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DFJ

DFJ is a Menlo Park, California-based company founded in 1985 by Tim Draper.

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dfj.com
Is a
Organization
Organization
Company
Company
Venture capital firm
Venture capital firm
Investor
Investor

Company attributes

Industry
Venture capital
Venture capital
Location
United States
United States
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California
B2X
B2B
B2B
Founder
Tim Draper
Tim Draper
AngelList URL
angel.co/dfj
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...11077-39F
Subsidiary
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DFJ JAIC
Date Incorporated
October 1, 1985
Email Address
press@dfj.com4
pitch@dfj.com4
Phone Number
+165023390004
Full Address
2882 Sand Hill Road Suite 150 Menlo Park, CA 940254
Founded Date
1985
CFO
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Johnna Lesch
Key People
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Johnna Lesch
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Heidi Roizen
Tim Draper
Tim Draper
Also Known As
Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth
Wellfound ID
dfj
Country
United States
United States
Headquarters
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California
4

Venture Capital Firm attributes

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ContextWeb
ContextWeb
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Everything.me
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Attero
...
Blog
medium.com/@dfjvc

Other attributes

Company Operating Status
Active
Owner
Tim Draper
Tim Draper
Wikidata ID
Q4354870

Draper Fisher Jurveston is a venture capital firm making seed, venture, and growth investments in technology companies operating within enterprise and consumer-focused industries. Draper Fisher Jurveston has made capital investments in 27 companies who have exited at greater than $1 billion each. Notable companies include are Baidu, Hotmail, Twitter, and Skype.

DFJ was founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. John Fisher became a partner in 1991 and Steve Jurvetson joined in 1994. As of October 2015, DFJ is one of the six largest and most active investors in the space sector, which has had over US$10 billion of private capital invested in it since 2005

Product

The company invests in early-stage and late-stage startups. It has two separate teams dedicated to the early (venture) entities and late-stage (growth) companies. It also aids entrepreneurs with recruiting, business development, and partnering. DFJ focuses on startups that create disruptive technologies in fields such as commercial space exploration, robotics, and sustainable transportation.Fields such as neuroscience and communications have also been added to the company's portfolio.

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Associated Investment Funds

Accelerator Batches

Funding Rounds

Products

Acquisitions

SBIR/STTR Awards

Patents

Funding Rounds Participated In

Further Resources

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Backers of Tesla and SpaceX fund 29-year-old Alice Zhang's AI-powered neuroscience startup

Britanny Meiling

https://endpts.com/backers-of-tesla-and-spacex-fund-29-year-old-alice-zhangs-ai-powered-neuroscience-startup/

Web

DFJ Founder Stories - DFJVC - Medium

DFJ Founders

https://medium.com/dfj-vc/founderstories/home

Web

More rare than a Unicorn -- gender parity at a venture-backed, deep-tech startup.

Heidi Roizen

https://medium.com/@DFJvc/more-rare-than-a-unicorn-gender-parity-at-a-venture-backed-deep-tech-startup-acb2d3d0f50d

Web

This health tech start-up refused to take money from VC firms unless they had a female partner

Christina Farr

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/startup-only-wants-woman-investors-ooda-health.html

Web

Yellowbrick Data exits stealth with $44M and an all-flash data warehouse - SiliconANGLE

Mike Wheatley

https://siliconangle.com/2018/07/31/yellowbrick-data-exits-stealth-44m-flash-data-warehouse/

Web

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