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Michael Solana

Vice President // Founders Fund

San Francisco, California

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $150,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Education

Lists including Michael

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Based in SF

3078 people

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All Seed Investors

19695 people

Work Experience

PW
Pirate Wires

2023

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2023

    I run this town

TF
The Founders Fund

2011

  • Chief Marketing Officer

    2011

    robots. spaceships. fusion. curing cancer. ar. vr. 3D printing. neuroscience. nanotech. bio. anything else science fiction IRL-y. brand and community initiatives, focused primarily on the intersection of creative programming and the firm’s network of entrepreneurs, technologists, and professionals. leading initiatives: cs-183, shop talk, anatomy of next, and symposium (f50), the firm’s annual summit.

PG
Penguin Group USA

2008 - 2011

  • Editor

    2008 - 2011

    Worked on projects in the fields of philosophy, technology, and humor. Made books. Thought a lot about narrative. Thought a lot about space. (Still think a lot about space) (Still think a lot about narrative, too)

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The Seasteading Institute

2009 - 2010

  • Volunteer

    2009 - 2010

    Wrote, organized meetups, battled nitpicky wiki editors, thought a lot about the ocean and building politically autonomous cities on it.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

2008 - 2008

  • Intern

    2008 - 2008

    Was buried in a giant slush pile.

EM
English Metas

2008 - 2008

  • English Teacher

    2008 - 2008

BW
Boston's Weekly Dig

2006 - 2006

  • Intern

    2006 - 2006