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Thiel Foundation

Type: Organization

Name: Thiel Foundation

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Founders Fund Management LLC

Founders Fund Backs Its First Food Tech Startup, Hampton Creek Foods, With A $1M Investment

Founders Fund , the firm founded by Peter Thiel and other PayPal executives, famously declared that it wants to back companies with big, ambitious visions (not just dinky web startups). And that description certainly fits Hampton Creek Foods , a ... [Published TechCrunch - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Founders Fund Management LLC, Startup, Food Technology

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Teen wins fellowship to build site, skip college

Young entrepreneur, 19, is using $100,000 Thiel Fellowship to work on his second venture.James Schuler at his home in Armonk, N.Y., on May 15, 2013. Schuler has won a $100,000 fellowship, funded by Peter Thiel, to launch a business.(Photo: Matthew Brown, ... [Published USA Today - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Peter Thiel, Thiel Fellowship, Thiel Foundation

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

PayPal

Indian Computer Wizkid Joins PayPal Co-Founder's Startup Nursery

Bangalore: A 19 year old Indian computer wiz kid, Diwank Singh Tomer, has just moved to Silicon Valley to join a startup that is to be founded by PayPal co-founder and Facebooks first investor, Peter Thiel, reports India Today. The start-up is to help ... [Published Silicon India - May 20 2013]

Entities: WizKid, PayPal, Startup

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Travel Codes

At 18, many individuals bask under the flush of youth, with very little concern for their career. Ritesh Agarwal however chose otherwise. He started Oravel.com, which has emerged as a popular alternative to hotels in India and OYO Inns, a chain of affordable, ... [Published Institution of Electrical Engineers - May 19 2013]

Entities: India, Peter Thiel, Customer Relationship Management, Rayagada (India)

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Teenage Indian hacker gets paid by US organization for dropping off college

Washington, May 19 (ANI): An Indian immigrant is set to become the most accomplished hacker in US as he is being paid for dropping college studies and engaging himself in Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial environment.Diwank Singh Tomer, 19 has enrolled ... [Published TruthDive - May 19 2013]

Entities: Computer Hacker, Thiel Foundation, Peter Thiel, Entrepreneur

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Getting paid to not go to college

PALO ALTO, CA -- 19-year-old Indian immigrant Diwank Singh Tomer has an impressive resume. The accomplished hacker and start-up founder who initially enrolled in college in India quickly decided he would learn more by moving here and immersing himself ... [Published WHAS 11 - May 18 2013]

Entities: Thiel Foundation, Peter Thiel, Entrepreneur, Computer Hacker, India

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Vernon Hills teen wins Thiel entrepreneur award

Kevin Wang will drop out of Berkeley to build company Dropping out of college doesn't have to be a career setback. Just ask Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg or Kevin Wang. Wang, 18, a Vernon Hills native and graduate of the Illinois Mathematics and Science ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 17 2013]

Entities: Peter Thiel, Startup, Excelerate Labs

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Two Indian teenagers awarded Thiel fellowship

Thiel fellow: Diwank Singh TomerTWO INDIAN teenagers have been conferred with the prestigious ‘20 Under 20’ Thiel Fellowship 2013, worth $100,000 (£65,591) each, which allows youngsters to pursue their own business idea.Indian resident Ritesh Agarwal ... [Published GG2.net - May 17 2013]

Entities: Peter Thiel, Thiel Fellowship, Venture capitalist, PayPal

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Peter Thiel Names 2013 Class of '20 Under 20' Thiel Fellows

Peter Thiel announced the 2013 class of new Thiel Fellows. According to a release, the third set of young entrepreneurs to be awarded 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellowships, these fellows will pursue scientific and technical projects, learn entrepreneurship from ... [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Peter Thiel, Thiel Foundation, Thiel Fellowship, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 3 reports

Ritesh Agarwal, a young Indian entrepreneur selected for 'Thiel Fellowship'

BANGALORE: 19-year-old Indian entrepreneur Ritesh Agarwal has been selected for the Thiel Fellowship. The fellowship selects 20 under-20 achievers and provides them a no-strings-attached grant of $100,000 (about Rs 55 lakh) to drop out of college and ... [Published Economic Times - May 11 2013]

Entities: Thiel Fellowship, Peter Thiel, Entrepreneur, Thiel Foundation

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 3 reports

This Year’s Thiel Fellows Include A Fashion Designer, A Poet, And A Harvard Dropout

The 22 teens were awarded $100,000 each to quit school and start a business.13Peter Thiel. Photo by Fortune Live Media.Two years ago, Paypal founder and libertarian futurist Peter Thiel declared higher education "a bubble" and decided to give 20 bright ... [Published Fast Company - May 09 2013]

Entities: Peter Thiel, Fashion Designer, Harvard University, Thiel Foundation

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

These 20 Teenagers Are Getting $100,000 Each to Drop Out of School and Become Entrepreneurs

Peter Thiel, famous for being Facebook's first investor and the co-founder and former CEO at PayPal, is giving 20 teenagers $100,000 to drop out of college.Here's the catch: They have to start a company.During the two-year program, fellows cannot work ... [Published Entrepreneur.com - May 09 2013]

Entities: Peter Thiel, Thiel Foundation, Entrepreneur

Quotes

"If for whatever reason Fund Elevator fails ... I just go on to a new company" he said

Teen wins fellowship to build site, skip college [Published USA Today - 12 hours ago]

...All these facilitate guests with decision making tips. "Our 'elemented' results page will automatically show you the most suited non hotel as per your requirement. Additionally, we have strong filters to support the purpose" he reasoned

Travel Codes [Published Institution of Electrical Engineers - May 19 2013]

...our intention was to help a small number of creative people learn and accomplish more than they might have otherwise," Thiel said in a statement. "To their great credit, they have exceeded our expectations, and inspired people of all ages by reminding them that qualities like intellectual curiosity, grit, and determination are more important than a degree in determining success in life." The idea that a college education is highly overvalued sounds controversial...

Getting paid to not go to college [Published WHAS 11 - May 18 2013]

"It took a while, for my mom, especially, to come around and see the amount of opportunity that lies in the fellowship, but luckily, this isn't the first time I've gone and tried to do ventures" Wang said. "I've been building things since I was 9 years old."

Vernon Hills teen wins Thiel entrepreneur award [Published Chicago Tribune - May 17 2013]

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Founders Fund Backs Its First Food Tech Startup... [Published TechCrunch - 12 hours ago]
Teen wins fellowship to build site, skip college [Published USA Today - 12 hours ago]
Armonk's James Schuler, 19: The quarter-million... [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 19 hours ago]
Indian Computer Wizkid Joins PayPal Co-Founder'... [Published Silicon India - May 20 2013]
Indian wizkid joins PayPal co-founder's startup... [Published India Today - May 19 2013]
Travel Codes [Published Institution of Electrical Engineers - May 19 2013]
Teenage Indian hacker gets paid by US organizat... [Published TruthDive - May 19 2013]
Getting paid to not go to college [Published WHAS 11 - May 18 2013]
Courtesy of The Thiel Foundation This Man Is Ge... [Published ABC News - May 17 2013]
Vernon Hills teen wins Thiel entrepreneur award [Published Chicago Tribune - May 17 2013]
Two Indian teenagers awarded Thiel fellowship [Published GG2.net - May 17 2013]
18-year-old from Vernon Hills awarded prestigio... [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]
Oslo Freedom Forum founder’s ties to Islamophob... [Published Electronic Intifada - May 14 2013]
Peter Thiel Names 2013 Class of '20 Under 20' T... [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]
Meet 20-Year-Old Maddy Maxey, Fashionâs First T... [Published New York Magazine - May 13 2013]
Scholarship for Young Entrepreneurs [Published Pro Bono Australia - May 13 2013]
Ritesh Agarwal, a young Indian entrepreneur sel... [Published Economic Times - May 11 2013]
Two Indian teenagers awarded Thiel fellowship [Published Manorama Online - May 11 2013]
Two Indians among 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows [Published ProKerala.com - May 11 2013]
Whiz kids win $100G fellowships [Published Boston Herald - May 11 2013]
The Thiel Fellowship and the future of connecte... [Published PandoDaily - May 11 2013]
Oravel Founder Ritesh Agarwal Wins Thiel Fellow... [Published Pluggd.in - May 10 2013]
Thiel Fellowship for Indian startup wiz [Published India Blooms - May 10 2013]
Peter Thiel Funds College Dropouts to Start Com... [Published Softpedia - May 10 2013]
College drop-outs get billionaire's support [Published New Zealand Herald - May 10 2013]
Breaking: Chen '15 wins $100,000 "20 Under 20" ... [Published Daily Princetonian - May 09 2013]
These 20 Teenagers Are Getting $100,000 Each to... [Published Entrepreneur.com - May 09 2013]
Peter Thiel Talked 20 More Kids Into Dropping O... [Published Beta Beat - May 09 2013]
This Year’s Thiel Fellows Include A Fashion Des... [Published Fast Company - May 09 2013]
Peter Thiel funds next round of under-20 entrep... [Published CNET News - May 09 2013]

Blogs

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Founders Fund Backs Its First Food Tech Startup... [Published TechCrunch - 12 hours ago] Founders Fund , the firm founded by Peter Thiel and other PayPal executives, famously declared that it wants to back companies with big, ambitious visions (not just dinky web startups). And that description certainly fits Hampton Creek Foods , a ...
Peter Thiel’s latest bets boost Siri clone and ... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 17 2013] Paypal cofounder Peter Thiel doesn’t shy away from making risky bets in disruptive technology and research.Thiel is funneling the millions he made through early investments in Facebook, Yammer and Yelp into potentially life-saving research. Through nonprofit ...
Peter Thiel’s latest bets boost Siri clone and ... [Published Venturebeat - Apr 17 2013] Paypal cofounder Peter Thiel doesn’t shy away from making risky bets in disruptive technology and research. Thiel is funneling the millions he made through early investments in Facebook, Yammer and Yelp into potentially life-saving research. ...
Peter Thiel’s latest investments: better search... [Published GigaOM - Apr 17 2013] Breakout Labs, an offshoot of PayPal Co-founder Peter Thiel’s eponymous Thiel Foundation, has funded its first two startups of the year: SkyPhrase and Stealth Biosciences. The former is trying to improve data analysis and interaction via better natural ...
Peter Thiel’s latest investments: better search... [Published GigaOM - Apr 17 2013] Breakout Labs, an offshoot of PayPal Co-founder Peter Thiel’s eponymous Thiel Foundation, has funded its first two startups of the year: SkyPhrase and Stealth Biosciences. The former is trying to improve data analysis and interaction via better natural ...

Press Releases

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Breakout Labs Funds Two Companies Creating Radi... [Published EON Science - Apr 17 2013]
Breakout Labs Funds Two Companies Creating Radi... [Published Business Wire Technology News - Apr 17 2013]
Breakout Labs Funds Two Companies Creating Radi... [Published Business Wire Science: Science News - Apr 17 2013]
Breakout Labs Funds Two Companies Creating Radi... [Published Business Wire Health News - Apr 17 2013]
Imitatio and the Thiel Foundation Announce the ... [Published Business Wire Education News - Mar 05 2013]