teams.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

SWScott Wu(Founder)inWYWalden Yan(Founder)inSHSteven Hao(Founder)inRobert P. Forlenza(Director)Dale Gallaher(Executive Officer, Director)Gerald W. Wesel(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors13137 Ventures2020VC8V8VCA*A*ABAbstract VenturesALAlkeon Innovation+33 more

Crusoe builds energy-first AI infrastructure, using innovative and renewable energy sources to power hyperscale AI factories and a cloud platform for AI workloads.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnergyDenver, US

CCCully Cavness(Founder)inCLChase Lochmiller(Founder)inCharles Cavness(Executive Officer, Director)Matthew DeNezza(Executive Officer)inJSJamey Seely(Executive Officer)inMGMichael Gordon(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsABAbstract VenturesACACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSADAdvaita CapitalAIAir Street CapitalAKAkkaALAlkeon Innovation+79 more

EnClear Therapies is a bio/med-tech company developing the EnTrega CSF platform, focused on cerebrospinal fluid-related therapies.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesCambridge, US

ADAnthony DePasqua(Executive Officer, Director)inKKKevin Kalish(COO)inMGMarcie Glicksman(VP Biology)inWilliam Gormley(CMO)Jason Camm(Director)KRKasper Roet(Director)in

Co-investors2020/20 HealthCare Partners LLCDODolby Family VenturesFLFlucas VenturesTATachyon VenturesVUVU Venture PartnersAMAmgen Ventures+1 more

Etched designs custom inference chips, racks, and software co-designed for running frontier AI models, including large sparse mixture-of-experts models, long-context, and agentic workloads.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

GUGavin Uberti(Founder)inRWRobert Wachen(Founder)CZChris Zhu(Founder)inMRMark Ross(CTO)inBLBrian Loiler(VP of Platform)inWCWayne Cao(VP of Production)in

Co-investorsTHThiel CapitalANAntiAZAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESBABain Capital VenturesBEBeyond CapitalCOConversion Capital+29 more

Even helps individuals compare and choose health insurance policies, offering advisory support from enrollment through claims.

FintechHealthtechInsurTech

MBMayank Banerjee(Founder)inMGMatilde Giglio(Founder)inAlessandro Ialongo(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlpha Wave GlobalBEBetter CapitalFUFundamental VCKHKhosla VenturesLVLVX VenturesSASalica Investments+4 more

EVEN is a direct-to-fan platform where music artists sell releases to fans and receive daily payouts.

Mag R.(Founder)inJon Schlossberg(Founder)Mag Rodriguez(Founder)

Co-investors1010SQ Capital (TenSquared)3737 AngelsCSCSA Partners LLCTUTundra AngelsVCVC 4148V8VC+7 more

Enabling an ecosystem for protection and insurance using technology.

Co-investorsCACathay InnovationINInsignia Ventures PartnersMUMundi VenturesOPOpenspace VenturesTETekton Ventures

Lagrange builds cryptographic infrastructure for verifiable compute, with two products: Halo, which coordinates distributed autonomous systems in degraded or contested conditions for defense applications, and DeepProve, which generates zero-knowledge proofs verifying that AI inference outputs came from a specific model and inputs.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Defense Tech

Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh(Founder)

Co-investors1K1k(x)1K1kxARArchetypeBIBitDAOLALattice CapitalMAMantle Network+5 more

Mindy, founded in 2023, built an email-first AI agent for deep research and workflow automation, helping users manage context and turn communication into action, including content workflows for creators and brand teams.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyFuture of Work

Co-investorsSESequoia Capital

Philadelphia-based esports infrastructure company operating Localhost gaming venues, events and collegiate esports programs.

Philadelphia, US

JFJohn Fazio(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Hilsky(Manager)

BoardWKWayne Kimmel(Director until June 17, 2024)inJCJosh Chapman(Director beginning June 17, 2024)inRonald J. Masciantonio(Director until June 17, 2024)

Co-investorsACAcies InvestmentsGAGaingelsSESeventySix CapitalKOKonvoy VenturesSTStrategic Investors

Numeric builds a software platform for corporate finance and accounting teams that combines real-time accounting, data transformation, and AI-powered analytics to replace manual spreadsheet-based processes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

PGParker Gilbert(Founder)inABAndrew Bihl(Founder)inAAAnthony Alvernaz(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlkeon InnovationARArtisanal VenturesFIFifth Down CapitalHAHawk Hill VenturesIVIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)LOLong Journey Ventures+8 more

Paraform provides an AI-powered recruiter marketplace where human recruiters and custom AI agents collaborate to fill job openings faster than traditional hiring methods.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

JKJohn Kim(Founder)inJLJeffrey Li(Founder)inJeffery Li(Founder)John Kim Jeffrey Li(Founder)John S. Kim(Founder)

Co-investorsA*A*AVAvenir Growth CapitalFEFelicis VenturesFJFJ LabsLALaunch HouseLYLyra Capital Pty Ltd+9 more

Polymarket is a prediction market platform where users trade contracts based on the outcomes of future events across politics, sports, economics, and other categories.

Crypto & Web3FintechMarketplaces

SCShayne Coplan(Founder)in

Co-investors1C1confirmationA.A.Capital VenturesABAbstract VenturesACAccess Ventures (New York)ADAdvaita CapitalANAnti+37 more

Scale provides a data-centric infrastructure platform that uses reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) to help organizations build and develop AI models.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

AWAlexandr Wang(CEO)inLGLucy Guo(Founder)inFDFrancis deSouza(CEO)inTDTim Dingman(Strategic Product Manager)inCharles Lambert(Web Developer)Jesse Tinsley

Co-investors141435 CapitalACAccelADAdit Ventures Management, LlcAIAIspace VenturesALAlpana VenturesALAlpha Square Group+106 more

Sentient Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to building open-source AGI independent of single-entity control.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsSector Agnostic

HTHimanshu Tyagi(Founder)in

Co-investorsARArrington CapitalGSGSRHAHack VCHYHypersphere VenturesMHMH VenturesPAPantera Capital+9 more

Sentient is an AI solutions provider offering enterprise services including automatic speech recognition for Asian languages.

CYChristopher Yeo(Founder)in

Co-investorsDGDG Daiwa VenturesDGDG Ventures, Inc.PRPrimitive VenturesUNUntroD CapitalARArrington CapitalCACanonical Crypto+10 more

Shinkei deploys robotics and computer vision hardware on commercial fishing vessels to process seafood at sea, improving quality and traceability while reducing America's seafood import reliance.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechHardwareRoboticsLos Angeles, US

SKSaif Khawaja(Founder)inReed Ginsberg(Vice President, Engineering)Grant Gregory(Investor)Imani Moody(Operations)Zhifei Shen(Engineering)Adam Edelhauser(Engineering)

Co-investorsCACantos VenturesDODorm RoomGLGlobal BrainHUHumba VenturesIMImpatient VenturesJAJaws Ventures+19 more

Valor Vision turns a smartphone into a 3D biomechanics tool that gives athletes a movement profile, injury-risk asymmetry flags, and personalized training plans tracked from baseline through return to play.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSports TechAustin, US

Co-investorsTETechstarsANAndreessen HorowitzSESequoia CapitalVAValor Equity PartnersVYVy Capital