Thrive Capital

Thrive Capital Management, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryVenture Capital
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)[1][2]
FounderJoshua Kushner
HeadquartersNew York City, New York, U.S.
Key people
Nitin Nohria (Executive chair)
ProductsInvestments
AUMUS$16 billion (2022)
OwnerJoshua Kushner (96.7%)[3]
Number of employees
57 (2022)
Websitethrivecap.com
Footnotes / references
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Thrive Capital Management, LLC, commonly Thrive Capital, is an American venture capital firm based in New York City. It focuses on software and internet investments.[5] The firm was founded by Joshua Kushner who is also co-founder of Oscar Health and minority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.[6][7]

History

Joshua Kushner founded Thrive Capital in 2010, at 24 years old.[5][6][7][1] Joel Cutler and General Catalyst provided the initial $5 million in seed money for the firm in 2010 as well as introduced investors to the firm and Kushner.[7]

In 2011, the firm launched its first institutional fund, raising another $40 million from Princeton University, Wellcome Trust, Peter Thiel and other investors.[5][6][7] General Catalyst served as the core LP yet again for this second funding round.[1]

Following the 2016 United States presidential election, Jared Kushner was appointed as Senior Advisor to the President.[8] Jared sold his entire Thrive Capital stake to avoid conflict of interest between him and the Trump administration.[9][10][11]

In May 2021, Petershill Partners had invested around $120 million in Thrive Capital for a 3% stake,[6][12] which valued the firm at $3.6 billion.[6][12] In September 2021, the firm registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[13] The firm stated as part of its regulatory filing that it planned to use some funds to investment in public companies and crypto assets.[13] The same year, ten of Thrive's portfolio companies went public, including Affirm and Nubank.[1] In 2022, Nitin Nohria was brought on as the firm's first executive chair.[1]

In January 2023, a group of five investors, Bob Iger, Mukesh Ambani, Henry Kravis, Xavier Niel and Jorge Paulo Lemann, acquired a 3.3% stake of Thrive Capital.[14][15] This put Thrive at a $5.3 billion valuation - a 50% increase from when Goldman Sachs paid $175 million for the same stake in 2021.[1] Thrive then raised $1.8 billion in March 2023 to invest into Stripe at a $50 billion valuation.[16]

Thrive announced in August 2024 that it raised over $5 billion for Thrive IX, its biggest-ever set of funds and among the “largest completed this year by a venture firm.” The funds will be split between a $4 billion late-stage investment fund and a $1 billion fund dedicated to early-stage ventures.[16]

The firm is noted for being an early investors in several high-profile technology platforms such as Instagram, GitHub, Spotify and Twitch.[6][7] Thrive has also invested in Scale AI, A24, Stripe, Airtable, Glossier, Plaid, Anduril, Ramp, and OpenAI.[1][17][18]

Funds

Fund[19] Vintage Year Committed Capital ($m)
Thrive Capital Partners I 2009 5
Thrive Capital Partners II 2011 40
Thrive Capital Partners III 2012 150
Thrive Capital Partners IV 2014 400
Thrive Capital Partners V 2016 700
Thrive Capital Partners VI 2018 1,000
Thrive Capital Partners VII[20] 2021 2,000
Thrive Capital Partners VIII[21][22] 2022 3,000
Thrive Capital Partners IX[16] 2024 5,000

Notable investments

References

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