Investing Profile

Trae Stephens(1)

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Partner at Founders Fund
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Current Investing Position
Founders Fund Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $150.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
46
Current Fund Size
$3B

Trae Stephens is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Trae Stephens's Investments On Record (24)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Nominal
Series BMar 2026$80M
Series BJun 2025$75M
SeedApr 2024$8M
$210M
Co-investors: Guru Chahal (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Ravi Mhatre (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Anas Biad (Sequoia Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital), Kyle Lui (Bling Capital), Matthew Cowan (Next47)
Outtake
Series BJan 2026$40M
$57M
Co-investors: Bill Ackman, Satya Nadella, Guillermo Rauch
Erebor Bank, N.A.
Series UnknownDec 2025$350M
$350M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Trevor Paladino (Lakeside Capital)
Substrate
Series AOct 2025$100M
$110M
Co-investors: Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Nnamdi Iregbulem (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Guillermo Rauch, Will Gaybrick
Dirac
SeedAug 2025$11M
$11M
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures )
Eight Sleep
Series DAug 2025$100M
Series CAug 2021$86M
Series CNov 2019$40M
$250M
Co-investors: Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Fred Ehrsam (Paradigm), Jason Calacanis (Sequoia Capital), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Alex Rodriguez (Vision/Capital/People (VCP)), Patrick O'Shaughnessy (Positive Sum VC), Geoffrey Woo (Anti fund), Avlok Kohli (AngelList), Moshe Lifschitz (Basement Fund), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), James Murphy (Proton Enterprises), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Scott Belsky (A24), Kal Vepuri (Brainchild), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Shawn Dimantha (Angel investor), Chris Moreno (Xeal), Alexander Piskunov (KAAN Ventures), Anthony Pompliano, Kevin Hart, Babak Nivi, Sahil Lavingia, Karim Atiyeh, Matthew Dellavedova, Marcy Simon
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), Kerem Ozmen (8090 Industries), Michael Stewart (M12), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Larry Chu (Stealth Company (Omid E. Izadjou)), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Eric Futoran, Ron Pragides
Varda
Series CJul 2025$190M
Series BApr 2024$90M
SeedDec 2020$9M
$500M
Co-investors: Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Ben Braverman (Saga), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Joao Otavio Oliverio (Clube FII), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Jon Dishotsky (Daft Capital), Justin Mateen, Sohila Zadran, Mattia Astori, William Miller, Austin Ogilvie, Vineet Jain

Trae Stephens's Experience

Co-Founder Anduril Industries2017 - Present
Partner Founders Fund2014 - Present
Congressional Intern Office of Congressman Rob PortmanPresent
Lead Data Analyst, International Data MinttownPresent
Congressional Intern MinttownPresent
Political Affairs Intern MinttownPresent
Co-Founder Pursuit PropertiesPresent
Co-Founder SolPresent
Adjunct Professor Georgetown University Information SystemsPresent
Lead Data Analyst, International Data The ModemShopPresent
Political Affairs Intern The ModemShopPresent
Congressional Intern The ModemShopPresent
Co-Founder PursuitPresent
Asst. to the Chief of Staff Georgetown University Information SystemsPresent
Lead Data Analyst, International Data Top-PatentsPresent
Congressional Intern Top-PatentsPresent
Political Affairs Intern Top-PatentsPresent
Lead Data Analyst, International Data NewCoPresent
Political Affairs Intern NewCoPresent
Congressional Intern NewCoPresent
Lead Data Analyst, International Data The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, YaffoPresent
Congressional Intern The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, YaffoPresent
Political Affairs Intern The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, YaffoPresent
Lead Data Analyst, International Data University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Political Affairs Intern University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Congressional Intern University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
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