Red Planet Ventures
Red Planet Ventures represents pre-positioned venture capital infrastructure created within the Musk family office network during Musk's DOGE government advisory tenure, illustrating how corporate shell formation can precede and potentially anticipate regulatory and market shifts driven by the principal's own government access.
Red Planet Ventures is a set of three Texas limited liability companies—Red Planet Ventures I, II, and III—formed on February 25, 2025, at the shared mailing address used by Elon Musk’s family office and more than fifteen other Musk-controlled entities 1. The three LLCs were filed by Jared Birchall, Musk’s longtime money manager, whom SEC records show signing the X.AI Corp Form D for a business-combination filing on the same day 2. Their sequential Texas Secretary of State file numbers (0805920034, 0805920052, 0805920058) confirm a single batch filing 3.
Review of the filing dates places the formation exactly 36 days into Musk’s tenure as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which began January 20, 2025 2. As of March 2026—thirteen months after formation—the records show no SEC filings, no Legal Entity Identifiers, no officers on record, no website, no known investors, and no disclosed investments, despite their venture-fund architecture 4. They are, in effect, dormant shelf companies whose Mars-themed naming echoes Musk’s branding pattern across his corporate network.
Red Planet Ventures is notable less for what it has done than for what it indicates about the formation habits of the Musk family office: pre-positioned corporate shells with investment-fund architecture, created during a period of government service that, according to a Public Citizen analysis of DOGE’s targets, gave Musk wide visibility into federal procurement, regulatory pipelines, and agency restructuring 5.
Corporate Formation and Structure
Three Texas LLCs were filed simultaneously on February 25, 2025. They are Red Planet Ventures I LLC (SOS #0805920034, Taxpayer ID 32098973491), Red Planet Ventures II LLC (SOS #0805920052, Taxpayer ID 32098973384), and Red Planet Ventures III LLC (SOS #0805920058, Taxpayer ID 32098973327) 1. All three share the mailing address 2110 Ranch Road 620 S, Unit 341886, Lakeway, TX 78734-0277 6. Their registered agent is Registered Agent Solutions Inc at 5301 Southwest Parkway Suite 400, Austin, TX 78735 1.
According to a structural reading of the filings, the I/II/III numbering convention mirrors standard venture capital fund architecture, in which Entity I typically serves as the general partner or management company, Entity II as the main limited partner fund vehicle, and Entity III as a carried interest or co-investment vehicle 7. The same multi-entity pattern appeared in Musk’s Twitter acquisition (X Holdings I, X Holdings II, X Holdings Corp); examination of the two structures suggests a deliberate replication of proven corporate architecture 7. A check of adjacent Texas SOS file numbers found no co-formation cluster at the same zip codes, indicating the three Red Planet entities were filed as an isolated batch 8.
Each entity has exactly one filing with the Texas Secretary of State, the Certificate of Formation dated February 25, 2025 9. No amendments, annual reports, or ownership changes have been filed in the thirteen months since formation. Texas LLC law does not require annual reports, so the absence of follow-on filings is legally unremarkable but yields no additional public data on beneficial ownership 9.
Musk Family Office Network
The PO Box used by all three Red Planet Ventures entities (Unit 341886 at 2110 Ranch Road 620 S, Lakeway, TX) is the same address used by at least fifteen other Musk-controlled entities, including Excession LLC (the Musk family office), Musk Foundation, The Foundation, and numerous operating and holding companies 10. A February 2026 New York Times investigation identified approximately 90 Texas companies in the Musk personal network, with Red Planet Ventures I LLC among those sharing the Lakeway PO Box 11.
Jared Birchall is listed as manager of Red Planet Ventures I LLC in OpenCorporates records and Texas SOS filings 11. Birchall holds central roles across the Musk corporate network. Corporate records show him as president of The Foundation (which received $470 million from Musk Foundation in 2024), Corporate Secretary of X.AI Holdings Corp, CFO of Neuralink Corporation, and head of Excession LLC 2. On the same day he filed the Red Planet Ventures entities, Birchall signed the X.AI Corp February 2025 Form D; examination of the two filings suggests February 25 served as an administrative batch-filing day within the family office 2.
A separate, unrelated entity named Red Planet Ventures LLC appears in Delaware (company #7415573, incorporated April 19, 2023), with a different registered agent (A Registered Agent Inc, Dover, DE) and no connection to the Musk network 12. The Texas entities have no presence in Delaware or Nevada corporate registries 13.
Regulatory and Financial Footprint
Thirteen months after formation, Red Planet Ventures has left no trace in federal financial or regulatory systems. SEC EDGAR returns zero results for "Red Planet Ventures" in both full-text and company-name searches 14 15 16. No Form D filings exist for any of the three entities; review of the filing record reads that absence as consistent with one of three possibilities: that no securities offering has occurred, that the entities are structured to avoid Regulation D notice requirements, or that required filings have not been made 2. Birchall filed the X.AI Corp Form D on the same day as the Red Planet formation, so the family office was demonstrably making SEC filings during this period; examination of that contrast suggests the Red Planet absence is a choice rather than an oversight 2.
No Legal Entity Identifier has been registered with GLEIF for any of the three LLCs 17. LEI registration is typically required for entities participating in regulated financial markets such as derivatives trading or securities lending, and its absence is consistent with pre-operational entities or with entities operating outside those markets. No federal litigation naming Red Planet Ventures as a party was found in CourtListener 18. Two Musk-linked cases surfaced under the shared PO Box address—Tarantino v. Musk (1:25-cv-00335, W.D. Texas) and Sigmon v. Musk (2:23-cv-00757, S.D. West Virginia)—but neither names the Red Planet entities 19.
The domain redplanetventures.com is parked and listed for sale on Afternic, a domain marketplace 20. No branding, team listing, investment thesis, or portfolio disclosure exists online. News-monitoring searches returned zero relevant coverage, and the entities do not appear in ICIJ offshore leak databases 21 22.
DOGE Timing and Potential Positioning
Red Planet Ventures was formed 36 days into Musk’s DOGE tenure, and analysis of that timing frames the question these entities turn on 2. Between January 20, 2025 (DOGE start) and February 25, 2025 (RPV formation), DOGE carried out wide-ranging government restructuring. The records indicate USAID was dismantled, HHS was reorganized, the Education Department was targeted for downsizing, and 2,300 GSA contracts were terminated on February 24 alone, the day before the Red Planet filing 5. According to a Public Citizen analysis, DOGE targeted agencies where Musk had a direct business interest in more than 70 percent of cases 5.
The three-fund architecture is consistent with preparation for venture capital deployment across multiple investment vintages, on a structural reading of the filings 7. Analysis of the same deregulation suggests that the affected sectors—healthcare, finance, energy, digital assets, and environmental regulation—are also sectors where reduced regulatory barriers would tend to open new investment opportunities 5. Whether Red Planet Ventures was actually positioned to invest in sectors benefiting from DOGE deregulation remains unconfirmed, as no investments, investors, or capital commitments have been publicly documented 4.
Taken together, the records indicate Red Planet Ventures I/II/III are dormant shelf LLCs—Musk and Birchall fund architecture created during the DOGE tenure with no observable activity in thirteen months 4. That pattern is consistent with three readings: the entities may have been parked for future use after Musk’s government service ended, created but subsequently abandoned, or operated through channels that do not produce public filings. Examination of the entities’ apparent scale and sophistication makes the last possibility—a fund structure avoiding all SEC notice requirements—the least likely 4.
All Connections
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1 totalRPV I/II/III formed at Musk PO Box 341886, same address as Excession LLC family office and 15+ Musk entities
All Findings
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SEC EDGAR holds zero Form D filings for 'Red Planet Ventures.' No securities-offering exemption filings exist for Red Planet Ventures I, II, or III LLCs as of March 2026, 13 months after formation. This is consistent with one of three possibilities: no securities have been offered to investors yet, the entities are using a different exemption (such as 4(a)(2) without Form D, or an intrastate exemption), or they have not complied with the Regulation D notice requirement.
The Global Legal Entity Identifier (GLEIF) database returns no results for 'Red Planet Ventures I', 'Red Planet Ventures II', or 'Red Planet Ventures III'. No Legal Entity Identifier is registered for any of the three Texas LLCs as of March 2026. LEI registration is typically required for entities participating in regulated financial markets such as derivatives or securities lending. The absence is consistent with entities that are pre-operational, operating outside regulated markets, or structured to avoid mandatory LEI requirements.
The domain redplanetventures.com is parked and listed for sale, redirecting to the Afternic domain marketplace. No operational web presence exists for Red Planet Ventures I/II/III as of March 2026, and the Texas entities have no public-facing website. No branding, team listing, investment thesis, or portfolio disclosure is available online.
An ICIJ Offshore Leaks check for 'Red Planet Ventures' returned 5 candidates, all with low confidence scores (14.8 to 32.4), and none match the Red Planet Ventures I/II/III Texas LLCs. The results are unrelated 'Planet'-containing addresses in Saudi Arabia, Gibraltar, and Malta (Sliema). The Red Planet Ventures Texas entities have no presence in the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers, or other ICIJ leak datasets.
A check of Delaware and Nevada registrations found no entity matching Red Planet Ventures in either state. SEC EDGAR returns zero hits for 'Red Planet Ventures' as a filer, in both the company index and full-text search. No Delaware or Nevada incorporation exists for any Red Planet Ventures variant associated with Musk; the entities are confirmed as Texas-only in domicile.
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RPV shares PO Box with 15+ Musk entities including Excession LLC family office
Red Planet Ventures I/II/III all share the mailing address 2110 Ranch Road 620 S Unit 341886, Lakeway TX 78734. NYT reporting confirms at least 15 Musk companies use this same PO Box, including Excession LLC (the family office), Musk Foundation, The Foundation, and numerous other entities. The shared address places Red Planet Ventures within the Musk and Birchall corporate network managed through Excession. The registered agent, Registered Agent Solutions Inc, is a standard Texas corporate filing service.
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Two Musk-linked federal cases reference PO Box 341886. The first is Tarantino v. Musk, 1:25-cv-00335, W.D. Texas, filed 2025-03-03, nature of suit 360 P.I. Other, cause 18:1030 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Judge David A. Ezra; it was filed 6 days after the Red Planet Ventures formation. The second is Sigmon v. Musk, 2:23-cv-00757, S.D. West Virginia, filed 2023-11-22, nature of suit 190 Contract Other. Neither case names Red Planet Ventures as a party; the address match only indicates Musk's PO Box appears in court records.
Federal court records show no result for 'Red Planet Ventures' as a named party. Full-text and case searches returned 20 unrelated results with no matching party. No federal litigation involves Red Planet Ventures I, II, or III as of March 2026, 13 months after formation.
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Red Planet Ventures I, II, III: 3-fund VC structure created 2/25/2025, one month after DOGE launch, at Musk family office address
Three Red Planet Ventures entities filed on the same day (2/25/2025) at the Musk family office address. They are Red Planet Ventures I LLC (TX SOS #0805920034), Red Planet Ventures II LLC (TX SOS #0805920052), and Red Planet Ventures III LLC (TX SOS #0805920058), all at 2110 Ranch Road 620 S Unit 341886, Lakeway TX 78734, with Registered Agent Solutions Inc as registered agent. The sequential SOS file numbers confirm a batch filing. The formation date falls approximately one month after the DOGE advisory role began (Jan 20, 2025), placing the creation of this venture capital structure within Musk's government advisory period. No officer information has been reported yet (no CPA/SOS filings). The Mars-themed naming follows Musk's pattern (Europa 100 references a Jupiter moon).
Red Planet Ventures formed 36 days into DOGE tenure - no SEC Form D filings found
Red Planet Ventures I/II/III were formed on February 25, 2025, exactly 36 days after Musk began his DOGE advisory role (January 20, 2025). On the same date, Birchall signed the X.AI Corp February 2025 Form D (business combination). No SEC Form D filings exist for any Red Planet entity as of March 2026, which is consistent with no securities offering having occurred yet, the entities being structured to avoid Form D requirements, or offerings being planned but not yet executed. The I/II/III structure is consistent with a vintage-year venture capital fund series and a multi-fund investment platform. EDGAR returns no hits for Red Planet Ventures.
DOGE actions between Jan 20-Feb 25 2025 created potential investment opportunities in deregulated sectors
Between Jan 20 2025 (DOGE start) and Feb 25 2025 (RPV formation), DOGE was carrying out wide-ranging government restructuring. Its actions over that window included dismantling USAID, restructuring HHS, targeting the Education Department, and terminating GSA contracts (2,300 on Feb 24 alone). A Public Citizen analysis found that DOGE targeted agencies where Musk has a direct business interest in over 70% of cases. The sectors being deregulated included healthcare, finance, energy, digital assets and crypto, and environmental regulation. Formation of three venture capital fund shells (RPV I/II/III) during this period raises the question of whether the funds were positioned to invest in sectors benefiting from DOGE deregulation. The I/II/III structure follows standard VC vintage-year fund architecture. No investments are publicly documented yet.
A news-monitoring search for 'Red Planet Ventures' returned 30 results, all unrelated term fragments, and no articles specifically about the Red Planet Ventures I/II/III Texas LLCs. The rolling three-month window (December 2025 to March 2026) shows zero coverage of these entities as a news subject. The February 27, 2026 NYT investigation of Musk's Texas company network appears in the monitoring data, but without the specific Red Planet Ventures entity name as a searchable subject.
NYT investigation (Feb 27, 2026) identified Red Planet Ventures I LLC as one of 15+ Musk entities sharing PO Box 341886 in Austin suburbs. Investigation confirmed ~90 Texas companies in Musk personal network. The three Red Planet Ventures LLCs (I, II, III) were formed by Jared Birchall in late February 2025. Multiple secondary sources (opentools.ai, dnyuz.com, San Antonio Express-News Facebook) confirmed Birchall formation and Twitter acquisition structure parallel. No source identified the fund's purpose, investors, capital, or investments.
Multiple secondary sources reference that the three-entity Red Planet Ventures structure 'mirrors' the LLC architecture Musk used in the Twitter/X acquisition. That acquisition used a similar multi-entity structure (X Holdings I, X Holdings II, X Holdings Corp at close). This is consistent with GP/LP/carry investment fund architecture where: Entity I = General Partner managing entity, Entity II = main LP fund vehicle, Entity III = carried interest or co-invest vehicle. Structure is pre-operational — no investors, no capital, no investments disclosed 13 months after formation.
Red Planet Ventures I/II/III are dormant shelf LLCs, a Musk and Birchall fund structure created during the DOGE tenure with no activity in 13 months. They were formed February 25, 2025, the same day Birchall filed the X.AI Corp Form D. The triple GP/LP/carry structure sits at PO Box 341886, the Excession family office. There is no SEC Form D, no GLEIF LEI, no officers beyond Birchall, no amendments, no litigation, and no news coverage beyond the NYT February 2026 investigation, and the domain is parked. A wide range of sources turned up no hits outside the Texas registry. The pattern indicates entities created with investment-fund architecture during Musk's government service but never activated, consistent with being parked for future use after DOGE, abandoned, or operated without required SEC filings. The absence of a Form D 13 months after formation, alongside Birchall's same-day Form D for X.AI Corp, points to either deliberate non-filing or no capital deployment.
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Red Planet Ventures I/II/III formed Feb 25, 2025 - sequential Texas LLCs at Musk PO Box
Three LLCs formed simultaneously on February 25, 2025 in Texas. RPV I: SOS 0805920034, taxpayer ID 32098973491. RPV II: SOS 0805920052, taxpayer ID 32098973384. RPV III: SOS 0805920058, taxpayer ID 32098973327. All active, all at 2110 Ranch Road 620 S Unit 341886, Lakeway TX 78734 (Musk PO Box shared with Excession LLC, Musk Foundation, The Foundation, and 12+ other entities). Registered agent: Registered Agent Solutions Inc, 5301 Southwest Pkwy Suite 400, Austin TX 78735. No officer info filed. No FEI/EIN numbers yet assigned. Sequential SOS numbers confirm same-day batch filing.
Full Timeline
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4 events- 1.Finding #5909
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- 6.Finding #6228Sources: REGISTRY TX 32098973491Source record
- 7.Finding #6226Sources: WEB analysis 2026-03-09Source record
- 8.Finding #6233Sources: REGISTRY TX 32098973491Source record
- 9.Finding #6237Sources: REGISTRY TX 0805920034Source record
- 10.Finding #5914
- 11.Finding #6224
- 12.Finding #6232Sources: REGISTRY DE 7415573Source record
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- 16.Finding #6231Sources: REGISTRY TX 32098973491Source record
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