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Funds / DON Quixote
DON Quixote
Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2011basis: form d first sale
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- $500Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-169483, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $500Mas of the filing of Dec 1, 2011, 58 investors
- First sale
- Nov 17, 2011
- Reported GAV
- $3.9Bon the Form ADV filed Sep 14, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 63
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 29, 2012 to Sep 14, 2026
Fundraising evidence
Closed to new capital
Form D filed or amended 2011-12-01: the stated $500.0M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Dec 1, 2011. A Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.
Lifecycle
Harvest
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 15first sale: 2011-11-17vintage year: $2,011adv gav as of: 2026-09-14vintage basis: form_d_first_saleform d sold usd: $500Mform d offering usd: $500Mform d latest filed at: 2011-12-01
The fund's own reporting through time
18 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2012 | Venture Capital Fund | $9.8M | 58 | $2.0M | 9% | yes | |
| Oct 25, 2012 | Venture Capital Fund | $9.8M | 58 | $2.0M | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 26, 2013 | Venture Capital Fund | $255M | 58 | $2.0M | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $523M | 58 | $2.0M | 9% | yes | |
| Jul 22, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $523M | 58 | $2.0M | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2015 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.2B | 59 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.0B | 59 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 28, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.9B | 59 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.9B | 59 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 26, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.0B | 59 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 28, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.3B | 62 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Dec 20, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.3B | 62 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.5B | 62 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $4.8B | 64 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $3.6B | 64 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.4B | 64 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $2.8B | 64 | $100,000 | 9% | yes | |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $3.9B | 63 | $100,000 | 9% |
Principals and agents
7 principals on Form D, 1 placement agents
- The Founders Fund IV Management, LLC Promoter
- Brian Singerman Promoter
- Peter Thiel Promoter
- KEN Howery Promoter
- Bruce Gibney Promoter
- Luke Nosek Promoter
- The Founders Fund IV Management, LLC general partner (ADV 7.B.(1).A.3)
- Caedmon Capital Management placement agent
Limited partners and their reported performance
0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
2 events
- Mar 29, 2012DON Quixote first reported on Form ADV by Founders Fund LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $9,776,886Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Dec 1, 2011Founders Fund IV, LP filed Form D: $500,000,000 sold of $500,000,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
Evidence
17 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Adv pdf fund: THE FOUNDERS FUND IV, LP Sep 14, 2026 Fact IAPD Form ADV Part 1 PDF per firm (current filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) and Schedule A)
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amendment: false Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Jurisdiction: DELAWARE Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Amount sold (Form D): $500M Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Offering amount (Form D): $500M Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.7 Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- First sale: 2011-11-17 Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Investors (Form D): 58 Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Securities offered: equity,pooled Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Office address: ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING C, SUITE 420, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94129 Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)
- Year of incorporation: 2011 Dec 1, 2011 Fact SEC EDGAR Form D data sets (quarterly)