Thiel Capital

Family office and investment firm of Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, first outside investor in Facebook. Founded 2011, headquartered in West Hollywood with Miami office. Manages Thiel family wealth through Rivendell Trust structure. Provides strategic and operational support for Thiel's investment initiatives. Incubated major firms: Founders Fund (2005), Mithril Capital (2012), Valar Ventures (2010). Also launched Thiel Fellowship and Breakout Labs. Investment focus: frontier technologies in aerospace, AI, biotech, defense tech, and healthcare. Notable investments include Quantum-Systems (German drone startup), STARK (attack drones), Alloy Therapeutics, EnClear Therapies. Ranked among most active family offices in venture capital globally (6th by deal count in 2024). Associated hedge fund Thiel Macro manages separate public market positions.