Investing Profile

Trae Stephens(1)

VCInvestor

Partner at Founders Fund

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Current Investing Position
Founders Fund Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $150.0M
Sweet Spot
$25.0M
Investments On Record
15
Current Fund Size
$3B

Trae Stephens is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Trae Stephens's Investments On Record (10)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Eight Sleep
Series CAug 2021$86M
Series CNov 2019$40M
$151M
Co-investors: Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Avlok Kohli (AngelList), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Shawn Dimantha (Angel investor), Kevin Hartz (A* Partners), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Patrick O'Shaughnessy (OSAM), Geoffrey Woo (Anti fund), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Kyle Vogt, Anthony Pompliano, Yagiz Sozmen, Ryan Petersen, Brian Zwerner
Contact
Seed RoundAug 2021£1.4M
£1.4M
Co-investors: Alice Lloyd George (RRE Ventures), Pippa Lamb (Sweet Capital)
Replica
Series BApr 2021$41M
$41M
Carbyne
Series BJan 2021$25M
Series BAug 2018$18.5M
$43.5M
Co-investors: Lior Prosor (Hanaco Ventures)
Varda
Seed RoundDec 2020$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Justin Mateen (JAM Fund), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital)
Stord
Series BDec 2020$35M
$142.4M
Co-investors: Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Karen Page (B Capital Group), Thiago Olson (EVE Atlas), Will Gaybrick, Max Mullen, Ryan Petersen
Unioncrate
Series AOct 2019$9M
Seed RoundSep 2018$3.2M
$12.2M
Co-investors: Leo Polovets (Susa Ventures), Kevin Mahaffey (SNR), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures)
goTenna
Series CJun 2019$24M
$40.8M
Co-investors: Albert Wenger (Union Square Ventures), Larry Marcus (Marcy Venture Partners), Karin Klein (Bloomberg BETA), Vijay Chattha, Jeremy Yap

Trae Stephens's Experience

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

Trae Stephens's Education

Georgetown University BS Regional and Comparative Studies (Middle East)
Lebanon High School