Mithril Capital Management LLC is an American venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California.
History
Mithril was founded in 2012 by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan.[1]
JD Vance joined the firm as a principal in April 2016.[2] He departed in early 2017 to join Revolution.[3]
Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ajay Royan | Co-founder[4] | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Peter Thiel | Co-founder[5] | Founders Fund, Palantir Technologies |
| JD Vance | Principal (2016-2017)[6] | Rise of the Rest, Donald Trump |
Portfolio
Companies currently or formerly in Mithril's portfolio include:[7][8]
- Adagio Therapeutics
- Adimab
- AiFi
- AppDirect
- Auris Health
- BlackSky
- Classy
- DoubleDutch
- Figure
- ForSight Robotics
- Fractyl Health
- Genetesis
- Glance
- GreyOrange
- Helion
- Invivyd
- Juno
- Neocis
- Nuvia
- Oma Fertility
- Palantir Technologies
- Paxos
- Spaceflight Industries
- Stem
External links
Home. Mithril. Retrieved July 20, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240720213153/https://www.mithril.com/ ↩︎
McBride, S. (2017, January 20). Peter Thiel’s Mithril Capital Raises $850 Million VC Fund. Bloomberg. http://archive.today/2023.05.22-203500/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-20/peter-thiel-s-mithril-capital-raises-850-million-vc-fund ↩︎
Wren, A., & Morris, M. (2021, August 29). “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance is running for Senate as a savior of the Rust Belt. Insiders and experts say that reputation is unearned. Business Insider. https://web.archive.org/web/20240325024811/https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-venture-capital-opioid-nonprofit-tech-record-ohio-senate-2021-8 ↩︎
Ajay Royan. Mithril. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240726181346/https://www.mithril.com/our-founders/ajay-royan/ ↩︎
Peter Thiel. Mithril. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240726181259/https://www.mithril.com/our-founders/peter-thiel/ ↩︎
Mac, R., & Schleifer, T. (2024, July 17). How a Network of Tech Billionaires Helped J.D. Vance Leap Into Power. The New York Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20240724202512/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/technology/jd-vance-tech-silicon-valley.html ↩︎
Our Companies. Mithril. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240726181356/https://www.mithril.com/our-companies/ ↩︎
Mithril Capital Management - Investments, Portfolio & Company Exits. Crunchbase. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mithril-capital-management/recent_investments ↩︎
