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Designer Fund

Founded by Ben Blumenrose, a former Facebook design lead who spent 5 years shaping products used by nearly a billion people. Designer Fund backs category-defining companies founded or co-founded by designers, with 101 investments including 4 unicorns and 9 IPOs across companies like Stripe, Gusto, Notion, and Framer.

8 companies tracked·42 open design roles
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Stripe
Stripegrowth

Financial infrastructure for the internet. Legendary for design quality.

19 roles
Senior Staff Product Designer, PaymentsDesign Manager, Web PresenceProduct Designer, GlobalProduct Designer, StablecoinProduct Designer, Growth Pricing+14 more →
Gusto
Gustogrowth

Payroll, benefits, and HR for modern small businesses

9 roles
Principal Product Designer, CoreX AIStaff Product Designer, BenefitsStaff Product Designer - Time ToolsBrand Design ManagerCreative Operations Lead+4 more →
Notion
Notiongrowth

Connected workspace for docs, wikis, and projects.

4 roles
Motion Designer, BrandAI Conversation Designer, Customer SupportUser Researcher, GrowthInteractive Designer, Brand
Framer
Framerseries-c

Website builder blurring the line between design and code.

4 roles
Enterprise Marketing DesignerMarketing DesignerWeb DesignerProduct Designer
Linear
Linearseries-b

Issue tracking that became the benchmark for product craft in SaaS.

4 roles
Designer, Web & BrandSenior / Staff Product Designer (Europe)Designer, Web & Brand (North America)Senior / Staff Product Designer
Airbnb
Airbnbpublic

Global marketplace for stays and experiences. The canonical design-led company.

2 roles
Experience Designer, Offline DesignStaff Experience Designer

Full portfolio — not hiring designers right now

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