Delian Asparouhov
Delian Asparouhov is a Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a partner at the venture capital firm Founders Fund and the co-founder and president of Varda Space Industries, a space manufacturing company.[1] He created the Hill and Valley Forum.
Education
Asparouhov dropped out of MIT to develop his startup Nightingale with Y Combinator.[2][3] He was head of growth of Teespring.[4] He is a recipient of the Thiel Fellowship.[5]
Career
Asparouhov joined Khosla Ventures in 2017, beginning as chief of staff to Keith Rabois before being promoted to principal in 2018. In 2019, they moved to Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, where he started as a principal[6] and later became a partner.[7]
Asparouhov founded Varda Space in 2021 with Will Bruey.
Varda became a unicorn in 2025 after it raised $187 million.[8]
References
- ↑ "The Overlapping Galaxies of Delian Asparouhov". The Information. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "He graduated from West High, dropped out of MIT and now his work is soaring in space". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Еconomic.bg (2023-09-22). "The "extra-terrestrial" entrepreneur Delian Asparouhov: From small Bulgaria to the boundless Space". Еconomic.bg. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Capital, TrueBridge. "Venture Capital's Up-And-Comers: The 2024 Midas Brink List". Forbes. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "This 19-Year-Old Genius MIT Dropout And Thiel Fellow Just Launched A Health Startup". Yahoo Finance. Archived from the original on 2024-09-01. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Roof, Katie (2019-02-20). "VC Keith Rabois Bolts From Khosla Ventures to Join Peter Thiel's Founders Fund". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Cheng, Candy. "How a tweet sparked a feud in Miami, pitting Silicon Valley tech transplants against the city's old guard". Business Insider. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ Escobar, Krysta (2025-07-10). "Space startup Varda raises $187 million in funding to make drugs in orbit". CNBC. Retrieved 2026-06-01.