I don't know if it is fair to say SV funded these companies because he put in $100m of his own money into SpaceX and a sizable amount into Tesla. Even with his

I don't know if it is fair to say SV funded these companies because he put in $100m of his own money into SpaceX and a sizable amount into Tesla. Even with his name on these projects, it still seems like he needed to ante up way more than most successful entrepreneurs could ever hope to invest.