Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American
venture capital firm focused on investments in enterprise, consumer and disruptive technologies. In January 2019, DFJ Venture, the early-stage team, spun out and formed
Threshold Ventures
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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
Steve Jurvetson
Stephen T. Jurvetson (born March 1, 1967) is an American businessman and venture capitalist. Formerly a partner of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), he was an early investor in Hotmail, Memphis Meats, Mythic and Nervana Systems. He is curr ...
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
space sector
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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
Anaplan,
,
Cylance
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,
,
,
SpaceX
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,
,
Twitter
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,
,
and
Yammer
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.
Organization
The firm is headquartered in
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County within the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the so ...
, 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
*
Boxbe (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