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Founded by Ajay Royan and Peter Thiel in 2012.1
Private company

Logo: mithril.com4
American venture capital firm
Mithril Capital Management is an American venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan in San Francisco in 2012. It was named after the fictional metal mithril.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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Mithril Capital Management is an American venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan in San Francisco in 2012. It was named after the fictional metal mithril.2
Founded by Ajay Royan and Peter Thiel in 2012.1
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