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
43
$3B
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Substrate
Series AOct 2025$100M
$110M
Co-investors: Nnamdi Iregbulem (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), 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: Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Chris Moreno (Infinite Niches), Alexander Piskunov (KAAN Ventures), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), 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), Jason Calacanis (LAUNCH), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Shawn Dimantha (Angel investor), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Scott Belsky, Sahil Lavingia, Kevin Hart, Moshe Lifschitz, Marcy Simon, Anthony Pompliano, Kyle Vogt, Sahin Boydas, Matthew Dellavedova, Babak Nivi, Karim Atiyeh
Armada
Series UnknownJul 2025$130M
SeedFeb 2023$13M
$240M
Co-investors: James Currier (NFX), Viviana Faga (Felicis Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Shahin Farshchi (Lux Capital), Michael Stewart (M12), Kerem Ozmen (8090 Industries), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), 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), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Ben Braverman (Saga), Jon Dishotsky (Daft Capital), William Miller, Vineet Jain, Justin Mateen, Austin Ogilvie, Sohila Zadran, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Sahin Boydas, Mattia Astori
Nominal
Series BJun 2025$75M
SeedApr 2024$8M
$130M
Co-investors: Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Kyle Lui (DCM), 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: Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Philip Carson (Cubit Capital), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Gaetano Crupi (Prime Movers Lab), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Mark Kvamme (Drive Capital), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Joshua Reeves, Louis Beryl, Natasha Ahmed, Thomas Tull, Mark Cuban, Vivek Patel, Emil Lee, Zachary Hargreaves, Gokul Rajaram
Anduril Industries
Series GJun 2025$2.5B
Series FAug 2024$1.5B
$12B
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Brian Singerman (Founders Fund), Raviraj Jain (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Will Kohler (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Brian Rabben (Rabben Hood Ventures), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Josh Manchester (Champion Hill Labs), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Michael Chase (Outliers Fund), Stu Shea (01 Advisors), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Elad Gil, Mircea Pasoi, Fanny Surjana, William Miller, Mattia Astori, Richard Cooperstein, Thomas Tull, Stephen Romanoff
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