Founders Fund

5 tracked neobanks backed · North America, Europe, Africa, Latin America, MENA, Asia, Oceania · foundersfund.com ↗

Peter Thiel's San Francisco fund, founded 2005 with PayPal alumni; contrarian, concentrated bets — Ramp, Wave and Plasma among its money-app positions.

Founders Fund appears in the publicly disclosed early funding rounds of 5 of the 358 neobanks tracked in the open dataset — a portfolio spanning traditional and web3-native players. Sources are linked on each profile; this is notable-backer data from disclosed rounds, not a complete cap table.

Key people

Peter Thiel — founding partner ↗

Portfolio

Ramp New York, US · est. 2019 traditional

Found San Francisco, US · est. 2019 traditional

Trade Republic Berlin, DE · est. 2015 traditional

Wave Dakar, SN · est. 2018 traditional

Plasma One — · est. 2025 web3-native

Frequent co-investors

Firms appearing alongside Founders Fund in the same neobanks' disclosed rounds.

Sequoia Capital · 2 shared Stripe · 2 shared Thrive Capital · 2 shared Ribbit Capital · 1 shared General Catalyst · 1 shared Lightspeed · 1 shared Accel · 1 shared Partech · 1 shared Bitfinex · 1 shared Creandum · 1 shared

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Figures compiled from public sources, for comparison only — not financial advice. "Up to" rates change constantly; always confirm with the issuer. Spotted an error? Suggest a fix.