Draper Fisher Jurvetson

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Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Company type Private ownership
Industry Venture capital
Founded1985
Founder Tim Draper
John H. N. Fisher
Steve Jurvetson
Headquarters Menlo Park, California, United States
Products Investments
Total assets $5 billion
Website www.dfj.com

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. [1] DFJ Growth continues to be managed by co-founder John Fisher and co-founders Mark Bailey, Randy Glein, and Barry Schuler. [2]

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History

DFJ was founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. John Fisher became a partner in 1991 and Steve Jurvetson joined in 1994. [3] [4] [5]

In 2013, founding partner Draper announced his departure from future DFJ Venture funds, with John Fisher continuing in his role with DFJ Growth. [6] Draper announced he will continue investing out of an early stage venture fund Draper Associates V and assisting his son in running an incubator.[ citation needed ]

In November 2017, Jurvetson stepped down from his position at DFJ after allegations of sexual harassment. [7]

DFJ Growth's investments include Anaplan, [8] Coinbase, [9] Cylance, [10] Ring, [11] Sisense, [12] SpaceX, [13] Tesla, [14] Twitter, [14] Unity, [15] and Yammer. [16]

Organization

DFJ Growth is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and is currently investing DFJ Growth’s fourth fund of nearly $1 Billion which closed in 2021. [17] DFJ Growth partner Randy Glein has been named to the Forbes Midas List several times, most recently in 2019. [14] 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. [18] Barry Schuler was named to the Forbes Midas List in 2022 and 2023. [19]

Affiliates

The DFJ Network was renamed the Draper Venture Network in 2015 and is operated by Tim Draper. [20]

Venture capital investments

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  10. ↑ "Cybersecurity Startup Cylance Raises $42 Million in Series C Round of Funding". Fortune. July 28, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
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