Investing Profile

Trae Stephens(1)

VCAngelInvestor
Partner, Founders Fund; Co-Founder, Anduril
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Georgetown University Network
65 CONNECTIONS
Palantir Technologies Network
16 CONNECTIONS
Founders Fund Network
13 CONNECTIONS
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$500K - $150.0M
$5.0M
41
$3B
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Dirac
SeedAug 2025$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital)
Eight Sleep
Series DAug 2025$100M
Series CAug 2021$86M
Series CNov 2019$40M
$250M
Co-investors: Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Shawn Dimantha (Angel investor), Chris Moreno (Infinite Niches), Alexander Piskunov (KAAN Ventures), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Patrick O'Shaughnessy (Positive Sum VC), Geoffrey Woo (Anti fund), Avlok Kohli (AngelList), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), James Murphy (Proton Enterprises), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Kevin Hart, Marcy Simon, Sahin Boydas, Matthew Dellavedova, Dan Romero, Kyle Vogt, Karim Atiyeh, Moshe Lifschitz, Sahil Lavingia, Anthony Pompliano, Babak Nivi, Scott Belsky
Armada
Series UnknownJul 2025$130M
SeedFeb 2023$13M
$240M
Co-investors: Viviana Faga (Felicis Ventures), James Currier (NFX), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Shahin Farshchi (Lux Capital), Kerem Ozmen (8090 Industries), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Michael Stewart (M12), Ron Pragides, Eric Futoran
Varda
Series CJul 2025$190M
Series BApr 2024$90M
SeedDec 2020$9M
$500M
Co-investors: Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Tahseen Rashid (HOF Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Jon Dishotsky (Giant Ventures), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Sahin Boydas, Austin Ogilvie, Vineet Jain, Justin Mateen, Sohila Zadran, Joao Otavio Oliverio, William Miller
Gecko Robotics
Series DJun 2025$130M
Series CDec 2023$100M
Series CMar 2022$73M
$350M
Co-investors: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Gaetano Crupi (Prime Movers Lab), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Mark Kvamme (Drive Capital), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Philip Carson (Cubit Capital), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Joshua Reeves, Gokul Rajaram, Vivek Patel, Thomas Tull, Zachary Hargreaves, Natasha Ahmed, Emil Lee
Nominal
Series BJun 2025$75M
SeedApr 2024$8M
$130M
Co-investors: Kyle Lui (DCM), Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Matthew Cowan (Next47)
Anduril Industries
Series GJun 2025$2.5B
Series FAug 2024$1.5B
$9.2B
Co-investors: David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Brian Rabben (Rabben Hood Ventures), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Josh Manchester (Champion Hill Labs), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Thomas Tull, Mircea Pasoi, Fanny Surjana, William Miller, Richard Cooperstein
Stord
Series EMay 2025$80M
Series DMay 2022$120M
Series BDec 2020$35M
$410M
Co-investors: Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Karen Page (B Capital Group), Hammad Aslam (Susa Ventures), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Thiago Olson (EVE Atlas), Christopher Klaus (Cyberlaunch), Nick Bunick (NewView Capital), Thomas Noonan, Max Mullen, Michael G. Rubin, Will Gaybrick
Congressional Intern Office of Congressman Rob PortmanPresent
Co-Founder Anduril Industries2017 - Present
Partner Founders Fund2014 - Present
Adjunct Professor Georgetown University2013 - 2013
Forward Deployed Engineer Palantir Technologies2008 - 2013
Lead Data Analyst, International Data LexisNexis Special Services2006 - 2008
Asst. to the Chief of Staff Georgetown University2005 - 2006
Political Affairs Intern Embassy of Afghanistan2003 - 2005
Georgetown University BS Regional and Comparative Studies (Middle East)
Lebanon High School