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Key Points Billionaire family offices inked high-profile investments in an otherwise slow month for deal-making, according to Fintrx. Four billionaires’ private investment firms joined an $863 million fundraise for a nuclear fusion startup. Peter Thiel, a longtime investor in defense tech, backed a German drone maker as other high-net-worth investors flock to the sector. A…
Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of Figma, signs the guestbook on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on July 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg may be the most famous college-dropout-turned-tech-billionaire. Dylan Field is the latest, after his design startup Figma soared in its stock…
Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, holds hundred dollar bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Marco Bello | Getty Images Founders Fund, the venture capital firm run by billionaire Peter Thiel, has closed a $4.6 billion…