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Thrive Capital

ACTIVE
Venture studio
Thrive

American venture capital firm based in New York, founded in 2009 by Joshua Kushner; invests in internet, software and technology companies, including OpenAI, Stripe and Instagram.

Founded2009United States
HQNew YorkUnited States
Valuation$5.3 billion🦄Management firm valuation
01 · About

Thrive Capital

Founded 2009 · New York, United States

Thrive Capital (Thrive Capital Management, LLC) is an American venture capital firm headquartered in the Puck Building in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 2009 by Joshua Kushner. The firm invests in internet, software and technology-enabled companies across early and later stages. Its portfolio includes OpenAI, Stripe, Instagram, GitHub, Spotify, Scale AI, Databricks, Anysphere (Cursor) and Nubank, among others. Thrive has raised a succession of increasingly large funds — from $5 million (Fund I, 2009) to multi-billion-dollar vehicles in later years. As reported in 2026, the firm managed roughly $50 billion in assets. Beyond investing, it also runs an incubations arm that helps build new companies.

  • Joshua Kushner

    Founder & Managing Partner

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

2 industries
Who for2Industries
  • Finance & banking
  • Software & Technology
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ New York · 2 regions
USAGlobal
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2009
2009founded
maturedevelopment stage
Privatenot listed
activestatus
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 4 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stagemature
  • Listed onNoprivate
  • Organization typeVenture studio