Thiel Fellow’s ‘mouse killer’ kills it on Kickstarter
A Thiel fellow's "mouse killer" is tearing it up on Kickstarter, blowing past a $100,000 goal in just four days.
View ArticleQ&A with Thiel Fellow Riley Ennis on Implanted Medical Devices
Ennis believes the next logical extension of bracelets and watches which track our bodily analytics is a body-implanted device tracking every single change inside of us.
View ArticleThiel Fellows Named 5 out of Top 8 Teenage Startup Founders
Congratulations to Diwank Singh Tomer, William LeGate, Andrew Brackin, Delian Asparouhov, and Ritesh Agarwal!
View ArticleThiel’s Breakout Labs Backs Cell-Based Platforms As It Turns Two
Breakout Labs celebrated its second anniversary this month by announcing the funding of CytoVale and another Bay area startup, Pareto Biotechnologies, which also concentrates on cell biology.
View ArticleBreakout Labs Announces First Successful Acquisition from the Program
Breakout Labs, the Thiel Foundation’s newest program to support scientific innovation, announced today that its portfolio company SkyPhrase has been acquired by Yahoo!
View ArticleThiel Interviews World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen
Topics covered include the role he believes chess can play in advancing young people's critical thinking, social skills, and ability to achieve academically
View ArticlePeter Thiel Announces 2014 Class of Thiel Fellows
The 2014 class of fellows' projects span numerous fields including aerospace, computer science, education, game development, biotechnology, health I.T., neuroprosthetics, and civic technology
View ArticleWSJ: Where Most Investors Fear to Tread, Breakout Labs Funds Early-Stage...
Founded in late 2011, Breakout Labs has quietly backed 19 hard science startups to date. Seven Breakout Labs startups have gone on to raise additional seed and venture capital from institutional backers.
View ArticleThiel Fellow Ritik Malhotra’s Startup Streem Acquired by Box
Box, a enterprise-focused cloud-storage company, has just acquired Streem, a startup that lets you store files online.
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