text:  Vance worked for Thiel for a relatively short amount of time, less than two years, and then moved to Ohio where he continued to invest but clearly was starting to, you know, think about his political future. But before his political life even started, he launched his own VC fund with backing from Thiel and other tech heavy hitters like investor Marc Adresin. In other words, he was compiling a deep-pocketed tech roster that came in handy when he ran for Senate in Ohio and won with financial help from Thiel and other tech investors.