Employees
64
Overview
American venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner in 2009, headquartered at the Puck Building in New York City. Focuses on software, internet, and AI investments with over $50 billion in assets under management as of 2026. Notable investor in physical-AI companies including Physical Intelligence and OpenAI, and has also backed Stripe, Instagram, GitHub, Spotify, and Twitch.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Founded
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company Thrive Capital has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Bond1× joint2 total
- 2Jeff Bezos1× joint
- 3Lux Capital1× joint2 total
- 4OpenAI Robotics1× joint2 total
- 5Physical Intelligence1× joint3 total
- 6Redpoint Ventures1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Physical Intelligence Funding (2024)2024-11-04with Physical Intelligenceoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Joshua Kushner Founder & CEOsecondary-verified
- Nitin Nohria Executive Chairmansecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Thrive Capital.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Thrive Capital in third-party press
Financial state
- Employees
- 64
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Thrive Capital has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Physical Intelligence Funding (2024)2024-11-04with Physical Intelligenceoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Bond1× joint2 total
- 2Jeff Bezos1× joint
- 3Lux Capital1× joint2 total
- 4OpenAI Robotics1× joint2 total
- 5Physical Intelligence1× joint3 total
- 6Redpoint Ventures1× joint1 total
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- investment2024-11-04operating
Funding rounds (3)
Thrive Capital’s 3 disclosed rounds, $17.0B in total, oldest to newest.
- Thrive Capital Partners X2026-02-17
$10.0B(reported)
- Thrive Capital Partners IX2024-08-05
$5.0B(reported)
- Thrive Capital Partners VII2021-01-01
$2.0B(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Thrive Capital’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipPhysical Intelligence Funding (2024)
2024-11-04Physical Intelligence raised $400 million (announced Nov 4, 2024) at about a $2.4B post-money valuation to build a general-purpose AI brain for robots; led by Jeff Bezos, Thrive Capital, and Lux Capital, with participation from OpenAI, Redpoint Ventures, and Bond.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-01
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-01
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
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Methodology surface for Thrive Capital.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Thrive Capital from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
The 'ChatGPT for doctors,' OpenEvidence, was valued at $15 billion in a new funding round
The startup has raised nearly $800 million over the past year, from investors including Nvidia, Thrive Capital, Kleiner Perkins, a16z, and Sequoia Capital.
How Fortell is using AI (and $163M) to crack a hearing aid monopoly
“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put on my glasses?” That’s the question that drove Matthew de Jonge to…
Why Thrive, Founders Fund, and Antonio Gracias are betting on hearing aids
“Why do I have to beg my grandparents to put on their hearing aids, but no one has ever needed to ask me to put on my glasses?” That’s the question that drove Matthew de Jonge to…
Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play
Collaborative Fund just bought into D.C. United and its stadium, with firm founder Craig Shapiro pitching it as a way to showcase for the firm's startups.
Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, September 8, 2026: Accel, Atomico, Bessemer, General Catalyst, Thrive Capital, Y Combinator & More
Venture capital’s clearest signal today isn’t AI by itself. It is capital moving toward systems that control scarce physical capacity, regulated workflows, or hard-to-replicate…
Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer
New York's prestigious-yet-secretive venture firm Thrive Capital finally speaks out about its involvement in the messy drama upending international soccer.
One of the VC world’s biggest stars is doubling down on sports in a big way, and there’s a compelling tax reason behind the strategy
Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner's $12.5 billion deal with former Disney CEO Bob Iger to buy the Los Angeles Lakers vaults him into an elite club.
Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital Discloses $215 Million Amazon Stake
Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital has bought roughly $215mn of Amazon shares, disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday. It lands in the same week the firm told investors it is…
Kushner’s Thrive Capital Invests $215 Million in Amazon
Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital has bought up roughly $215 million worth of shares in Amazon.com Inc., building on the venture firm’s push to invest in public companies.
Thrive Capital’s first investor letter shows how completely OpenAI has come to define it
Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital has sent its first formal letter to investors, and the standout figure captures the AI era in miniature. One of its funds has swelled to about…
Ellis Raises More Than $10 Million In Seed Funding Led By First Round Capital
Ellis has emerged from stealth with more than $10 million in seed funding to build an AI-native operations platform for private credit firms. First Round Capital led the…
Bob Iger, Joshua Kushner Discuss NBA Expansion Bid
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner have hired investment bankers and discussed making a bid for the National Basketball Association expansion…
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Thrive Capital against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Well-capitalized with $17.0B raised and recent funding activity. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 3, 2026