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🧠 Cognitive harm in your donor network
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Key Connections
founder
In 2022, Mercer co-founded 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm based in Palm Beach, Florida, with Omeed Malik and Chris Buskirk, focusing on anti-ESG investments and the 'parallel economy' of conservative-aligned businesses.
regulatory_filing
1789 Capital filed a Form D notice of exempt offering with the SEC on June 10, 2024, documenting a private fund raise. The filing is publicly available on SEC EDGAR.
investor
The venture capital firm co-founded by Donald Trump Jr., Omeed Malik, and Chris Buskirk co-led investment in the Enhanced Games.
partner
Joined 1789 Capital as a partner in November 2024. The firm, founded by Omeed Malik and Chris Buskirk, focuses on products and services for conservative audiences and invested in Polymarket.
Facts (14)
Data Freshness
Ageing
Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 585d
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AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (11)
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Primary Source
1789 Capital's stated investment thesis explicitly targets companies that have been 'cancelled, deplatformed, or discriminated against by woke capital' — a framing that positions the fund's political identity as an investment strategy and creates a self-reinforcing dynamic where the fund benefits from political controversy around its portfolio companies.
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Omeed Malik previously founded 1MDB-adjacent entities and was a Wall Street figure before 1789 Capital. He founded Farvahar Partners after leaving Bank of America and built relationships with conservative political figures before launching 1789 Capital.
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1789 Capital has invested in Anduril Industries, the defense technology company co-founded by Palmer Luckey with backing from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. Anduril has received billions in U.S. defense contracts including a $250 million contract for the ALTIUS drone system and selection for the IVAS augmented reality headset program.
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Aron D'Souza — the Australian businessman identified in BuzzFeed News reporting as the architect of the secret legal strategy to destroy Gawker Media on behalf of Peter Thiel — is a documented investor or partner in 1789 Capital. D'Souza previously co-founded Sargon Capital, on whose board Matt Danzeisen (Peter Thiel's husband) sat until 2017.
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Partially Corroborated
Peter Thiel has been reported as a backer of 1789 Capital, consistent with his broader pattern of funding right-aligned media and technology platforms. The relationship is described in business media but has not been confirmed through a primary SEC filing or direct Thiel disclosure as of available records.
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1789 Capital has invested in Polymarket, the prediction market platform. Polymarket operates in a legal gray area in the United States as an unregistered prediction market; it has been the subject of CFTC scrutiny and agreed to a $1.4 million settlement with the CFTC in 2022 for offering binary event contracts to U.S. customers without registration.
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1789 Capital invested in Rumble, the video platform positioned as a free-speech alternative to YouTube. Rumble is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: RUM) and has disclosed 1789 Capital as an investor in SEC filings and investor materials.
Date: 2023-06-15
Added: 02 May 2026
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Primary Source
Donald Trump Jr. joined 1789 Capital as a partner, per the firm's public announcements and his own social media disclosures. His involvement is positioned as both an investor and a brand ambassador for the firm's counter-establishment investment thesis.
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1789 Capital filed a Form D notice of exempt offering with the SEC on June 10, 2024, documenting a private fund raise. The filing is publicly available on SEC EDGAR under the entity name.
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Partially Corroborated
1789 Capital was founded in 2023 by Omeed Malik, a former Bank of America investment banker who was terminated by the bank in 2018 following a sexual harassment complaint. Malik settled with Bank of America and later stated publicly he was 'vindicated.' The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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Partially Corroborated
1789 Capital filed filing with the SEC on 2024-06-10. Accession number: N/A.
All Connections (8)
donor, investor, funder_of
secondary
since 2024-12-19
1789 Capital — the Trump Jr.-affiliated venture firm with Peter Thiel as a documented backer — was publicly identified as a Rumble investor in connection with the December 2024 capital raise. · 1789 Capital invested in Rumble (NASDAQ: RUM), the video platform positioned as a free-speech alternative to YouTube and a significant distribution platform for right-aligned political content.
investor
primary
The venture capital firm co-founded by Donald Trump Jr., Omeed Malik, and Chris Buskirk co-led investment in the Enhanced Games.
partner
primary
Joined 1789 Capital as a partner in November 2024. The firm, founded by Omeed Malik and Chris Buskirk, focuses on products and services for conservative audiences and invested in Polymarket.
investor
secondary
1789 Capital invested in Polymarket, the prediction market platform that settled CFTC charges in 2022. Polymarket gained significant political attention during the 2024 election cycle.
regulatory_filing
primary
since 2024
1789 Capital filed a Form D notice of exempt offering with the SEC on June 10, 2024, documenting a private fund raise. The filing is publicly available on SEC EDGAR.
donor, investor, funder_of
secondary
since 2024-12-19
Peter Thiel has been publicly identified as a backer of 1789 Capital, the Donald Trump Jr.-affiliated venture firm — making him an indirect Rumble funder through the 1789 Capital investment vehicle. · Thiel has been reported as a backer of 1789 Capital, consistent with his investment in Rumble and other right-aligned technology platforms. The D'Souza connection provides an additional documented link between 1789 Capital and the Thiel network.
investor
secondary
1789 Capital invested in Anduril, the defense technology company backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Palmer Luckey. Anduril has received significant U.S. defense contracts and is connected to the broader Thiel defense technology network.
founder
primary
since 2022
In 2022, Mercer co-founded 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm based in Palm Beach, Florida, with Omeed Malik and Chris Buskirk, focusing on anti-ESG investments and the 'parallel economy' of conservative-aligned businesses.
Sources (25)
2026
UNVERIFIED Research: 1789 Capital — Parliamentary records (no results)
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UNVERIFIED Research: 1789 Capital — SEC filings (no results)
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2026-05-10
UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: 1789 Capital not found in opencorporates
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UNVERIFIED Research: 1789 Capital — Court records (no results)
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UNVERIFIED Research: 1789 Capital — Lobbying disclosures (no results)
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UNVERIFIED Research: 1789 Capital — Corporate registrations (no results)
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UNVERIFIED Research: 1789 Capital — USASpending contracts (no results)
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