Investing Profile

Trae Stephens(1)

VCAngelInvestor

Partner, Founders Fund; Co-Founder, Anduril

foundersfund.com/team/trae-st...San Francisco, California

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Georgetown University Network

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Palantir Technologies Network

16 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Founders Fund Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $150.0M

Sweet Spot

$5.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$3B

Trae Stephens is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Trae Stephens's Investments On Record (22)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Substrate	Series AOct 2025$100M	$110M
Co-investors: Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Nnamdi Iregbulem (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Immad Akhund, Will Gaybrick, Guillermo Rauch
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: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Alexander Piskunov (KAAN Ventures), Shawn Dimantha (Angel investor), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), 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), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Chris Moreno (Infinite Niches), Scott Belsky, Kevin Hart, Kyle Vogt, Anthony Pompliano, Marcy Simon, Matthew Dellavedova, Karim Atiyeh, Sahil Lavingia, Moshe Lifschitz, Sahin Boydas, Babak Nivi
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), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Kerem Ozmen (8090 Industries), 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 ), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Jon Dishotsky (Daft Capital), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), William Miller, Austin Ogilvie, Vineet Jain, Justin Mateen, Sohila Zadran, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Mattia Astori, Sahin Boydas
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), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Matthew Cowan (Next47)
Gecko Robotics	Series DJun 2025$130M Series CDec 2023$100M Series CMar 2022$73M	$350M
Co-investors: Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Gaetano Crupi (Prime Movers Lab), Philip Carson (Cubit Capital), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Mark Kvamme (Drive Capital), Thomas Tull, Gokul Rajaram, Mark Cuban, Joshua Reeves, Vivek Patel, Zachary Hargreaves, Louis Beryl, Natasha Ahmed, Emil Lee
Anduril Industries	Series GJun 2025$2.5B Series FAug 2024$1.5B	$11B
Co-investors: Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Brian Singerman (Founders Fund), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Josh Manchester (Champion Hill Labs), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Stu Shea (01 Advisors), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Michael Chase (Outliers Fund), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Brian Rabben (Rabben Hood Ventures), Thomas Tull, Stephen Romanoff, Richard Cooperstein, Fanny Surjana, Elad Gil, William Miller, Mircea Pasoi, Mattia Astori