History. The firm was organized by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek in early 2005 and raised its first fund of $50 million from individual entrepreneurs and angel investors in January of that year. Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster and ex-president of Facebook, joined in 2006.Through the Thiel Foundation, Thiel governs the grant-making bodies Breakout Labs and Thiel Fellowship, which fund non-profit research into artificial intelligence, life extension, and seasteading.$12 billion

Founders Fund, known for its early bets in companies such as SpaceX and Meta (META. O) , opens new tab, now has over $12 billion in assets under management. It hired Joey Krug as partner in April 2023 to focus on crypto investing.

Who is Gigafund : Gigafund is a venture capital firm backing the world's most ambitious and transformative entrepreneurs. We make long-term concentrated investments in Founder/CEO's who are capable of growing with their companies and maximizing impact over a period of decades.

Does Peter Thiel still own Palantir

Thiel co-founded Palantir in 2003 and remains its chairman. He owns shares directly as well as through funds with names from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, including Mithril and Rivendell. Palantir itself is named after a crystal ball from the series.

Is the Founders Fund successful : Founders Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek. The firm has had a number of successful investments, including in companies such as SpaceX, Airbnb, and Stripe.

Founders Capital Partners (FCP) operates as a venture capital firm. The Company invests in software, internet, mobile technologies, electronics, and mechanical technologies companies. FCP serves customers in the State of California.

SpaceX investment summary:

Elon Musk: Founder and CEO, 54% Founders Fund: 10.4%

Who is the owner of GigaFund

Stephen Oskoui

Luke Nosek and Stephen Oskoui are the founders of GigaFund.Gigafund is a venture capital and private equity firm that is headquartered in Austin, Texas and was founded in 2017 by Luke Nosek (a member of the PayPal mafia and partner at Founders Fund) and Stephan Oskoui (former venture partner at FoundersFund and CEO of Smiley Media).The top three of Palantir's competitors in the Big Data Analytics category are Databricks with 15.59%, Azure Databricks with 14.71%, Apache Hadoop with 14.65% market share.

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Top Institutional Holders

Holder	Shares	Date Reported
Vanguard Group Inc	196.83M	Mar 31, 2024
Blackrock Inc.	112.68M	Mar 31, 2024
Renaissance Technologies, LLC	47.36M	Mar 31, 2024
State Street Corporation	39.84M	Dec 31, 2023

Who is the most powerful investment group : BlackRock (BLK) is the largest investment firm in the world. It manages $8.6 trillion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2022.

Where is Founders Fund based : San Francisco, California

Founders Fund headquarters are at San Francisco, California, United States.

Who is the CEO of Founders First Capital Partners

Cofounder, CEO, and Managing Partner, Founders First Capital Partners LLC, Founder and Interim CEO, LIFT Development Enterprises, Inc.

He instead decided to start a company that could build affordable rockets. With $100 million of his own money, Musk founded SpaceX in May 2002 and became the company's CEO and Chief Engineer. SpaceX attempted its first launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2006.LUKE NOSEK

After selling PayPal to eBay, Luke launched Founders Fund with Peter Thiel and Ken Howery. At Founders Fund, Luke led the first venture investment in Elon Musk's SpaceX in 2008 and has served on the SpaceX board since then.

What is Sapphire Ventures : Sapphire Ventures is a leading venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies of consequence. For nearly two decades, Sapphire has been investing capital, resources, and expertise in innovative startups and technology-focused venture funds worldwide.