Strategy
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
AerospaceDefenseFintechAIDeeptechHealthcare
Geographies
USASan Francisco, CA
Check size
$500K-$150MLast verified Aug 11, 2026
Funds
1| Fund | Vintage | Size | Strategy | Stage | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth IV | 2026 | $6B | Growth venture | Growth | raising |
Portfolio
10 totalRecent Investment Activity
2| Date | Company | Event | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Icon | funding round | $30M | — | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Hydra Host | Series A | $100M | — | outlined = lead | Refresh Miami |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
Defense
2 · 20%
AI infra
2 · 20%
Fintech
2 · 20%
Consumer
1 · 10%
Crypto
1 · 10%
Space
1 · 10%
Infrastructure
1 · 10%
Co-Investors
12General Catalyst · 4 sharedValor Equity Partners · 4 sharedAndreessen Horowitz · 3 sharedThrive Capital · 3 sharedSequoia Capital · 3 sharedFidelity Investments · 2 sharedNvidia · 2 sharedKhosla Ventures · 2 shared8VC · 1 sharedSands Capital · 1 sharedMubadala Capital · 1 sharedSalesforce Ventures · 1 shared
Latest Pulse
- Aug 31, 2026Icon Raises $30M From Founders Fund for AI Ad ContentIcon raised $30 million led by Founders Fund to scale its human-creator ad production platform, with OpenAI and DeepMind executives and NFL running back Saquon Barkley among the angels in the round.→
- Jul 16, 2026Founders Fund Hires Ex-OpenAI Exec Ryan BeiermeisterFounders Fund hired former OpenAI executive Ryan Beiermeister, adding frontier-lab operating experience to its investing team as top venture firms compete aggressively to poach talent directly out of leading AI labs.→
- Jul 7, 2026Founders Fund's One-Year Sprint From $4.6B to $6BFounders Fund closed a record $6 billion fourth growth fund in May 2026, barely a year after its $4.6 billion third growth fund, as mega-managers keep out-raising and out-deploying everyone else.→
- Jun 26, 2026Defense Startup Stark Raises $569M Led by Founders Fund and SequoiaBerlin-based defense-technology startup Stark raised roughly $569 million in a round led by Founders Fund and Sequoia Capital, one of the largest European defense-tech financings on record. The deal underscores how aggressively top US venture firms are now backing European defense as the continent rearms and attritable autonomous systems reshape the battlefield.→
- Jun 20, 2026Founders Fund Makes an Outlier Bet on Humanely Killed FishFounders Fund backed a startup working on humane fish-harvesting technology -- a deliberately contrarian, non-AI wager from one of tech's most aggressive funds. It's a reminder that even in an AI-saturated cycle, top firms still hunt for asymmetric bets in overlooked physical-world categories.→
- Jun 17, 2026Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A -- Founders Fund and Nvidia Back Bare-Metal GPU InfraHydra Host raised a $100M Series A led by Kindred Ventures, with ARK, Founders Fund, and Nvidia participating, to scale its bare-metal GPU platform. The round is a bet that the AI buildout still needs new ways to provision and access compute, not just more chips.→
- Jun 16, 2026Hydra Host Raises $100M Series A to Broker Idle GPU Capacity for AI LabsHydra Host closed a $100 million Series A led by Kindred Ventures, with Nvidia, ARK Invest, Comcast Ventures and Founders Fund participating, to expand its asset-light 'neocloud' that connects AI builders to dedicated bare-metal GPUs. Its Brokkr operating system standardizes infrastructure across 50+ data centers, positioning Hydra as a broker in the scramble for compute.→
Sources & methodologyshow
Where these figures come from
- TechCrunchmajor outlet1 fact
- AlleyWatchValue Add VC data1 fact
- Refresh MiamiValue Add VC data1 fact
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