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Founders Fund is a San Francisco based venture capital investment firm. The firm’s six partners, Peter Thiel, Sean Parker, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, Bruce Gibney, and Brian Singerman have been founders of or early investors in numerous companies, such as Facebook, PayPal, Napster, and Palantir Technologies. Founders Fund was formed in 2005 and has launched four suites of funds to date with more than $1 billion in aggregate capital under management. - Source: Wikipedia

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