Thrive Capital
Thrive Capital is an American venture capital firm based in New York City. It focuses on software and internet investments.[4] The firm was founded by Joshua Kushner who is also co-founder of Oscar Health and minority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.[5][6]
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Venture Capital |
Founded | 2010[1][2] |
Founder | Joshua Kushner |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Key people | Nitin Nohria, (Executive chair) |
Products | Investments |
AUM | US$16 billion (2022) |
Number of employees | 57 (2022) |
Website | thrivecap |
Footnotes / references [3] |
History
Joshua Kushner founded Thrive Capital in 2010, at 24 years old.[4][5][6][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.[6]
In 2011, the firm launched its first institutional fund, raising another $40 million from Princeton University, Wellcome Trust, Peter Thiel and other investors.[4][5][6] General Catalyst served as the core LP yet again for this second funding round.[1]
Following the 2016 election, Jared Kushner was appointed as Senior Advisor to the President.[7] Jared sold his entire Thrive Capital stake to avoid conflict of interest between him and the Trump administration.[8][9][10]
In May 2021, Petershill Partners had invested around $120 million in Thrive Capital for a 3% stake,[5][11] which valued the firm at $3.6 billion.[5][11] In September 2021, the firm registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[12] The firm stated as part of its regulatory filing that it planned to use some funds to investment in public companies and crypto assets.[12]
In 2021, 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.[13][14] This put Thrive at a $5.3 billion valuation - a 50% increase from when Goldman Sachs paid $175 million for the same stake in 2021.[1]
The firm is noted for being an early investors in several high profile technology platforms such as Instagram, GitHub, Spotify and Twitch.[5][6] Thrive has also invested in Stripe, Airtable, Glossier, Plaid, Anduril, Ramp, and OpenAI.[1][15][16]
Funds
Fund[17] | Vintage Year | Committed Capital ($m) |
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Thrive Capital Partners I | 2009 | USD 10 |
Thrive Capital Partners II | 2011 | USD 40 |
Thrive Capital Partners III | 2012 | USD 150 |
Thrive Capital Partners IV | 2014 | USD 400 |
Thrive Capital Partners V | 2016 | USD 700 |
Thrive Capital Partners VI | 2018 | USD 1,000 |
Thrive Capital Partners VII[18] | 2021 | USD 2,000 |
Thrive Capital Partners VIII[19][20] | 2022 | USD 3,000 |
Notable investments
- Affirm Holdings[11][20]
- Artsy[4]
- Anduril[1]
- Airtable[6]
- Cadre[21]
- ClassPass[5]
- Compass, Inc.[11]
- Codecademy[1]
- Fanatics[6][20]
- GroupMe[4]
- Glossier[1]
- GitHub[6]
- Greenhouse Software[22]
- Hims & Hers Health[11]
- Instagram[5][6]
- Kickstarter[5]
- Lemonade, Inc.[11]
- Mapbox[23]
- Monzo[24]
- Neverware[25]
- Nubank[20]
- OpenAI[1]
- Opendoor[11]
- OpenGov[26]
- Oscar Health[5][6][11][20]
- Patreon[27]
- Plaid[6]
- Robinhood Markets[6][20]
- Skims[5][6]
- Slack Technologies[6]
- Spotify[5][6]
- Spring[28]
- Stripe[6][20]
- Twitch[6]
- Whisper[29]
- Unity Technologies[11]
- Warby Parker[6]
References
- Abram Brown; Kate Clark (February 24, 2023). "Josh Kushner's Budding Empire". The Information. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- Matt Durot (April 5, 2022). "Thrive's Josh Kushner: The Other Brother Becomes Family's First Billionaire". Forbes. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- "Form ADV" (PDF). SEC. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- Rusli, Evelyn M. (2011-08-22). "Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital Raises $40 Million". DealBook. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- "How Joshua Kushner – not Jared – became his family's first billionaire". South China Morning Post. 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Durot, Matt. "Thrive's Josh Kushner: The Other Brother Becomes Family's First Billionaire". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- "ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON WHITE HOUSE OFFICE PERSONNEL" (PDF). Trump White House Archives. June 30, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- Bertoni, Steven. "Josh Kushner's Complex World: How Jared's Liberal Brother Runs A Billion Dollar Fund In Trump Era". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Singh, Yuliya Chernova and Preeti (2021-01-25). "Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital Goes for Mega-Fundraise". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Disis, Jill (2017-04-18). "Jared Kushner is still selling off business assets". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- "Goldman Sachs Is Said to Invest in Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital". Bloomberg.com. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Chernova, Yuliya (2021-11-29). "Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital Gains More Flexibility to Invest in Crypto, Public Stocks". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Hayes, Dade (2023-01-24). "Bob Iger Joins Investors Taking Minority Stake In Venture Firm Thrive Capital". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- Jin, Berber (24 January 2023). "WSJ News Exclusive | Robert Iger, Henry Kravis to Buy Minority Stake in Thrive Capital". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- Jon Victor; Erin Woo (April 17, 2023). "OpenAI Wraps Up Tender as AI Talent War Heats Up". The Information. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- Azevedo, Mary Ann (2023-08-22). "Fintech startup Ramp raises $300M at a 28% lower valuation of $5.8B". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- "Thrive Capital | Palico". www.palico.com. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- "Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital raises $2 billion for latest funds". Reuters. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Loizos, Connie (2022-02-17). "New York's Thrive Capital closes its eighth fund with a whopping $3 billion". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Chernova, Yuliya (2022-02-17). "Thrive Capital Reloads With $3 Billion in New Funds". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Cutler, Kim-Mai (2015-03-24). "Cadre Raises $18.3M From Thrive, General Catalyst To Build Software For Big Commercial Real Estate". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- "Hiring Software Juggernaut Greenhouse Swallows $35M Series C | TechCrunch". 2015-09-04. Archived from the original on 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Higgins, Tim (10 October 2017). "SoftBank Leads $164 Million Bet on Digital-Mapping Startup Mapbox". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- O'Hear, Steve (2017-02-23). "Confirmed: UK challenger bank Monzo raises £19.5M with another £2.5M in crowdfunding planned". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Shontell, Alyson. "An Admirable New Startup, Neverware, Has Raised $1 Million To Try And Save Schools A Lot Of Money". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- "OpenGov Receives $4M for Transparency Software". SiliconANGLE. 2013-07-03. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Buhr, Sarah (2016-01-19). "Patreon Gains $30 Million Series B Funding To Support Growth". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- "David and Alan Tisch raise $7.5 million for stealthy startup Spring". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- Lawler, Ryan (2014-05-19). "Whisper Confirms $36M In New Funding, Adds Related Posts, Categories, And Explore Feature To App". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-12-23.