Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across multiple stages, from seed to late-stage. It pursues transformative technologies and follows a founder-friendly investment approach that provides substantial support with minimal interference. The firm invests in ventures solving difficult problems across sectors such as aerospace and transportation, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, healthcare, biotechnology, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer internet, software, robotics, and related technology fields. It has backed notable companies early, including SpaceX, Palantir, and Facebook, reflecting a history of partnering with ambitious founders to scale breakthrough technologies.

Lauren Gross

Partner and COO

Bridget Harris

Associate

Joey Krug

Partner

Jeffrey Lonsdale

Managing Director, Asia

John Luttig

Partner

Past deals in Predictive Analytics

Network Bio

Seed Round in 2025
Network Bio develops a platform that serves as a centralized repository for clinical and molecular data. This enables researchers to identify patterns and correlations, facilitating precision medicine approaches for common human diseases.

Nucleus

Series A in 2025
Nucleus operates a biotechnology research platform focused on next-generation consumer genetic testing and analysis. The company allows users to upload their genetic information obtained from established providers and employs proprietary algorithms to calculate polygenic risk scores and assess disease risk based on genetic variants. Utilizing whole-genome sequencing, Nucleus delivers comprehensive genetic analysis, facilitating advancements in human health and medicine. The results are presented on a user-friendly platform, making complex genetic information accessible and understandable for users.

Inspeq AI

Seed Round in 2024
Inspeq AI offers a comprehensive platform that helps organizations identify and address issues throughout the lifecycle of large language models. This enables reliable and trustworthy AI applications.

Forward

Series E in 2023
Forward is a startup focused on transforming healthcare delivery by incorporating advanced technologies that have been underutilized in the industry, such as sensors, mobile applications, and artificial intelligence. Founded in January 2016 by former executives from Google and Uber, Forward operates primary care clinics that emphasize personalized patient care. Through its mobile application and natural language processing system, the company enhances healthcare services, offering features like body scanning, genetic screening, real-time blood testing, and home monitoring of vital signs. These innovations empower patients to take control of their health, promote transparency, and foster better collaboration with their primary care physicians. Backed by prominent investors and entrepreneurs, Forward aims to redefine the patient experience in healthcare.

Wraithwatch

Seed Round in 2023
Wraithwatch is an innovative cybersecurity company focused on providing advanced defenses against emerging AI-powered cyber threats. Through its AI-driven platform, Wraithwatch employs autonomous agents powered by generative AI to proactively identify vulnerabilities and simulate various attack scenarios. This approach allows the company to swiftly develop and implement defensive strategies across multiple security tools, significantly reducing response times from hours or days to mere minutes or seconds. By anticipating and countering sophisticated cyberattacks, Wraithwatch equips organizations and cybersecurity teams with the necessary tools to safeguard their systems and data effectively.

Mosaic

Series C in 2023
Mosaic is an AI-powered financial planning and analysis software company that provides predictive reporting, dashboards, modeling, and data visualization to support forecasting and decision making. The platform automates forecasts, generates real-time reports, and enables cross-functional collaboration, while leveraging big data and machine learning to deliver actionable insights and clear recommendations. It offers seamless integrations and real-time analytics that illuminate key business dynamics for organizations of various sizes, from startups to large enterprises. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Diego, Mosaic focuses on helping finance teams plan, analyze, and act more efficiently.

Fathom

Series B in 2022
Fathom Health, founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, provides artificial intelligence solutions aimed at streamlining the medical reimbursement process. The company has developed a coding automation platform that expedites medical coding practices by automatically reviewing incoming charts. In addition to this technology, Fathom offers full-service coding solutions and real-time comprehensive audits, allowing healthcare providers to enhance operational efficiency through automation. By leveraging AI, Fathom enables medical operators to optimize their coding processes, ultimately improving their business outcomes.

Pattern Ag

Series B in 2022
Pattern Ag specializes in soil microbiome analysis to enhance agricultural practices. The company focuses on corn and soybean farms, offering recommendations for optimizing inputs by addressing specific pest and disease pressures. Their precision agriculture platform provides high-resolution mapping of soil DNA, delivering actionable insights to farmers. This helps with decisions related to crop protection, seed selection, and fertility needs, ultimately aiming to increase yield, save costs, and improve overall farm productivity and sustainability.

Nucleus

Seed Round in 2022
Nucleus operates a biotechnology research platform focused on next-generation consumer genetic testing and analysis. The company allows users to upload their genetic information obtained from established providers and employs proprietary algorithms to calculate polygenic risk scores and assess disease risk based on genetic variants. Utilizing whole-genome sequencing, Nucleus delivers comprehensive genetic analysis, facilitating advancements in human health and medicine. The results are presented on a user-friendly platform, making complex genetic information accessible and understandable for users.

MyOme

Series B in 2022
MyOme develops a genetic testing technology that provides comprehensive health insights through whole genome sequencing. Its platform offers detailed reports on disease risk and medication response, accompanied by independent physician reviews and genetic counseling. The company ensures ongoing updates using advanced technologies, empowering individuals to make informed health decisions while maintaining data privacy and security.

Mosaic

Series B in 2022
Mosaic is an AI-powered financial planning and analysis software company that provides predictive reporting, dashboards, modeling, and data visualization to support forecasting and decision making. The platform automates forecasts, generates real-time reports, and enables cross-functional collaboration, while leveraging big data and machine learning to deliver actionable insights and clear recommendations. It offers seamless integrations and real-time analytics that illuminate key business dynamics for organizations of various sizes, from startups to large enterprises. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Diego, Mosaic focuses on helping finance teams plan, analyze, and act more efficiently.

Alinea Health

Venture Round in 2022
Alinea Health is a health-tech startup that provides solutions for corporate health. It utilizes large amounts of data and proprietary algorithms to assist the client company's beneficiaries in navigating their health plans, providing personalized and unbiased guidance, recommendations from the most effective doctors in the accredited network, and conveniences such as scheduling consultations and exams. In addition to continuous monitoring, its doctors use the Lifestyle Medicine methodology to promote a healthy lifestyle and lower the risk of developing chronic diseases.

Searchlight

Series A in 2021
Searchlight, headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in early-stage talent assessment. Its Predictive Talent Platform automates reference checks and analyzes data to predict candidate success, enhancing hiring efficiency and effectiveness. The platform connects self-assessment and reference data with post-hire outcomes, providing real-time insights into competencies and soft skills. Searchlight aims to improve Quality of Hire by continuously learning from employee performance data, fostering a people-first approach to recruitment.

Garner Health

Series B in 2021
Garner Health is a technology company established in 2019 and based in New York, NY, that focuses on enhancing the healthcare experience for employees through employer partnerships. By leveraging a doctor quality analytics platform, Garner Health provides insights into clinical quality and total care costs, helping employers direct their employees to high-quality healthcare providers. The platform also offers an overlay account that covers employee deductibles and coinsurance, allowing employees to reduce out-of-pocket expenses while ensuring employers achieve guaranteed savings. Through this approach, Garner Health aims to improve healthcare quality and affordability for both employees and their employers.

Forward

Series D in 2021
Forward is a startup focused on transforming healthcare delivery by incorporating advanced technologies that have been underutilized in the industry, such as sensors, mobile applications, and artificial intelligence. Founded in January 2016 by former executives from Google and Uber, Forward operates primary care clinics that emphasize personalized patient care. Through its mobile application and natural language processing system, the company enhances healthcare services, offering features like body scanning, genetic screening, real-time blood testing, and home monitoring of vital signs. These innovations empower patients to take control of their health, promote transparency, and foster better collaboration with their primary care physicians. Backed by prominent investors and entrepreneurs, Forward aims to redefine the patient experience in healthcare.

Garner Health

Series A in 2021
Garner Health is a technology company established in 2019 and based in New York, NY, that focuses on enhancing the healthcare experience for employees through employer partnerships. By leveraging a doctor quality analytics platform, Garner Health provides insights into clinical quality and total care costs, helping employers direct their employees to high-quality healthcare providers. The platform also offers an overlay account that covers employee deductibles and coinsurance, allowing employees to reduce out-of-pocket expenses while ensuring employers achieve guaranteed savings. Through this approach, Garner Health aims to improve healthcare quality and affordability for both employees and their employers.

Pattern Ag

Venture Round in 2020
Pattern Ag specializes in soil microbiome analysis to enhance agricultural practices. The company focuses on corn and soybean farms, offering recommendations for optimizing inputs by addressing specific pest and disease pressures. Their precision agriculture platform provides high-resolution mapping of soil DNA, delivering actionable insights to farmers. This helps with decisions related to crop protection, seed selection, and fertility needs, ultimately aiming to increase yield, save costs, and improve overall farm productivity and sustainability.

Siren Care

Series B in 2020
Siren Care develops wearable health technology for diabetic foot health monitoring. The company offers Siren diabetic socks and a foot temperature monitoring system that continuously tracks foot temperature to detect early signs of inflammation and diabetic foot ulcers, helping prevent complications such as amputations. Data from the socks can be accessed via a mobile application and shared with providers, including podiatrists, to support monitoring and timely intervention. It serves patients and healthcare providers through its flagship Siren Diabetic Foot Program. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, Siren Care focuses on proactive foot health management for individuals at risk of diabetic foot complications.

Unioncrate

Series A in 2019
Unioncrate, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven supply chain management software, aimed at enhancing the operational efficiency of consumer goods companies. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Barcelona and Buenos Aires, Unioncrate offers various products including Stargate, which manages sales orders, purchase orders, suppliers, inventory, reporting, trade spending, and EDI, and Almanac, a tool for consumption-driven predictions. The company's platform emphasizes demand planning and utilizes AI to identify demand patterns, automate daily tasks, and improve forecast accuracy, thereby addressing core operational challenges within the supply chain. Unioncrate is dedicated to transforming traditional supply chain practices, enabling clients to reclaim valuable resources that are often lost due to outdated systems.

Notable Labs

Series B in 2019
Notable Labs, Inc. is a clinical-stage company that specializes in personalized lab testing services for cancer patients, particularly those with brain cancer. Founded in 2014 and based in Foster City, California, the company utilizes its proprietary Predictive Precision Medicines Platform to conduct drug combination experiments on patients' tumors. This platform allows Notable Labs to simulate cancer treatments and predict patient responses to specific therapies, enabling healthcare providers to prioritize combinations of FDA-approved treatments that can be prescribed without the need for clinical trials. By providing detailed reports to physicians, Notable Labs aims to enhance treatment efficacy and expedite therapeutic development for patients.

Well Principled

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Well Principled Corp. is an artificial intelligence management consulting firm based in St. Louis, Missouri, specializing in optimizing marketing and supply chain strategies for retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. Founded in 2018, the company leverages advanced algorithmic technology to predict customer buying behavior and provide actionable insights derived from established business theories and contemporary AI methodologies. Well Principled offers a streamlined alternative to traditional optimization methods that often rely on extensive analyst teams and custom development projects. Its software integrates diverse data sources to identify key business drivers, enabling clients to enhance customer retention, refine pricing strategies, and improve overall operational efficiency. By delivering clear, theory-backed plans of action, Well Principled empowers organizations to achieve growth and better manage their marketing and supply chain processes.

Searchlight

Seed Round in 2019
Searchlight, headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in early-stage talent assessment. Its Predictive Talent Platform automates reference checks and analyzes data to predict candidate success, enhancing hiring efficiency and effectiveness. The platform connects self-assessment and reference data with post-hire outcomes, providing real-time insights into competencies and soft skills. Searchlight aims to improve Quality of Hire by continuously learning from employee performance data, fostering a people-first approach to recruitment.

Siren Care

Series A in 2018
Siren Care develops wearable health technology for diabetic foot health monitoring. The company offers Siren diabetic socks and a foot temperature monitoring system that continuously tracks foot temperature to detect early signs of inflammation and diabetic foot ulcers, helping prevent complications such as amputations. Data from the socks can be accessed via a mobile application and shared with providers, including podiatrists, to support monitoring and timely intervention. It serves patients and healthcare providers through its flagship Siren Diabetic Foot Program. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, Siren Care focuses on proactive foot health management for individuals at risk of diabetic foot complications.

People Data Labs

Series A in 2018
People Data Labs specializes in B2B data solutions for developers, engineers, and data scientists. They maintain a database of over 3 billion accurate records, empowering clients to create person profiles, enrich records, drive predictive modeling, and build innovative AI tools. Serving both enterprise and startup clients across various industries, People Data Labs is renowned as the go-to source for reliable B2B data.

Unioncrate

Seed Round in 2018
Unioncrate, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven supply chain management software, aimed at enhancing the operational efficiency of consumer goods companies. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in Barcelona and Buenos Aires, Unioncrate offers various products including Stargate, which manages sales orders, purchase orders, suppliers, inventory, reporting, trade spending, and EDI, and Almanac, a tool for consumption-driven predictions. The company's platform emphasizes demand planning and utilizes AI to identify demand patterns, automate daily tasks, and improve forecast accuracy, thereby addressing core operational challenges within the supply chain. Unioncrate is dedicated to transforming traditional supply chain practices, enabling clients to reclaim valuable resources that are often lost due to outdated systems.

Datavant

Venture Round in 2018
Datavant is a health data platform company focused on securely connecting and organizing biomedical data to support drug development and clinical trials. It provides a privacy-preserving network that enables the secure exchange of health records across thousands of organizations, helping researchers and pharmaceutical developers access real-world data while protecting patient privacy. By structuring data for trial design and interpretation, the company aims to improve clinical outcomes and accelerate medical research.

Siren Care

Seed Round in 2018
Siren Care develops wearable health technology for diabetic foot health monitoring. The company offers Siren diabetic socks and a foot temperature monitoring system that continuously tracks foot temperature to detect early signs of inflammation and diabetic foot ulcers, helping prevent complications such as amputations. Data from the socks can be accessed via a mobile application and shared with providers, including podiatrists, to support monitoring and timely intervention. It serves patients and healthcare providers through its flagship Siren Diabetic Foot Program. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, Siren Care focuses on proactive foot health management for individuals at risk of diabetic foot complications.

Hive

Series A in 2016
Founded in 2013, Hive develops web-based platforms that connect customers with businesses using deep learning toolkits and computer vision models. Its products include Hive Media for analytics, Hive Security for video analytics, Hive Auto for autonomous vehicles, and Hive Retail for retail operations. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company empowers developers with pre-trained AI models and turnkey software, serving billions of API requests monthly.

Tachyus

Series A in 2016
Tachyus develops an AI-driven platform optimizing energy production in the oil and gas industry. Its platform offers predictive analytics, integration, measurement features, enabling users to forecast equipment failure, optimize injection rates, and enhance decision-making capabilities.

Tachyus

Series A in 2015
Tachyus develops an AI-driven platform optimizing energy production in the oil and gas industry. Its platform offers predictive analytics, integration, measurement features, enabling users to forecast equipment failure, optimize injection rates, and enhance decision-making capabilities.

Credit Karma

Funding Round in 2014
Founded in 2007, Credit Karma is a personal finance company dedicated to helping individuals make informed decisions about their money. With over 100 million members, it offers free credit scores and reports, personalized financial recommendations, and tools for managing various aspects of credit and financial health.

NextRoll

Series C in 2014
NextRoll is a marketing technology company based in San Francisco, California, that provides innovative products designed to help businesses grow. The company operates two main business units: RollWorks, which focuses on account-based marketing solutions for business-to-business teams, and AdRoll, an e-commerce marketing platform tailored for direct-to-consumer brands. Utilizing machine learning and integrated data platforms, NextRoll enables businesses to develop personalized advertising campaigns that maximize the return on their online marketing efforts. Its technology serves a diverse range of clients globally, empowering them to enhance their digital marketing strategies through advanced tracking, retargeting, and product recommendations.

Tachyus

Series A in 2014
Tachyus develops an AI-driven platform optimizing energy production in the oil and gas industry. Its platform offers predictive analytics, integration, measurement features, enabling users to forecast equipment failure, optimize injection rates, and enhance decision-making capabilities.

Palantir Technologies

Series H in 2013
Palantir Technologies develops data fusion, integration, and analytics software for public institutions, commercial enterprises, and non-profit organizations worldwide. The company offers Gotham, a platform that integrates, manages, secures, and analyzes enterprise data, and Metropolis, a platform that integrates, enriches, models, and analyzes quantitative data for commercial use. Palantir's software supports activities such as anti-fraud, crisis response, cyber security, defense, disaster preparedness, disease response, healthcare delivery, intelligence, law enforcement, insurance analytics, and pharmaceutical research. Its solutions enable collaboration across and within organizations to make sense of large and complex data sets. Palantir serves government, defense, finance, healthcare, and other industries. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Zest AI

Series C in 2013
Zest AI, Inc. is a technology company based in Burbank, California, that specializes in artificial intelligence solutions for credit underwriting. Founded in 2009 and formerly known as ZestFinance, the company has developed a platform that utilizes advanced machine learning techniques to enhance credit decision-making processes. Zest AI's Model Management System allows lenders to analyze extensive credit data, increasing approval rates while mitigating the risks associated with credit decisions. The platform also emphasizes transparency and compliance, enabling lenders to understand and explain their data modeling results effectively. Through its innovative technology, Zest AI aims to make credit more accessible and fair, helping lenders improve their decision-making and ultimately provide better loan options to a wider array of consumers. The company has a strategic partnership with Microsoft, which supports its mission to expand the availability of credit.

Judicata

Series A in 2013
Judicata specializes in transforming unstructured court opinions into structured data through advanced case law parsing and algorithm-assisted review. The company develops legal research and analytics tools designed to provide attorneys with critical information that enhances their ability to achieve successful outcomes for their clients. By offering intuitive navigation options, Judicata allows legal professionals to efficiently search for specific cases, such as race discrimination, and apply various filters based on factual, contextual, and procedural details. This innovative approach enables lawyers to manage large volumes of information effectively, supporting their judgment and decision-making in legal matters.

Judicata

Venture Round in 2012
Judicata specializes in transforming unstructured court opinions into structured data through advanced case law parsing and algorithm-assisted review. The company develops legal research and analytics tools designed to provide attorneys with critical information that enhances their ability to achieve successful outcomes for their clients. By offering intuitive navigation options, Judicata allows legal professionals to efficiently search for specific cases, such as race discrimination, and apply various filters based on factual, contextual, and procedural details. This innovative approach enables lawyers to manage large volumes of information effectively, supporting their judgment and decision-making in legal matters.

Prior Knowledge

Seed Round in 2012
Prior Knowledge is a technology company specializing in cloud-based predictive analytics. It offers a unique predictive database called Veritable, which enables users to gain insights and make predictions from complex datasets with ease. The company's innovative approach, rooted in extensive research from MIT, focuses on constructing an infrastructure for inference that surpasses traditional big data analytics. By employing advanced probabilistic models, Prior Knowledge aims to simplify the workflow for application developers and enhance business processes, allowing enterprises to better navigate the challenges posed by large and intricate datasets. The company is supported by Founders Fund and various independent angel investors, reflecting its commitment to advancing the field of probabilistic inference.

Palantir Technologies

Series D in 2010
Palantir Technologies develops data fusion, integration, and analytics software for public institutions, commercial enterprises, and non-profit organizations worldwide. The company offers Gotham, a platform that integrates, manages, secures, and analyzes enterprise data, and Metropolis, a platform that integrates, enriches, models, and analyzes quantitative data for commercial use. Palantir's software supports activities such as anti-fraud, crisis response, cyber security, defense, disaster preparedness, disease response, healthcare delivery, intelligence, law enforcement, insurance analytics, and pharmaceutical research. Its solutions enable collaboration across and within organizations to make sense of large and complex data sets. Palantir serves government, defense, finance, healthcare, and other industries. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Credit Karma

Series A in 2009
Founded in 2007, Credit Karma is a personal finance company dedicated to helping individuals make informed decisions about their money. With over 100 million members, it offers free credit scores and reports, personalized financial recommendations, and tools for managing various aspects of credit and financial health.

NextRoll

Series A in 2008
NextRoll is a marketing technology company based in San Francisco, California, that provides innovative products designed to help businesses grow. The company operates two main business units: RollWorks, which focuses on account-based marketing solutions for business-to-business teams, and AdRoll, an e-commerce marketing platform tailored for direct-to-consumer brands. Utilizing machine learning and integrated data platforms, NextRoll enables businesses to develop personalized advertising campaigns that maximize the return on their online marketing efforts. Its technology serves a diverse range of clients globally, empowering them to enhance their digital marketing strategies through advanced tracking, retargeting, and product recommendations.
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