Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Template:Short description Template:Redirect {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} 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.<ref name="Axios">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> DFJ Growth continues to be managed by co-founder John Fisher and co-founders Mark Bailey, Randy Glein, and Barry Schuler.<ref name="DFJ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

DFJ was founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. John Fisher became a partner in 1991 and Steve Jurvetson joined in 1994.<ref name="forbesinvestors">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Venture firm DFJ denies report that co-founders Tim Draper and John Fisher are on the way out</ref><ref>Deborah Perry Piscione (April 2, 2013). Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Everyone Else Can Learn from the Innovation Capital of the World. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 129–. Template:ISBN.</ref>

In 2013, founding partner Draper announced his departure from future DFJ Venture funds, with John Fisher continuing in his role with DFJ Growth.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Draper announced he will continue investing out of an early stage venture fund Draper Associates V and assisting his son in running an incubator.Template:Cn

In November 2017, Jurvetson stepped down from his position at DFJ after allegations of sexual harassment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

DFJ Growth's investments include Anaplan,<ref name="Anaplan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Coinbase,<ref name="Coinbase">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Cylance,<ref name="Cylance">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ring,<ref name="Ring">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sisense,<ref name="Sisense">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> SpaceX,<ref name="SpaceX">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tesla,<ref name="Forbes-randy-glein">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Twitter,<ref name="Forbes-randy-glein" /> Unity,<ref name="Unity">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Yammer.<ref name="Yammer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Fourth Fund">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> DFJ Growth partner Randy Glein has been named to the Forbes Midas List several times, most recently in 2019.<ref name="Forbes-randy-glein" /> 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.<ref name="CBtop100">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Barry Schuler was named to the Forbes Midas List in 2022 and 2023.<ref name="Forbes-barry-schuler">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Affiliates

The DFJ Network was renamed the Draper Venture Network in 2015 and is operated by Tim Draper.<ref name="Draper">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Venture capital investments

• Anaplan (2014)
• Coinbase (2014)
• Cylance (2015)
• Ring (company) (2016)
• Sisense (2016)
• SpaceX (2009)
• Tesla,_Inc. (2010)
• Twitter (2008)
• Unity Technologies (2016)
• Yammer (2012)

External links

• Official site