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
64 CONNECTIONS
Palantir Technologies Network
16 CONNECTIONS
Founders Fund Network
13 CONNECTIONS
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$500K - $150.0M
$5.0M
33
$3B
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Anduril Industries
Series FAug 2024$1.5B
$6.7B
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Josh Manchester (Champion Hill Labs), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Hunter Mcnabb (9Yards Capital), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Fanny Surjana, Elad Gil, William Miller, Thomas Tull, Mircea Pasoi
Campus
Series AApr 2024$23M
$56M
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Rob Hayes (First Round Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Jason Citron, Dylan Field, Ron Pragides, Sam Altman
Nominal
SeedApr 2024$8M
Series AApr 2024$20M
$37M
Co-investors: Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Kyle Lui (DCM), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), Matthew Colford (Human Capital), Aashay Sanghvi (Haystack), Baris Akis (Human Capital), Semil Shah (Haystack)
Varda
Series BApr 2024$90M
SeedDec 2020$9M
$310M
Co-investors: Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Jon Dishotsky (Giant Ventures), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Tahseen Rashid (HOF Capital), Austin Ogilvie, William Miller, Vineet Jain, Justin Mateen
Biofire
Series AFeb 2024$7M
Series ANov 2022$15M
$45M
Co-investors: Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Nathaniel Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Lorenzo Thione (Gaingels), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Chris Mullaly (Quantum Angels Venture Capital), Mike Walsh (Structure Capital), Jacob Shea (Structure Capital), Rohan Pujara (Valhalla Ventures), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Sahin Boydas
Gecko Robotics
Series CDec 2023$100M
Series CMar 2022$73M
$220M
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Mark Kvamme (Drive Capital), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Philip Carson (Cubit Capital), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Gaetano Crupi (Prime Movers Lab), Zachary Hargreaves, Mark Cuban, Vivek Patel, Joshua Reeves, Louis Beryl, Emil Lee, Gokul Rajaram, Natasha Ahmed, Thomas Tull
Opal
Series AOct 2023$17M
$20M
Co-investors: Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Alex Zubillaga (14W), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Kevin Carter (Night Capital), Casey Neistat, Alexandre Scialom, Jean Charles Samuelian, Thibaud Elziere, James Beshara, Steve Schlafman
Armada
SeedFeb 2023$13M
$110M
Co-investors: James Currier (NFX), Shahin Farshchi (Lux Capital), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Michael Stewart (M12), Kerem Ozmen (8090 Industries), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Eric Futoran
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