【硅谷动态】创始人基金接近完成最新成长型基金的60亿美元募集，消息人士称

彼得·蒂尔的创始人基金（Founders Fund）正在接近其第四只成长基金——Founders Fund Growth IV的关闭，该基金已获得60亿美元的承诺资本，据消息人士称。据这些消息人士表示，与该公司的大多数募资一样，外部投资者的需求超过了基金的容量。此外，约15亿美元的资本将来自创始人基金的合伙人，一位消息人士告诉TechCrunch。此次新募资发生在创始人基金关闭其第三只成长基金不到一年后，该基金规模为46亿美元，主要用于对其成功后期公司的后续投资。这家成立21年的公司拥有令人印象深刻的初创企业投资组合。创始人基金是AI云计算公司Crusoe、员工管理平台Rippling以及金融科技公司Stripe和Ramp的早期投资者。该公司也是数据 analytics 巨头Palantir Technologies的首个机构投资者，并在多家其他国防科技公司中持有股份，包括SpaceX、Flock Safety和Anduril，其中Anduril是由创始人基金合伙人Trae Stephens共同创立的，该公司从第一轮种子融资起就得到了该基金的支持。（成立9年的Anduril目前据报道正在以600亿美元估值进行一笔高达40亿美元的融资。）创始人基金的成长阶段资本雄心不仅仅局限于其现有投资组合。例如，上个月，这家位于旧金山的公司首次直接投资了Anthropic。创始人基金与D. E. Shaw Ventures、Dragoneer、ICONIQ和MGX共同领投了对这家AI公司的30亿美元投资，交易后的估值达到380亿美元。这笔投资使创始人基金成为少数几家在两大领先AI实验室中都拥有重大股份的公司之一，它同时也是OpenAI的投资者。尽管创始人基金正在积极筹集成长期资本，但自2022年初宣布其第八只早期基金并获得18亿美元承诺资本以来，该公司尚未筹集新的早期基金。TechCrunch活动Disrupt 2026：科技生态系统，齐聚一堂。你的下一轮融资。你的下一个招聘。你的下一个突破机会。在TechCrunch Disrupt 2026上找到它，这里汇聚了10,000多名创始人、投资者和技术领袖，为期三天的250多场战术会议、有力的介绍和定义市场的创新。现在注册可节省最高400美元。节省最高300美元或30%至TechCrunch Founder Summit 1,000多名创始人和投资者齐聚TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026，进行一天专注于增长、执行和现实世界扩展的活动。从塑造行业的创始人和投资者那里学习。与处于相似增长阶段的同行建立联系。带着可以立即应用的策略离开。优惠截止至3月13日。加利福尼亚州旧金山 | 2026年10月13日至15日 现在注册 2023年，该公司将该基金规模缩减了一半，降至9亿美元，以应对不断恶化的市场状况。创始人基金将剩余的9亿美元重新分配到一个单独的早期基金中。

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund is nearing the close of its fourth growth fund, Founders Fund Growth IV, with $6 billion in capital commitments, per sources close to the firm. As with most of the firm’s fundraises, demand from outside investors exceeds the fund’s capacity, according to those sources. Additionally, about $1.5 billion of the capital is coming from the Founders Fund’s partners, one of the sources told TechCrunch.

The fresh fundraise comes less than a year after Founders Fund closed its third growth fund, a $4.6 billion vehicle intended primarily for follow-on investments in its successful late-stage companies.

The 21-year-old firm has an impressive portfolio of winning startups. Founders Fund was an early investor in AI cloud computing company Crusoe, workforce management platform Rippling, and fintechs Stripe and Ramp.

The firm was also the first institutional investor in data analytics giant Palantir Technologies and holds stakes in numerous other defense tech companies, including SpaceX, Flock Safety, and Anduril, which Founders Fund partner Trae Stephens co-founded and that the firm backed from its first seed round. (Nine-year-old Anduril is currently reported to be raising a massive $4 billion round at a $60 billion valuation.)

Founders Fund’s growth-stage capital ambitions are not limited to its existing portfolio alone.

Last month, for example, the San Francisco-based firm made its first direct investment in Anthropic. Founders Fund, along with D. E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, ICONIQ, and MGX, co-led a $30 billion investment into the AI company at a $380 billion post-money valuation. The investment makes Founders Fund one of the few firms with significant stakes in both of the leading AI labs — it’s also an investor in OpenAI.

Although Founders Fund is aggressively raising growth capital, the firm has not raised a new early-stage fund since early 2022, when it announced its eighth early-stage fund with $1.8 billion in capital commitments.