Palantir Technologies

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Location Denver, CO
Founded 2003
Latest Stage IPO
Total Raised $2.46B
Website https://palantir.com
Sector
data-analytics defense government-technology enterprise

Investors

Fabrice Grinda unknown (2014)
Kevin Hartz Early (2004)
Lee Fixel Growth (2015)
Joe Lonsdale Co-founded (2003)
David Sacks ~2004 (2004)
Keith Rabois ~2005 (2005)
Trae Stephens 2008 (2008)
Luke Nosek Early/Growth (2005)
Founders Fund series-d (2009)
A* Early (2004)
Addition Growth (2015)
8VC Co-founded (2003)
Craft Ventures ~2004 (2004)
Khosla Ventures ~2005 (2005)
Gigafund Early/Growth (2005)

Founders

Peter Thiel Co-Founder & Chairman
Alex Karp Co-Founder & CEO
Joe Lonsdale Co-Founder
Stephen Cohen Co-Founder
Nathan Gettings Co-Founder

About

Palantir Technologies is a data analytics and software company founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, and Nathan Gettings 1. Thiel named the company after the “seeing stone” in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium 1. The company initially focused on intelligence community applications, with the CIA’s venture capital arm In-Q-Tel as one of its earliest backers 2. Palantir went public via direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange on September 30, 2020, under the ticker symbol “PLTR” 1.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
Jun 2006 Series A $7.5M Oakhouse Partners Pensco 3
Nov 2006 Series B $10.5M REV — 3
Mar 2008 Series C ~$36.8M — In-Q-Tel, REV 3
Nov 2009 Series D $90M Founders Fund Glynn Capital, Ulu Ventures, Y Ventures 3
May 2011 Series E $50M — — 3
Oct 2011 Series F $68M — — 3
Oct 2012 Series G $56M — — 3
Sep 2013 Series H $196.5M — — 3
Feb 2014 Growth $111.3M — Ken Langone, Stanley Druckenmiller 2
Sep 2014 Series I $444.2M — Tiger Global Management 2
Dec 2014 Series J $50M — — 3
Jul 2015 Series K $880M Kortschak Investments Morgan Stanley 3 4
Nov 2016 Late Stage $20M Goldman Sachs — 4
Aug 2020 Corporate $960M Sompo Holdings — 4
Sep 2020 IPO (Direct Listing) — — NYSE: PLTR 1

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Sources

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