Venture capital fund · 7 deals
Every published round Founders Fund took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamgee | Seed | 23 Aug 2026 | $5.6m | Lead | trysignalbase.com, datapile.co | |
| Gamgee | Seed | 18 Aug 2026 | $4m | Lead | kucoin.com, thesaasnews.com, Dealroom, newshub.medianet.com.au, theunderbite.co | |
| Loop | Series C | 17 Apr 2026 | $95m | Participant | unite.ai, ventureburn.com | |
| Halter | Series D+ | 25 Mar 2026 | $314.4m | Lead | BusinessDesk NZ, Startup Daily, SmartCompany, Blackbird Ventures portfolio | |
| Halter | Series D+ | 2026 | $220m | Lead | AgFunderNews (21 May 2026), AgFunderNews (26 Mar 2026) | |
| Foundry Lab | Series A | 3 Dec 2021 | $11.3m | Participant | SmartCompany, Startup Daily | |
| On Deck | undisclosed | undated | ~$100m | Participant | Blackbird Ventures |
Companies Founders Fund has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundry Lab | On-demand metal casting for rapid, sovereign manufacturing | 3 Dec 2021, Series A | 1 | 0 |
| Gamgee | startup building AI-designed personalized mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs | 18 Aug 2026, Seed | 2 | 2 |
| Halter | Makes a cattle collar and app for virtual fencing to run more productive, sustainable far… | 2026, Series D+ | 2 | 2 |
| Loop | 17 Apr 2026, Series C | 1 | 0 | |
| On Deck | a community and platform that, six years’ later, has gone on to create and empower a thou… | undisclosed | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Founders Fund, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Founders Fund has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Founders Fund did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Amin Mirzadegan | Partner | newshub.medianet.com.au, theunderbite.co |
| Peter Thiel | Founder | Startup Daily |
| Peter Thiel | Founder | kucoin.com, Forbes Australia, SmartCompany, AgFunderNews, siliconrepublic.com |
Stories naming Founders Fund. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Dog cancer vaccine startup Gamgee has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Founders Fund with Y Combinator, to speed clinical trials and product development for its AI-personalised canine vaccines.
Also trysignalbase.com
Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.
Veterinary biotech Gamgee has raised a four million dollar seed round led by Founders Fund, launching from Y Combinator to develop personalised mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs.
Also newshub.medianet.com.au·Dealroom·thesaasnews.com·kucoin.com
Zac Altman’s ADHD telehealth startup Kantoko has secured $3.5 million in a Side Stage Ventures-led seed round, with Andrew Forrest’s Tenmile and Go1’s founders investing; the article also recalls his earlier ventures’ sales.
Also Dealroom·Startup Daily·Business News Australia·SmartCompany
Investible's note explains its pre-seed backing of satellite startup Outlier Space alongside GD1 and others, arguing uncrewed return-capable platforms will make off-world manufacturing viable as the ISS retires.
Analysis of Lightspeed Venture Partners' 2026 close of three funds totalling nine billion dollars, its backer base, AI allocation, portfolio outcomes and comparisons with other big venture firms.
Supply chain AI startup Loop has raised a $95 million Series C led by Valor Equity Partners and its Atreides AI fund, with other investors participating, to deepen product capabilities and grow engineering teams.
Also unite.ai
Weekly roundup detailing eight trans-Tasman raises totalling A$373.3 million, headlined by Halter's Series E, spanning quantum computing, biomanufacturing, robotics, adtech and agtech, plus a recalled $2 billion founder exit.
Also Startup Daily
Halter, a New Zealand cattle-collar startup, has raised $220m in a Founders Fund-led Series E at a doubled $2bn valuation; the piece argues its ambitions reach beyond agtech.
Also AgFunderNews
Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.
Lightspeed has closed over $9 billion across six vehicles, its largest-ever fundraise; the story ties the trend to LPs backing bigger firms and AI bets, and recalls IPOs by Rubrik, Netskope and Navan.
Also thetechportal.com
Crunchbase's unicorn tracker analysis finds AI-driven valuations added over half a trillion dollars in months, reshuffling the top twenty and minting eleven new decacorns in H2 2025, including Figure, Kraken, Mistral and Sierra.
Analysis argues Cognition AI's July 2025 buyout of Windsurf, after Google's reverse-acquihire of its leaders, secures IP, talent and revenue, boosting Cognition's Devin product, valuation and investor backing.
Windsurf's chief executive announces the developer-tools firm is joining Cognition, the company behind the Devin AI agent, in an acquisition; he also cites Cognition's funding history and valuation.
Also ainvest.com·cxodigitalpulse.com·siliconrepublic.com·nxcode.io·thevibelog.dev·frontiernews.ai·Crunchbase News
Eleven companies reached billion-dollar valuations in April 2024, led by Xaira Therapeutics' $1 billion Series A; Rubrik and Ibotta listed on the NYSE, and several existing unicorns raised at higher valuations.
Also Crunchbase News
Blackbird has hired On Deck co-founder David Booth for its New Zealand investing team in an EIR role; the post recounts his career and On Deck's roughly $100 million raise.
Year-end Crunchbase column recapping five distinctive 2023 raises: Cortical Labs, Forward, Neura Robotics, KoBold Metals and Living Carbon, with amounts, backers and one stated valuation.
Also TechCrunch Australia
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding rounds for alternative fat and agtech startups, acquisitions including Kroger's purchase of Albertsons, and other sector news such as Beyond Meat's job cuts.
New Zealand metal casting startup Foundry Lab raised a Series A of US$8 million (A$11.2 million), led by Blackbird with GD1, Icehouse, K1W1 and three angels joining earlier backers.
Also SmartCompany