Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American

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focused on investments in enterprise, consumer and disruptive technologies. In January 2019, DFJ Venture, the early-stage team, spun out and formed

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. DFJ Growth continues to be managed by co-founder John Fisher and the existing DFJ Growth partner team.

History

DFJ was founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. John Fisher became a partner in 1991 and

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joined in 1994. In 2013, founding partner Draper announced his departure from future DFJ Venture funds, with John Fisher continuing in his role with DFJ Growth. Draper announced he will continue investing out of an early stage venture fund Draper Associates V and assisting his son in running an incubator. , DFJ is one of the six largest and most active investors in the

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, which has had over of private capital invested in it since 2005. In November 2017, Steve Jurvetson stepped down from his position at DFJ after allegations of sexual harassment. DFJ Growth's investments include

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Organization

The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and is currently investing DFJ Growth’s third fund of $535 million, which closed in 2017. DFJ Growth partner Randy Glein has been named to the Forbes Midas List several times, most recently in 2019. He was also named one of the world’s top venture capitalists in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 by the New York Times/CB Insights.

Affiliates

The DFJ Network was renamed the Draper Venture Network in 2015 and is operated by Tim Draper.

Venture capital investments

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(2005)

References

External links

Official site
{{Private equity and venture capital Companies based in Menlo Park, California Financial services companies established in 1985 Venture capital firms of the United States 1985 establishments in California Draper family