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Sam Teller

Thrive Capital

New York, New York

VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $0.00

  • Max Investment:

    $0.00

  • Target Investment:

    $0.00

Education

Lists including Sam

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AJ
AA
AC

Based in LA

588 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19691 people

AT
AE
AE
AL

All Pre-Seed Investors

7972 people

AS
AJ
AC
AY

Pre-seed investors in LA

215 people

SA
AM
FK
AZ

OpenAI employees who invest

23 people

Investments

NOVA

Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Zeitview

Series C

Total Funding: $120M

AMP

Series B

Total Funding: $200M

Genvid Technologies

Series C

Total Funding: $150M

Prefect

Series A

Total Funding: $56M

FINESSE

Seed

Total Funding: $5M

dot.LA

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Tradesy

Series A

Total Funding: $76M

Divshot

Seed

Total Funding: $80K

Lua

Seed

Total Funding: $13M

Work Experience

TC
Thrive Capital

2025

  • Partner

    2025

TE
The Elysian Theater

2024

  • Board Member

    2024

SC
Southern California Institute of Architecture

2017 - 2025

  • Board Member

    2017 - 2025

VE
Valor Equity Partners

2020 - 2023

  • Venture Partner

    2022 - 2023

  • Partner

    2020 - 2022

T
Tesla

2014 - 2019

  • Director, Office of the CEO

    2014 - 2019

S
SpaceX

2014 - 2019

  • Director, Office of the CEO

    2014 - 2019

TB
The Boring Company

2016 - 2019

  • Director, Office of the CEO

    2016 - 2019

N
Neuralink

2016 - 2019

  • Director, Office of the CEO

    2016 - 2019

O
OpenAI

2015 - 2018

  • Director, Office of the CEO

    2015 - 2018

LL
Launchpad LA

2011 - 2014

  • Co-Founder, Managing Director

    2011 - 2014