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Sancho Panza
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
HarvestClosed to new capitalADV: Venture Capital Fund
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
3 additional principals
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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Nothing material in the last 365 days. Last change: 20 Jul 2010, Latest Form D filed on 20 Jul 2010: $188M sold of $188M offered, 37 investors. A Form D amount is what was sold at the filing, never a final close.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2010basis: 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
- $188Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-141575, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $188Mas of the filing of Jul 20, 2010, 37 investors
- First sale
- Feb 19, 2010
- Reported GAV
- $1.4Bon the Form ADV filed Sep 14, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 42
- Reported on ADV
- Mar 29, 2012 to Sep 14, 2026
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA 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.Closed to new capital
Form D filed or amended 2010-07-20: the stated $188.2M offering reported fully sold (fr-1)
evidence dated Jul 20, 2010.
Lifecycle
Harvest
Lifecycle
vintage over 7 years, still reported
age years: 16first sale: Feb 19, 2010vintage year: 2010adv gav as of: Sep 14, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $188Mform d offering: $188Mform d latest filed at: Jul 20, 2010
The fund's own reporting through time
19 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2012 | Venture Capital Fund | $241M | 37 | $1.0M | 8% | yes | |
| Oct 25, 2012 | Venture Capital Fund | $241M | 37 | $1.0M | 8% | yes | |
| Mar 26, 2013 | Venture Capital Fund | $324M | 37 | $1.0M | 8% | yes | |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $493M | 37 | $1.0M | 8% | yes | |
| Jul 22, 2014 | Venture Capital Fund | $493M | 37 | $1.0M | 8% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2015 | Venture Capital Fund | $649M | 38 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2016 | Venture Capital Fund | $782M | 38 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 28, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $739M | 38 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Venture Capital Fund | $739M | 38 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 26, 2018 | Venture Capital Fund | $747M | 40 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 28, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $815M | 43 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Dec 20, 2019 | Venture Capital Fund | $815M | 43 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Venture Capital Fund | $877M | 43 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.9B | 43 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2022 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.2B | 43 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Venture Capital Fund | $824M | 43 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Venture Capital Fund | $992M | 43 | $200,000 | 1% | yes | |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $1.4B | 42 | $200,000 | 1% | ||
| Sep 14, 2026 | $1.4B | 42 | $200,000 | 1% |
Principals and agents
6 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Peter Thiel Promoter
- Luke Nosek Promoter
- Sean Parker Promoter
Service providers
2 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorBDO · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 30, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianBank of America · JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 30, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).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.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
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
4 events
- Mar 29, 2012Sancho Panza first reported on Form ADV by Founders Fund LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $241,391,195Fund first reported on Form ADV Fact Form ADV
- Jul 20, 2010Founders Fund III LP filed Form D/A: $188,160,296 sold of $188,160,296, Other Investment FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- May 5, 2010Founders Fund III LP filed Form D/A: $161,897,671 sold of $161,897,671, Other Investment FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- May 5, 2010Founders Fund III LP filed Form D: $107,272,727 sold of $107,272,727, Other Investment FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
34 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Adv pdf fund: 1,359,003,935 Sep 14, 2026 Fact Form ADV
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Other Investment Fund Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Other Investment Fund May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $188M Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $162M May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $107M May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $188M Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $162M May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $107M May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.1 Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06 May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2010-02-19 Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2010-02-19 May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 37 Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 21 May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: Equity, pooled Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: Equity, pooled May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Office address: May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2010 Jul 20, 2010 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2010 May 5, 2010 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Across the graphs
Sancho Panza is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
4 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Fund first reported on ADV2012-03-29source on record
- Form D filed2010-07-20source on record
- Form D filed2010-05-05source on record
+1 more change on this record's ledger
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