The firm’s five partners, Peter Thiel, Sean Parker, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek, and Brian Singerman were founders or early investors in companies such as Facebook, PayPal, Napster, and Palantir Technologies.
In September 2010 Votizen announced it had raised $1.5 million in funding led by Peter Thiel and Sean Parker of Founders Fund with participating investors including 500 Startups, David Cowan, Keith Rabois, Ron Conway, Mark Goines, Founder Collective, Felicis Ventures, PivotNorth, Steve Blank, Eric Ries, Shervin Pishevar, and Tom Shields.
International Monetary Fund | International Fund for Agricultural Development | hedge fund | World Wide Fund for Nature | World Monuments Fund | Heritage Lottery Fund | Jewish National Fund | United Nations Children's Fund | Palestine Exploration Fund | Environmental Defense Fund | United Nations Population Fund | Universal Service Fund | The Jimmy Fund | Social Security Trust Fund | Royal Literary Fund | Fund | European Social Fund | European Development Fund | Commonwealth Fund | The Art Fund | Rockefeller Brothers Fund | Registered Retirement Income Fund | Priority Development Assistance Fund scam | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | Mayfield Fund | John Fund | Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund | Hunt Alternatives Fund | Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund | Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development |
In February 2010, it was announced that Dipp, along with Christoph Westphal and Richard Aldrich, launched a venture capital firm, Longwood Founders Fund LP.