2004 · Seed · Consumer

Facebook — Seed

The social network connecting college students.

Raised

$500K

Lead investor

Peter Thiel

Stage

Seed

Year

2004

Today

$1.4T market cap

The pitch Peter Thiel saw before writing a $500K angel check in 2004. At the time, thefacebook.com had 200,000 users across 30 colleges.

Original deck

Slide breakdown — 8 slides

Connecting college students.