About Thrive Capital's founder

Josh Kushner , one of the co-founders, graduated from Harvard University and is currently a managing shareholder of Thrive Capital . In addition, he is the principal of Kushner Companies and has led investments in seven companies including Reddit , Hightower , Opendaoor , and Zola . In April 2012 , he became famous for doubling the book return rate in three days when Instagram, a photo-sharing app developer he invested in , was acquired by Facebook . Thrive Capital , which he founded , appeared in the previous rounds of Oscar 's financing. He is also the younger brother of Trump's eldest daughter Ivanka's husband.

Kevin Nazemi , one of the co-founders, has received education from Harvard Business School, Harvard University, and MIT. He was once the co -founder and CEO of Done . His work experience at Microsoft also gave him a strong technical background.

Thrive Capital

Kushner founded Thrive Capital in 2010 and has since raised $ 200 million. Thrive Capital has invested in many well-known companies, including Instagram , Warby Parker , Codecademy , Spotify , Nasty Gal , Makerbot and ResearchGate .

Thrive Capital Investments

In March 2014 , anonymous information sharing app Whisper raised $ 30 million in funding , with the current round of funding totaling about $30 million, and a valuation of about $ 200 million. This round of funding was led by Shasta Ventures , with ThriveCapital and Tencent following suit.

On July 10, 2014 , Thrive Capital , Google Investment, SV Angel and Founder Collective jointly invested US$7.5 million in Spring .

In September 2015 , Orchard Platform received a US$ 30 million Series B investment led by Thrive Capital , followed by Canaan Partners , Conversion Capital , Spark Capital , Thomvest Ventures , Victory Park Capital and others.

In September 2015 , Paxata received US$ 18 million in Series C investment, led by EDB Investments , followed by Accel Partners , Toba Capital and Walden Riverwood Ventures .

In January 2016 , Patreon just received a round of US$ 30 million in financing, led by Thrive Capital , followed by Allen and Company , Charles River Ventures and Index Ventures .

In August 2016 , Honor , a startup company providing home care for the elderly, received $ 42 million in funding , with the lead investor being New York-based Thrive Capital .

On August 17 , 2017 , Huddle completed a $ 1.2 million seed round of financing from Thrive Capital .

In November 2017 , Welkin Health, a "chronic disease health nurse", received US$ 8 million in Series A financing, led by Thrive Capital .

In December 2018 , Guru , an enterprise-focused information sharing platform, announced the closing of a $ 25 million Series B funding round led by Thrive Capital .

In April 2019 , Affirm announced on its official website that it had completed a US$ 300 million Series F financing round led by Thrive Capital .

In September 2019 , Zestful raised $ 5 million in seed funding led by Thrive Capital .

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