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Mithril Capital

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

  1. Home. Mithril. Retrieved July 20, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240720213153/https://www.mithril.com/ ↩︎

  2. 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 ↩︎

  3. 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 ↩︎

  4. Ajay Royan. Mithril. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240726181346/https://www.mithril.com/our-founders/ajay-royan/ ↩︎

  5. Peter Thiel. Mithril. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240726181259/https://www.mithril.com/our-founders/peter-thiel/ ↩︎

  6. 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 ↩︎

  7. Our Companies. Mithril. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240726181356/https://www.mithril.com/our-companies/ ↩︎

  8. Mithril Capital Management - Investments, Portfolio & Company Exits. Crunchbase. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mithril-capital-management/recent_investments ↩︎