Valar Ventures is a venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel that accepted $40 million from Jeffrey Epstein.
Documented by January 2025 DOJ Epstein file release and 2026 House Oversight Committee releases:
This investment represents one of the largest known Epstein investments in Silicon Valley venture capital.
Three days after the Brexit vote, on June 26, 2016, Epstein emailed Thiel: "Brexit, just the beginning."
When Thiel asked what he meant, Epstein responded:
"Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances. You and I both agreed zero interest rates were too high, and as I said in your office. Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain."
This email establishes that Epstein and Thiel met in person, discussed strategy, and shared a worldview about profiting from nationalist fragmentation.
Other documented communications:
Valar Ventures was co-founded by Peter Thiel in 2010.
The Epstein money that flowed through Thiel's network connects to the anti-trans media ecosystem:
Jeffrey Epstein
↓ ($40M to Valar Ventures)
Peter Thiel
↓ (Thiel Capital)
Eric Weinstein (managing director, coined "IDW")
↓
Bari Weiss (popularized IDW)
↓
The Free Press (anti-trans platform)
Eric Weinstein, managing director of Thiel Capital, coined the term "Intellectual Dark Web."
Bari Weiss popularized the IDW in the New York Times (May 2018) and founded The Free Press, a major platform for anti-trans content.