--- title: Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least... description: Dallas-based investment firm Disruptive announced a $10 billion fund to back at least 10 late-stage companies, with checks of up to $1 billion. The fund aims... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/disruptive-raises-10b-fund-to-make-big-bets-on-at-least-10-companies-mslx8u3tq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies | daily.dev og:description: Dallas-based investment firm Disruptive announced a $10 billion fund to back at least 10 late-stage companies, with checks of up to $1 billion. The fund aims... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/disruptive-raises-10b-fund-to-make-big-bets-on-at-least-10-companies-mslx8u3tq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MsLx8u3Tq.png og:image:alt: Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Dallas-based investment firm Disruptive announced a $10 billion fund to back at least 10 late-stage companies, with checks of up to $1 billion. The fund aims to back capital-intensive fields like AI and defense. It's the firm's first blind-pool fund, meaning investors commit without knowing which companies will get backed. Disruptive previously invested in Groq and ElevenLabs, and told LPs it has returned over $6 billion on roughly $1.9 billion invested. The fund is reportedly the largest venture fund ever raised in Texas. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How big is Disruptive's new venture fund and what will it invest in Disruptive raised a $10 billion fund to back at least 10 late-stage companies, with individual checks of up to $1 billion. The fund targets capital-intensive fields including AI and defense. It is the Dallas-based firm's first blind-pool fund, meaning investors commit capital without knowing in advance which companies will receive it. _Investors tracking where AI and defense capital is flowing can follow fundraising news like this on daily.dev._ ### What returns has Disruptive generated from its past AI startup investments Disruptive told its limited partners it has returned more than $6 billion on roughly $1.9 billion invested in startups. Its past bets include chip startup Groq, AI voice-generation startup ElevenLabs, Palantir, Airbnb, and Spotify. Previously the firm raised money through deal-by-deal special purpose vehicles rather than a single blind-pool fund. _Anyone evaluating AI-focused venture firms can keep up with fund performance stories on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Dallas firm Disruptive closes $10bn fund to back AI and defence startups](https://daily.dev/posts/dallas-firm-disruptive-closes-10bn-fund-to-back-ai-and-defence-startups-ncja1mzvp) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Breakout Ventures raises $114M fund to back AI science startups](https://daily.dev/posts/breakout-ventures-raises-114m-fund-to-back-ai-science-startups-cfdryrpvt) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Founders Fund raises $6B after burning through $4.6B in under a year on Anthropic, Anduril, and OpenAI](https://daily.dev/posts/founders-fund-raises-6b-after-burning-through-4-6b-in-under-a-year-on-anthropic-anduril-and-open-w6tx1tlrv) · The Next Web · 5 upvotes · 0 comments - [Benchmark raises its first-ever growth fund as part of $2B capital raise](https://daily.dev/posts/benchmark-raises-its-first-ever-growth-fund-as-part-of-2b-capital-raise-rmqtv2snv) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Khosla Ventures is raising up to $5.5bn, its biggest ever](https://daily.dev/posts/khosla-ventures-is-raising-up-to-5-5bn-its-biggest-ever-goij9tacn) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#venture-capital](https://daily.dev/tags/venture-capital), [#elevenlabs](https://daily.dev/tags/elevenlabs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/disruptive-raises-10b-fund-to-make-big-bets-on-at-least-10-companies-mslx8u3tq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Disruptive raises $10B fund to make big bets on at least 10 companies","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/disruptive-raises-10b-fund-to-make-big-bets-on-at-least-10-companies-mslx8u3tq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/disruptive-raises-10b-fund-to-make-big-bets-on-at-least-10-companies-mslx8u3tq"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T18:59:41.667Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T19:04:32.155Z","description":"Dallas-based investment firm Disruptive announced a $10 billion fund to back at least 10 late-stage companies, with checks of up to $1 billion. 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