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Brian Rowen

Managing Partner at Fifth Down Capital

United States

Overview 

Brian Rowen is the President & Managing Partner at Fifth Down Capital, with a background in venture capital, corporate development, and entrepreneurship. He has worked with notable organizations such as The Thiel Foundation and Palantir Technologies, and has a track record of successful investments, including Arena in a Series A round.

Work Experience 

  • President & Managing Partner

    2023 - Current

Fifth Down primarily invests in early and growth stage companies within the technology and consumer sectors.

  • President

    2022 - 2023

We support science, technology, and long-term thinking about the future.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2021 - 2023

  • Director, Strategic Investments

    2021 - 2021

Thiel Capital focuses on investments in various industries such as artificial intelligence, drones, and healthcare.

  • Corporate Development, Head of Corporate Development

    2014 - 2021

    https://www.palantir.com Joined Corporate Development team following sale of Propeller to Palantir. Served as Head of Corporate Development 2015-2021.

Palantir Technologies is a software company that develops data analytics and data integration software solutions.

Raised $3,027,970,015.00 from ARK Investment Management and ARK Investment Management.

  • Board of Directors (Stanford Athletics - Buck/Cardinal)

    2010 - 2016

  • Founder & CEO

    2013 - 2014

    https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/27/propeller-gets-1-25m-from-a16z-ffangel-everyone-good-basically/

  • Advisor

    2012 - 2014

Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission.

Raised $6,234,466,886.00 from Emergent Fidelity Technologies.

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