Gigafund

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Aug 1, 2025	FORT Robotics	$19.0M Series B	—	1435 Capital Management, Aglae Ventures, Somesh Surapureddi, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Lakeside Capital, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Mana Ventures, Outliers Fund, Partners Resolute, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, TCV, Tiger Global Management, Upfront Ventures, UpHonest Capital, Adeel Hussain, Fanny Surjana, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Mark Cuban, Mattia Astori, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani
May 1, 2025	Rover	$4.0M Seed	—	A Capital, Bankless Ventures, Foundry Group, K2 Global, Menlo Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, Plug & Play Ventures, Radical Ventures, Sound Ventures, Anil Dharni, Megan Quinn
Sep 1, 2024	GreenLite Technologies	$29.0M Series A	—	Craft Ventures, Insight Partners, Trust Ventures
Mar 1, 2024	Tierra Biosciences	$11.0M Series A	—	1435 Capital Management, Aglae Ventures, Somesh Surapureddi, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Lakeside Capital, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Outliers Fund, Partners Resolute, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, UpHonest Capital, Adeel Hussain, Fanny Surjana, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Mattia Astori, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani
Oct 1, 2023	GreenLite Technologies	$8.0M Seed	—	Trust Ventures
Sep 1, 2022	Nimbus Therapeutics	$130.0M Venture Round	—	10100, Access Biotechnology, Atlas Venture, Browder Capital, Krishna Yeshwant, Mithril Capital Management, NEO, Pfizer Venture Investments, Polaris Partners, RA Capital, Sanofi Ventures, Trucks Venture Capital, Vertex Ventures, Emil Michael
Aug 1, 2022	Augment Markets	$1.0M Seed	—	10100, Browder Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEO, Solana Ventures, Trucks Venture Capital, Bill Gates, Emil Michael
Jun 1, 2022	Sana Benefits	$60.0M Series B	—	Alumni Ventures, Trust Ventures
May 1, 2022	Tomorrow Farms	$9.0M Seed	—	Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Bain Capital Life Sciences, Banana Capital, B Capital Group, Earl Grey Capital, Footwork, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greylock, Joe Kraus, Hoxton Ventures, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Kearny Jackson, Lowercarbon Capital, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Offline Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Preston-Werner Ventures, Spero Ventures, Stripe, SV Angel, The Hit Forge, Triatomic Capital, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, YLEM, Zigg Capital, Ann Berry, Arash Ferdowsi, Ben Silbermann, Dan Wright, David Petersen, Derrick Li, Ed Zimmerman, Eric Ries, Frederic Kerrest, Gordon Wintrob, Jen Rubio Butterfield, Jeremy Cai, Jon Runyan, Josh Spear, Justin Mateen, Mathilde Collin, Mike Greenfield, Paul Rios, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Chan, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Stewart Butterfield, Tony Xu, Zack Kanter
Mar 1, 2022	Atlas	$3.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Bow Capital, Craft Ventures, Elefund, Footwork, Founders Fund, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, OMERS Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Rebel Fund, Saga, Spero Ventures, Susa Ventures, The Hit Forge, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Zigg Capital, Adrian Aoun, Charlie Songhurst, Derrick Li, Ed Zimmerman, John Fontein, Josh Spear, Justin Mateen, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Mike Greenfield, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky
Mar 1, 2022	Luminous Computing	$110.0M Series A	—	10100, Browder Capital, LGF, Mangrove Capital Partners, NEO, Sequoia Capital, Trucks Venture Capital, XYZ Venture Capital, Aston Motes, Bill Gates, Emil Michael, Michael Stoppelman, Mike Vernal, William Andre Buchanan
Jan 1, 2022	Angel Studios	$42.0M Venture Round	—	Footwork, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, Spero Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Zigg Capital, Arash Ferdowsi, Derrick Li, Ed Zimmerman, Josh Spear, Justin Mateen, Mike Greenfield, Scott Belsky
Dec 1, 2021	Casa	$21.0M Series A	—	AfterWork Ventures, AirAngels, Alt Capital, Avalanche VC, Awesome People Ventures, Balderton Capital, Canvas Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Citi Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, Footwork, Gradient Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hoxton Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, IDG Ventures, Insight Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, Not Boring Capital, Pareto Holdings, Preston-Werner Ventures, Radical Ventures, Alexander Rosen, Spero Ventures, Supercharge.vc, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Vibe Capital, Zigg Capital, Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures), Arash Ferdowsi, Bradley Horowitz, Christian Reber, Derrick Li, Ed Zimmerman, James Beshara, Jeremy Stoppelman, Josh Spear, Justin Mateen, Kevin Stumpf, Michael Stoppelman, Mike Greenfield, Ron Pragides, Ryan Carlson, Scott Belsky, Tushar Garg
Dec 1, 2021	Ready Player Me	$13.0M Series A	—	Andreessen Horowitz, Dreamers VC, Entrepreneur First, foobar.vc, Footwork, GAMEGROOVE Capital, Geek Ventures, Goat Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Makers Fund, Pantera Capital, Pioneer Fund, Preston-Werner Ventures, Presto Ventures, RareBreed Ventures, Spero Ventures, Spring Capital, Sunset Ventures, The Hit Forge, TQ Ventures, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Zigg Capital, Arash Ferdowsi, Artur Sychov, Brian Corrigan, Derrick Li, Ed Zimmerman, Elar Nellis, Gautam Shah, Hubert Thieblot, Josh Spear, Justin Mateen, Kaarel Kotkas, Kevin Hart, Kevin Lin, Markus Villig, Mike Greenfield, Peter Vesterbacka, Riccardo Zacconi, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Sebastian Knutsson, Sebastien Borget
Oct 1, 2021	Cover	$60.0M Series B	—	Accel, Alchemy Ventures, Ambush Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Awesome People Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, Batalion Capital, Big Sky Health, Broadstone, Capital Factory, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Flex Capital, Form Capital, Gutter Capital, Haun Ventures, HawksHead Capital, IDEO CoLab Ventures, LAUNCH, LightShed Ventures, Lightspeed India Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Jeff Richards, Not Boring Capital, Ben Huh, Pantera Capital, Shailendra Singh, Pharos Capital Group, Polychain Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, Quiet Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Robot Ventures, Scalar Capital, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Howard Lindzon, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Jarrod Dicker, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, TSVC Capital, Union Square Ventures, Vast Ventures, WGI Group, Y Combinator, Anthony Pompliano, Aston Motes, Augusto Marietti, Balaji Srinivasan, Ben Tossell, Bobby Goodlatte, Chris Kurdziel, Christopher Golda, Courtney Guertin, Diego Berdakin, Drew Houston, Ethan Beard, Fernando Martinelli, Itamar Lesuisse, Jess Sloss, Joe Proto, Joe Stump, Josh Elman, Kamiar Kordari, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Michael Dunworth, Namrata Ganatra, Narendra Rocherolle, Paul Stamatiou, Reggie James, Ricky Engelberg, Scott Belsky, Shishir Mehrotra, Stani Kulechov, Tegan Kline, Tyler Willis, William Boebel
Oct 1, 2021	Sana Benefits	$20.0M Series A	—	Alumni Ventures, Trust Ventures
Sep 1, 2021	Othram	$19.0M Series B	—	Henry Yoshida
Sep 1, 2021	The Vendry	$7.0M Seed	—	2048 Ventures, Accomplice VC, AME Cloud Ventures, Authentic Ventures, BoxGroup, Broadway Angels, Chemistry VC, Company Capital, CRV, DFJ, Footwork, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hack VC, Hanabi Capital, Hardware Club, Hoxton Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, RRE Ventures, RTP Ventures, Saga, Sequoia Capital, South Park Commons, Spero Ventures, Stellar Capital, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Yext, Zigg Capital, Adam D'Angelo, Alexander Sacerdote, Arash Ferdowsi, Brad Garlinghouse, Dan Springer, Derrick Li, Drew Houston, Frederic Kerrest, Jeff Bezos, John Collison, Josh Spear, Joshua Reeves, Justin Mateen, Matt Mickiewicz, Mike Greenfield, Scott Belsky, Tien Tzuo, Zander Lurie
Aug 1, 2021	Command AI	$5.0M Seed	—	8VC, Alt Capital, Climate Capital, Comal Ventures, FJ Labs, Footwork, Fuel Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hoxton Ventures, HV Capital, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Locus Ventures, LombardStreet Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Offline Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Practical Venture Capital, Preston-Werner Ventures, Saga, SignalFire, Spero Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, WndrCo LLC, Zigg Capital, Arash Ferdowsi, Carl Pei, Ed Zimmerman, Eric Wu, Gordon Wintrob, James Beshara, Josh Spear, Justin Mateen, Kyle Vogt, Leah Busque, Lea- Sophie Cramer, Mads Fosselius, Marc Benioff, Massimo Ciociola, Mike Abbott, Mike Greenfield, Nicolas Berggruen, Roxanne Varza, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Altman, Scott Belsky, Verena Pausder
Aug 1, 2021	Knowde	$72.0M Series B	—	Array Ventures, Band of Angels, Berkeley Angel Network, CapitalG, Craft Ventures, CrunchFund, Cyberstarts VC, Fifty Years, Founders Fund, Gaingels, Hack VC, Helium-3 Ventures, Highbury Group, LAUNCH, Lavrock Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Jeff Richards, Paradigm, Polychain Capital, Refactor Capital, Ribbit Capital, Sequoia Capital, Tribe Capital, TSVC Capital, Verified Capital, Virta Ventures, Y Combinator, Ameet Patel, Aston Motes, Charles Zedlewski, Kamiar Kordari, Matt Bellamy, Namrata Ganatra, Todd Corenson, Tyler Willis, Alumni Ventures, Left Lane Capital
Apr 1, 2021	Subject	$4.0M Seed	—	10100, 7wire Ventures, Adjacent, Browder Capital, Define Ventures, Dreamers VC, Forerunner Ventures, General Catalyst, Gradient Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Moving Capital, NEO, Offline Ventures, Owl Ventures, Section 32, Trucks Venture Capital, Vibe Capital, Yes VC, Bill Gates, Biz Stone, Carl Pei, Emil Michael, Jaan Tallinn, Jeremy Yap, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Kevin Lin, Kevin Stumpf, Luke Sherwin, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell, Neil Parikh, Ryan Rzepecki, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Chen
Feb 1, 2021	Gentem	$10.0M Series A	—	1435 Capital Management, 20VC, 645 Ventures, Aglae Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Somesh Surapureddi, Anorak Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Cantos Ventures, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Humba Ventures, Lakeside Capital, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Nyca Partners, Oak HC/FT, Partners Resolute, Pathbreaker Ventures, Resolute Ventures, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, Unless, UpHonest Capital, Urban Innovation Fund, Vulcan Capital, Adeel Hussain, Ashby Monk, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Mattia Astori, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani
Feb 1, 2021	Brightwheel	$55.0M Series C	—	9Yards Capital, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, A* Capital (A Star Capital), Accomplice VC, Addition, AirAngels, Airtree Ventures, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Amplify.LA, Audacious Ventures, Avenir, Avid Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Banana Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackbird Ventures Australia, Boldstart Ventures, Bond, BoxGroup, Brand New Matter, Casa Verde Capital, Craft Ventures, Cupule Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Fifth Wall, Founders Fund, Kamran Ansari, Jude Gomila Rolling Fund, Kairos HQ, Kearny Jackson, Kipaki Ventures, Lakestar, LAUNCH, Level2 Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LvlUp Ventures, Manresa Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Mischief Venture Capital, Notable Capital, Offline Ventures, Osney Capital, Pioneer Fund, Polychain Capital, Primary Venture Partners, Quake Capital, Renegade Partners, RRE Ventures, Sarah Smith Fund, Sequoia Capital, Stripe, Thomson Reuters Ventures, TSVC Capital, WGI Group, Work-Bench, XSeed Capital, Y Combinator, YLEM, Aston Motes, Dan Wright, David Petersen, Emily Chiu, Eric Ries, Frederic Kerrest, Gordon Wintrob, Greg Kidd, Jeremy Cai, Jon Runyan, Kamiar Kordari, Louis Beryl, Mathilde Collin, Max Mullen, Namrata Ganatra, Nitay Joffe, Noah Goodhart, Omri Dahan, Paul Rios, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Ryan Carlson, Ryan Chan, Scott Belsky, Siqi Chen, Tony Xu, Troy Carter, Tyler Willis, William Hapworth, William Hockey, Zack Kanter
Dec 1, 2020	Boom Supersonic	$50.0M Series C	—	1435 Capital Management, Aglae Ventures, American Express Ventures, Somesh Surapureddi, AYANA Capital LLC, Celesta, DFJ, E1 Ventures, Family Office, Future Ventures, GoAhead Ventures, Lakeside Capital, Litquidity Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Malex Enterprises, Nexus Venture Partners, Outliers Fund, Partners Resolute, Social Capital, Space Capital, Starbridge Venture Capital, UpHonest Capital, ValorVC, Adeel Hussain, Anand Babu Periasamy, Fanny Surjana, Ishani Patel, Louis Beryl, Priyank Chandra, Rashaun Williams, Richard Cooperstein, Scott Banister, Shane Neman, Siddharth Singhal, Tim Ringel, Vikas Sabnani
Oct 1, 2020	Chiper	$12.0M Series A	—	Balderton Capital, Adeyemi Ajao, Footwork, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, monashees, Preston-Werner Ventures, Spero Ventures, The Hit Forge, Tiger Global Management, Tribe Capital, UpHonest Capital, Zigg Capital, Arash Ferdowsi, Derrick Li, Ed Zimmerman, Gregory Waldorf, Josh Spear, Mike Greenfield, Scott Belsky

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Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Gigafund is a venture capital firm that focuses on backing the world's most ambitious and transformative entrepreneurs through long-term, concentrated investments. Their investment philosophy centers on supporting founders capable of growing with their companies and maximizing impact over decades, rather than chasing short-term trends. Gigafund is sector, geography, and stage agnostic, investing broadly across industries including biotech, deep tech, life sciences, consumer products, and industrial sectors. Notably, they have made significant investments in companies like SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company, which are known for their transformative impact on space exploration, neurotechnology, and infrastructure respectively. Gigafund plays a critical role in the startup ecosystem by providing patient capital and strategic support to visionary founders tackling some of the world's biggest problems[1][2][3].

Origin Story

Founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, Gigafund was co-founded by partners with deep roots in the PayPal and Founders Fund networks, including Luke Nosek and Stephen Oskoui. Luke Nosek was an early investor and board member of SpaceX since 2008, bringing decades of experience backing Elon Musk’s ventures. Stephen Oskoui, before co-founding Gigafund, was a venture partner at Founders Fund and founder of Smiley Media. The firm evolved from the founders’ long-standing relationships and investment experience with transformative technology companies, particularly those led by Elon Musk. This background shaped Gigafund’s focus on long-term, concentrated bets on companies with the potential to redefine entire industries[1][3][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Gigafund emphasizes long-term, concentrated investments, often holding stakes for decades to maximize impact rather than seeking quick exits.
Network Strength: The firm leverages deep connections with visionary founders, especially those linked to Elon Musk’s ecosystem, providing unparalleled access and insight.
Track Record: Significant early and ongoing investments in high-profile companies like SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company demonstrate their ability to identify and support transformative ventures.
Operating Support: Partners like Stephen Oskoui bring operational expertise and board-level involvement, offering strategic guidance beyond capital.
Sector and Stage Agnostic: Unlike many VCs, Gigafund invests across sectors, geographies, and stages, focusing on first-principles problem solving rather than industry trends[1][3].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Gigafund rides the trend of deep tech and transformative innovation, particularly in areas like space exploration, advanced transportation, and neurotechnology. The timing is critical as technological advancements and market readiness converge to enable breakthroughs that were previously impossible or too risky for traditional investors. Market forces such as increasing demand for sustainable infrastructure, space commercialization, and biotech innovation work in their favor. By backing companies that challenge existing industry paradigms with long-term vision, Gigafund influences the broader ecosystem by setting a precedent for patient capital and founder-centric investing, encouraging innovation that tackles global-scale problems[1][3].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Gigafund is likely to continue its strategy of long-term concentrated investments in transformative companies, potentially expanding into emerging sectors that align with their first-principles approach. Trends such as AI, space commercialization, sustainable energy, and biotech breakthroughs will shape their journey. Their influence may grow as a model for venture capital that prioritizes enduring impact over short-term gains, potentially inspiring other investors to adopt similar philosophies. Gigafund’s deep founder relationships and operational involvement position them well to remain a key player in backing the next generation of industry-defining companies[1][3][4].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Gigafund emphasizes long-term, concentrated investments, often holding stakes for decades to maximize impact rather than seeking quick exits.
Network Strength: The firm leverages deep connections with visionary founders, especially those linked to Elon Musk’s ecosystem, providing unparalleled access and insight.
Track Record: Significant early and ongoing investments in high-profile companies like SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company demonstrate their ability to identify and support transformative ventures.
Operating Support: Partners like Stephen Oskoui bring operational expertise and board-level involvement, offering strategic guidance beyond capital.
Sector and Stage Agnostic: Unlike many VCs, Gigafund invests across sectors, geographies, and stages, focusing on first-principles problem solving rather than industry trends[1][3].