Person profile
Palmer Luckey
A self-taught engineer in virtual reality and defense technology, he attended California State University, Long Beach. After founding Oculus and selling it to Facebook for $2 billion, he started Anduril Industries. Now building a digital bank for the innovation economy, focusing on startups, AI, and defense tech
- Backed
- Valar Atomics, SideQuest, Nox Metals +1 more
- Education
- California State University, Long Beach
Investments 4
Companies backed, as recorded by Dealroom. Highest company valuations first.
Companies founded
Warhound
$1.2B valuation (2026)Unicorn
Erebor
$600M valuation (2026)Unicorn
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Modretro
$1B valuation (2026)Unicorn
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Anduril
$90B valuation (2026)Decacorn
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Oculus
$2B valuation (2017)Unicorn
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Education
California State University, Long Beach
Talks 1
Interviews and talks Dealroom has written up, with the key moments.
