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

17 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 (19)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Nominal	Series BJun 2025$75M SeedApr 2024$8M	$110M
Co-investors: Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Kyle Lui (DCM), Paul Kwan (General Catalyst), Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Bilal Zuberi (Lux Capital)
Gecko Robotics	Series DJun 2025$130M Series CDec 2023$100M Series CMar 2022$73M	$350M
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Gaetano Crupi (Prime Movers Lab), Philip Carson (Cubit Capital), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Mark Kvamme (Drive Capital), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Gokul Rajaram, Louis Beryl, Emil Lee, Thomas Tull, Natasha Ahmed, Mark Cuban, Joshua Reeves, Vivek Patel, Zachary Hargreaves
Anduril Industries	Series GJun 2025$2.5B Series FAug 2024$1.5B	$9.2B
Co-investors: David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Lachy Groom (LGF), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Sebastian Bausch (11k Ventures), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Mislav Tolusic (Marlinspike), Josh Manchester (Champion Hill Labs), Ross Fubini (XYZ Venture Capital), William Miller, Mircea Pasoi, Fanny Surjana, Thomas Tull
Stord	Series EMay 2025$80M Series DMay 2022$120M Series BDec 2020$35M	$410M
Co-investors: Chad Byers (Susa Ventures), Karen Page (B Capital Group), Ryan Petersen (Founders Fund), Hammad Aslam (Susa Ventures), Nick Bunick (NewView Capital), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Christopher Klaus (Cyberlaunch), Thiago Olson (EVE Atlas), Max Mullen, Michael G. Rubin, Will Gaybrick, Thomas Noonan
Campus	Series BMar 2025$46M Series AApr 2024$23M	$100M
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Rob Hayes (First Round Capital), Thomson Nguyen (Saga), Ben Braverman (Saga), Max Altman (Saga), Lachy Groom (LGF), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Akshay Kothari, Jason Citron, Emil Michael, Dylan Field, Sam Altman, Ron Pragides
Varda	Series BApr 2024$90M SeedDec 2020$9M	$310M
Co-investors: Delian Asparouhov (Founders Fund), Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Frank Taylor (Virginia Venture Partners), Ben Braverman (Saga), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Tahseen Rashid (HOF Capital), Jon Dishotsky (Giant Ventures), Mike Annunziata (Also Capital), Austin Ogilvie, William Miller, Sohila Zadran, Joao Otavio Oliverio, Vineet Jain, Justin Mateen
Biofire	Series AFeb 2024$7M Series ANov 2022$15M	$45M
Co-investors: Nathaniel Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Lorenzo Thione (Gaingels), Paul Grossinger (Gaingels), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Mike Walsh (Structure Capital), Jacob Shea (Structure Capital), Rohan Pujara (Valhalla Ventures), Ozi Amanat (K2 Global), Chris Mullaly (Quantum Angels Venture Capital), Sahin Boydas
Opal	Series AOct 2023$17M	$20M
Co-investors: Nico Wittenborn (Adjacent), Alex Zubillaga (14W), Harry Stebbings (20VC), Kevin Carter (Night Capital), Thibaud Elziere, Jean Charles Samuelian, Alexandre Scialom, Steve Schlafman, Casey Neistat, James Beshara