Founder of Facebook's Oculus funded pro-Trump meme organisation

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has acknowledged giving $US10,000 ($13,000) to Nimble America but denied he was the founder of the pro-Donald Trump group which created anti-Hillary Clinton memes.

Luckey, who sold his virtual reality company to Facebook in 2014 for $US2 billion, said he donated the money "because I thought the organisation had fresh ideas on how to communicate with young voters through the use of several billboards." Nimble America put up a billboard near Pittsburgh featuring a distorted image of Clinton with the caption: "too big to jail."

Luckey's involvement in Nimble America, reported late last week by The Daily Beast, roiled the community of virtual reality software developers, some of whom threatened to stop making games for Oculus, a unit of Facebook. Oculus plans to hold its annual conference for developers, Oculus Connect, on October 5.

In a Facebook post over the weekend, Luckey said he was "deeply sorry" his actions "are negatively impacting the perception of Oculus and its partners."

Luckey said his actions did not represent the views of Oculus.

In the Daily Beast report Luckey admits to penning a Reddit post, using a pseudonym, in which he explains his involvement: "You can't fight the American elite without serious firepower. They will outspend you and destroy you by any and all means", the post reads, in part.

In his Facebook post, Luckey denied that he wrote the post, or that he supports Trump.

"I don't have any plans to donate beyond what I have already given to Nimble America," Luckey wrote.

Daily Beast reporter Gideon Resnick has taken to Twitter to provide emails in which the Oculus founder admits to making the Reddit post.

In May, Facebook board member Peter Thiel said he spent $US10 million to back a lawsuit against Gawker Media that resulted in its bankruptcy.

Thiel, a Trump delegate, spoke at the Republican National Convention in July.

USA Today, with Fairfax Media