Form D · Other Investment Fund

FOUNDERS FUND III LP

San Francisco, CA · CIK 0001491094

Offering snapshot reported Jul 20, 2010 · SEC filing

Reported sold: $188M
Investors reported: 37
Minimum accepted: $0
First sale: Feb 19, 2010

Fundraising history

Reported sold

Dates are filing dates, not cash receipt dates. Decreases are reported revisions, not evidence of withdrawals. Separate offering histories are not added together.

What changed?

Latest filing versus its linked predecessor, where available.

Reported sold$161,897,671 → $188,160,296
Reported investors21 → 37

Filing history

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Filed	Filing type	Reported sold	Change vs linked filing	Investors	Source
Jul 20, 2010	Amendment	$188,160,296	$26,262,625vs May 5, 2010	37	SEC filing
May 5, 2010	Initial	$107,272,727	No comparison	21	SEC filing
May 5, 2010	Amendment	$161,897,671	$54,624,944vs May 5, 2010	21	SEC filing

Offering details

Securities: Equity, Pooled investment fund
Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.1
Duration over one year: No
Business combination: No

Sales commissions: $0
Finders' fees: $0
Form D file number: 021-141575

Source: Form D, filed Jul 20, 2010. Minimum accepted may differ from a standard advertised minimum.

Fund connections

The linked fund shows its most recently reported ADV details.

Matched by reported Form D file number

THE FOUNDERS FUND III, LP

Investment adviser: FOUNDERS FUND LLC

Gross asset value: $1.36B
Beneficial owners: 42
ADV minimum commitment: $200K

Reported in Form ADV on Mar 30, 2026. Fund assets and beneficial owners measure different things from Form D sales and investors.

Service providers

Auditor BDO USA, LLP SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States

Custodian MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, United States Related to adviser: No

Provider details

Annual audit: Yes
Prime brokers: No
Custodians: Yes
Administrator other than the adviser: No
External marketing: No

BDO USA, LLP
PCAOB 243

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
SEC 8-7221

Filing source

Form ADV 2073663 · Mar 30, 2026 · Schedule D 7.B.(1), fund 805-5932751457

Official IAPD profile (latest public filing). Values are the most recently reported in our imported data; the public profile may show a newer filing.

People & organizations

Current and past Form D appearances. These existing records do not establish a person's current role or uniquely identify them across issuers.

People and organizations reported in Form D filings
Name	Reported role
Ken Howery	Promoter
Luke Nosek	Promoter
Sean Parker	Promoter
N/A The Founders Fund Iii Management, Llc	Promoter
Peter Thiel	Promoter

Issuer details

Industry: Pooled Investment Fund (See others in industry)

Address:

C/O The Founders Fund Iii Management Llc One Letterman Drive. Bldg. C, Ste. 420
San Francisco, CA, 94129