Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American
venture capital firm. In January 2019, DFJ Venture, the early-stage team, spun out and formed
Threshold Ventures.
continues to be managed by co-founder John Fisher and co-founders Mark Bailey, Randy Glein, and
Barry Schuler.
History
DFJ was founded in 1985 by
Tim Draper. John Fisher became a partner in 1991 and
Steve Jurvetson 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.
In November 2017, Jurvetson stepped down from his position at DFJ after allegations of
sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is a type of harassment based on the sex or gender of a victim. It can involve offensive sexist or sexual behavior, verbal or physical actions, up to bribery, coercion, and assault. Harassment may be explicit or implicit, wit ...
.
DFJ Growth's investments include
Anaplan
Anaplan is a business planning software company headquartered in Miami, Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, ...
,
,
,
,
,
SpaceX
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,
,
Twitter
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,
,
and
Yammer.
Organization
DFJ Growth is headquartered in
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park ( ) is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, California, San Mateo County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, California, Eas ...
, and is currently investing DFJ Growth’s fourth fund of nearly $1 Billion which closed in 2021.
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.
was named to the Forbes Midas List in 2022 and 2023.
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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Anaplan
Anaplan is a business planning software company headquartered in Miami, Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, ...
(2014)
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Coinbase (2014)
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Cylance (2015)
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Ring (company) (2016)
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Sisense (2016)
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an America, American space technology company headquartered at the SpaceX Starbase, Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. Since its founding in 2002, the compa ...
(2009)
*
Tesla,_Inc. (2010)
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Twitter
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, image ...
(2008)
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Unity Technologies (2016)
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Yammer (2012)
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