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Matias Van Thienen

Partner at Founders Fund

United States

Overview 

Matias Van Thienen is a Partner at Founders Fund in Miami, Florida, with a background in product development, business development, and venture capital. Notable career highlights include leading investments in companies like TruckSmarter in Series B and Vest in Seed rounds, showcasing expertise in growth capital and market analysis.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2025 - Current

  • Partner

    2021

    Select investments: SpaceX, Stripe, Ramp, Trade Republic, Rippling, Figma (FIG), Persona, Scale, Aven, Kavak, Wave, DolarApp, Enter

  • Principal

    2018 - 2021

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in companies building revolutionary technologies.

  • Board Observer

    2024

  • Board Observer

    2020

  • Board Observer

    2020

  • Associate

    2016 - 2018

    Crowdstrike (CRWD), UiPath (PATH), Looker (acquired by Alphabet)

CapitalG is the growth capital fund financed by Alphabet that invests for profit in growth stage technology companies.

  • Growth & Corp Dev

    2015 - 2016

    User acquisition, product, series C & D fundraising, US merger with Naspers

  • Analyst

    2013 - 2015

    Qualtrics (acquired by SAP), Wallapop (acquired by Naver), ezCater

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup companies.

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