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 (20)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total 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: Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), 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), Babak Nivi, Sahin Boydas, Scott Belsky, Dan Romero, Matthew Dellavedova, Kyle Vogt, Karim Atiyeh, Kevin Hart, Marcy Simon, Sahil Lavingia, Moshe Lifschitz, Anthony Pompliano
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 ), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Jon Dishotsky (Daft Capital), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Austin Ogilvie, Vineet Jain, Justin Mateen, Sohila Zadran, Joao Otavio Oliverio, William Miller, Sahin Boydas
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), 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), Zachary Hargreaves, Natasha Ahmed, Thomas Tull, Emil Lee, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Joshua Reeves, Vivek Patel, Gokul Rajaram
Nominal	Series BJun 2025$75M SeedApr 2024$8M	$130M
Co-investors: Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Kyle Lui (DCM), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), 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), Stu Shea (01 Advisors), 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), Stephen Romanoff, Richard Cooperstein, William Miller, Mircea Pasoi, Fanny Surjana, Thomas Tull
Stord	Series EMay 2025$80M Series DMay 2022$120M Series BDec 2020$35M	$410M
Co-investors: Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), 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