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American venture capital firm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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| Company type | Private ownership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Tim Draper John H. N. Fisher Steve Jurvetson |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, United States |
| Products | Investments |
| Total assets | $5 billion |
| Website | www |
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]
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]
The DFJ Network was renamed the Draper Venture Network in 2015 and is operated by Tim Draper. [20]
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