Aydin Senkut was Google's first product manager, helping launch the company's first ten international sites, before founding Felicis in 2006 as one of the original 'super angels.' He scaled that early instinct for non-consensus founders into a genuine multi-stage platform, beginning the transition from solo investor to institutional fund in 2010 - the firm's own timeline features the 2015 Shopify and Fitbit IPOs as the proof point. Felicis has since raised FV VII at $510 million in 2020, FV VIII at $600 million and Focus Fund I at $300 million in 2021, and a $900 million Fund X in 2025, its largest yet, while keeping first checks contractually barred from voting against the founder.
$900M (Fund X, 2025) AUM76/100 Power Score™2006 FoundedMenlo Park, CA
Shopify's 2015 NYSE IPO - Felicis participated in the company's $15 million Series A and rode it to a market capitalization of roughly $148.3 billion by July 2026