The New York Times reported on Wednesday that in 2015 and 2016, not long before his death, Epstein invested a substantial sum into a company that Thiel had co founded. Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm that like many of Thiels other companies is named after a creature from J.R.R. Tolkeins mythos, received $40 million from Epstein, according to the report. The sum that Epstein invested is now reportedly worth close to $170 million, based on a confidential financial analysis from Epsteinâs...
