Fundraising FoxDFJ
Growth equityActively deployingSan Mateo · Growth–Late Stage · 26 people tracked
Also known as DFJ GROWTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Deal analysis
- DroneDeploy × Procore: who got the money home
An estimated liquidation waterfall of the $845m all-cash exit: every class converted — seed money made ~33x, founders took ~$127m, and the 2025 insider round returned ~1.4x in ten months.
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Investment thesis
DFJ Growth backs visionary founders defining the future, focusing on the growth stage of a company's scaling journey. The firm sees the combination of bold vision and disciplined execution as the source of outsized outcomes and aims to be an active partner to founders and their teams during rapid expansion.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 13, 2026.
Team · 26 people
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Tim Draper, a third-generation venture capitalist, co-founded Draper Fisher Jurvetson and now invests through Draper Associates. He is known for early bets on Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, and Twitch, a headline-making 2014 purchase of US Marshals-auctioned bitcoin, and Draper University, his entrepreneurship school in San Mateo.
Barry Schuler is Founder and Managing Partner on DFJ's Growth team, where he focuses on more mature companies that have moved beyond seed and early stages, targeting category leaders with strong revenue or large monetizable audiences. He previously served as chairman and CEO of America Online and has been an entrepreneur for over 30 years. He studied psychology at Rutgers University.
John H. N. Fisher is a co-founder of DFJ and DFJ Growth. He entered the venture capital industry in 1985 at ABS Ventures, where he focused on enterprise software and services, and earlier worked in technology finance at Alex. Brown & Sons.
Mark Bailey is a founder of DFJ Growth, where he has worked since 2002 focusing on helping portfolio companies scale. He began his career at HP's optoelectronics division and later led M&A as an executive and corporate officer at Symantec and Healtheon/WebMD, co-founded WebPartner, and was an executive at Portal Software. Earlier in his career he was one of the first associates at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and a general partner at Venrock Associates; he holds a BSE in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Randy Glein co-founded DFJ Growth to invest in innovative companies that have achieved market validation and are scaling rapidly, drawing on 35 years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur, engineer, and operating executive. He previously invested with Tribune Ventures and Hughes New Ventures, served as CFO of FeedBurner (later acquired by Google), and held roles at DIRECTV, Hughes Space & Communications, and Martin Marietta. He holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson, an MSEE from the University of Southern California, and a BSEE from the University of Florida.
Jocelyn Kinsey is a partner at DFJ Growth, which she joined in 2014. Before that, she worked with J.P. Morgan's Alternative Investments Group in New York, focusing on the placement, diligence, and structuring of private equity, venture capital, real estate, and hedge fund products.
Justin Kao is a partner at DFJ Growth who invests in companies transforming human health. He co-founded Helix in 2015, serving as founding CEO and later chief business officer, where he led partnerships with health systems, payers, and life sciences companies and worked on the company's COVID-19 diagnostic testing efforts. Before DFJ Growth, he was a partner at Khosla Ventures and an investor at Warburg Pincus, and earlier worked at Boston Consulting Group and Onyx Pharmaceuticals. He holds a BS in chemical engineering and MS in bioengineering from Stanford, plus a JD from Stanford Law School and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Kevin Tu is a Partner at DFJ Growth, which he joined in 2017. Trained as a software engineer, he previously worked at J.P. Morgan in M&A and technology investment banking and at Summit Partners as a growth investor, and built products for Amazon, Pebble, and early-stage startups. He also served as interim head of FP&A at Cohesity, and holds a computer science degree from MIT.
Sam Fort is a Partner at DFJ Growth, which he joined in 2010, focusing on enterprise applications and infrastructure, fintech, and blockchain technology. He previously worked on TPG Capital's technology team investing in late-stage technology companies, and earlier at Morgan Stanley's investment banking team on technology, media, and telecom M&A and IPOs. He holds a BSE in electrical engineering and a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
Chris Shanahan is a principal on the investment team at DFJ Growth, focusing on companies at the intersection of hardware and software—such as defensetech, autonomy, energy, robotics, and smart systems—as well as lifetech. He joined the firm in February 2018 and previously served as a DFJ Growth Fellow embedded at Neuralink in 2022. Before that, he was an analyst at Greenhill & Co. working on mergers and acquisitions and held R&D engineering roles at Boston Scientific's neuromodulation division and Johnson & Johnson's Acclarent division. He holds a bachelor of science with honors in biomedical engineering from Cal Poly.
Will Morrison joined DFJ Growth as a principal in 2024, bringing more than a decade of experience across finance, technology, and innovation. He was previously a principal at In-Q-Tel, where he led investments and held board seats in early and growth stage companies in cybersecurity, machine learning, compute infrastructure, and aerospace and defense. Earlier in his career he worked on Goldman Sachs' technology investment banking team, at Breakthrough Energy Ventures as a Columbia Three Cairns Climate Fellow, and at ExxonMobil; he holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Max Sirenko is a venture partner at DFJ Growth, which he rejoined in 2024 after first working there as an associate in 2013. He spent roughly a decade in product management and engineering roles at SpaceX, where he worked on bringing up the Starlink network, and at Mapbox, where he led product strategy and business operations. Earlier he was an investment banker at Citigroup, and he holds a BS in economics and computer science from Duke University.
Ramin Sayar joined DFJ Growth as a venture partner in 2024, bringing 25 years of infrastructure software product and operations experience as a product manager, executive, and CEO. He was president and CEO of Sumo Logic, which he grew from $10 million to over $300 million in revenue through its 2020 IPO and 2023 acquisition by a private equity firm, and previously held roles at VMware, HP Software, Tibco Software, iPlanet Software, and Netscape Communications. He holds a bachelor's degree from UC Santa Barbara and an MBA from San Jose State University.
Angel Duan is an associate at DFJ Growth. Before joining the firm, she worked in PJT Partners' Technology Strategic Advisory Group as an investment banker, covering software sectors such as cybersecurity, IoT, supply chain and related infrastructure, along with consumer media and fintech. She graduated from the University of Southern California with studies in business administration and computer science, where she helped launch the school's first student-led startup accelerator.
Brian Akin is a senior associate at DFJ Growth. Before joining the firm, he worked as a consultant at Bain & Co., handling investment diligence of public and private technology companies. He also held a Biz Ops/Strategy role at Dapper Labs, a consumer blockchain company, where he supported the Flow ecosystem and its venture efforts.
Evan Fu is an associate at DFJ Growth. Before joining the firm, he worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, advising software, internet, and financial technology companies on capital raises and M&A. He earned a computer science degree from Dartmouth College.
Gabrielle Matulich works in an administrative role at DFJ Growth. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles, which she completed in three and a half years.
Jen Kodner is the talent partner at DFJ Growth, which she joined in 2018, working with the firm's portfolio companies on identifying, attracting, and retaining talent. She has spent nearly 15 years in the talent industry managing executive searches, with prior roles as head of talent at Comcast Ventures, a partner on the executive talent team at Andreessen Horowitz, and over four years at Box building its executive search function and running recruiting through its IPO. Earlier she was a search consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates and worked in enterprise software sales; she holds a BA in telecommunications from Indiana University.
Jenni Leong joined DFJ Growth in 2022, where she works on business development, capital formation, and supporting the firm's investor base. She previously served as head of investor relations at Next Play Capital and spent 16 years at J.P. Morgan, most recently leading the Alternatives Solutions Group within its Global Alternatives business, and earlier worked as an investment analyst at GE Capital's Corporate Lending Group. She holds a BS in business administration from Bucknell University.
Johnna Lesch is the CFO at DFJ Growth, which she joined in 2018, overseeing fund tracking and firm administration. She previously spent eight years at Lightspeed Venture Partners, rising to vice president of finance, and earlier held roles as a senior accountant at MacFarlane Partners, a financial analyst at Apple's online store finance team, and an associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She holds a BS in accounting from Santa Clara University and is an inactive CPA.
Rob Ciechowski is a senior associate at DFJ Growth. Before joining the firm, he spent three years at William Blair covering the biotechnology and pharma services industries. Earlier, he worked as a research engineer at Fresenius Kabi through its joint venture ScaleReady, contributing to the development of cell processing systems for cell therapies.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through DFJ went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 53 of 66 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×21Enterprise Software ×19SaaS ×17Data & Infrastructure ×13Healthtech ×11Cloud Computing ×10Developer Tools ×10Deep Tech ×8
HQs:United States×51United Arab Emirates×1Indonesia×1
Investments · 66 tracked
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A Place for Mom is a senior care referral service that helps families find and compare senior living and care options, including assisted living, memory care, independent living, home care, nursing homes, and senior apartments.
ConsumerDigital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesWellness & FitnessVernon Hills, US
Douglas Hirsch(Director)Trevor Bezdek(Co-Chairman & Director)Jonathan Stevens(Executive Officer)Thomas Richards(Executive Officer, Director)Christine Leahy(Executive Officer)Dennis Berger(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBain Capital Double Impact Fund LPBain Capital Life SciencesBain Capital Tech OpportunitiesBattery VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBlue Sea Capital+38 more
Box provides intelligent content management and secure collaboration for enterprise teams, combining unstructured data access and sharing with AI-powered workflows and insights.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Dylan Smith(Founder)inAaron Levie(Founder)inDan Levin(Director)inStephanie Carullo(Executive Officer)inPeter McGoff(Executive Officer)inGraham Younger(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersCoatue ManagementEmergence Capital PartnersGeneral AtlanticHercules Capital, Inc.+37 more
Aladdin is a B2B matchmaking and events platform that connects buyers, suppliers, and business partners through qualified meetings—held in person, online, or hybrid.
B2B MarketplacesData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Alaa Ismail(Founder)in
Co-investorsDraper Associates500 Global
Outreach is a sales engagement platform, founded in 2014, that helps sales teams manage customer outreach and improve revenue outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSeattle, US
Manny Medina(Founder)inManuel Medina(Founder)Wesley Hather(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Kinzer(Founder)inGordon Hempton(Founder)inWes Hather(Founder)in
Co-investorsSalesforce VenturesSands Capital Ventures408 VenturesAliya Capital PartnersBonfire VenturesCollective Liquidity+20 more
DELFI Diagnostics develops FirstLook Lung, a blood-based laboratory test for lung cancer screening that identifies genome-wide alterations in individuals eligible for screening.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesBaltimore, US
Victor Velculescu(Founder)inPeter Bach(Executive Officer)Jennifer Buechel(Executive Officer)Douglas Schenkel(Executive Officer)Nicholas Dracopoli(Executive Officer)inSusan Tousi(Chief Executive Officer)in
Board seatJustin Kao· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAV8 VenturesForesite CapitalIllumina VenturesInitiate Venture PartnersMenlo VenturesMerck Global Health Innovation Fund+7 more
Earli develops a biotechnology platform that uses genetic constructs to detect cancer and produce therapeutic proteins by reprogramming cancer cells.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US
Dr. Sam Gambhir(Founder)Cyriac Roeding(Founder)inDr. David Suhy(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer)
BoardJorge Conde(Director)in
Board seatJustin Kao· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Jan 2021
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBlue Ivy VenturesBreyer CapitalGaingelsHan River Partners+6 more
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Formlabs designs and manufactures professional desktop 3D printers using stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) technologies, along with proprietary materials and software.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareNew MaterialsSomerville, US
Natan Linder(Founder)inMaxim Lobovsky(Founder)inMax Lobovsky(Co-founder & CEO)Shirley Paley(Executive Officer)inDávid Lakatos(Chief Product Officer)inNick Graham(Chief Revenue Officer)in
Board seatBarry Schuler· per SEC Form D · $392.9K raise · filed Jul 2024
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)C4 VenturesFounder CollectiveFoundryKapor CapitalKima Ventures+7 more
Hidden Level develops advanced RF (radio frequency) sensing technology for defense, aviation, and intelligence applications.
Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechGovTechHardwareSyracuse, US
Jeffrey A. Cole(Executive Officer, Director)inJeffrey Cole(Founder)inBrad Garber(Executive Officer)inGary Dominicos(Founder)inTim Graham(Executive Officer)inMike Goll(Executive Officer)in
Board seatRandy Glein· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBooz Allen VenturesClaritas CapitalDRONE FUNDFounders Circle CapitalIn-Q-TelIronGate Capital Advisors+16 more
Inflammatix develops host-response-based molecular diagnostics tests to identify acute infections and sepsis in emergency and critical care settings.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBurlingame, US
Tim Sweeney(Co-Founder and CEO)inPurvesh Khatri(Founder)inJONATHAN ROMANOWSKY(Co-Founder)inTimothy Sweeney(Founder)
BoardKENNETH BAHK(Director)MICHAEL RUBIN(Director)
Board seatJustin Kao· per SEC Form D · $102.4M raise · filed Mar 2021
Co-investorsKhosla VenturesNorthpond VenturesInitiate Venture PartnersMarram VenturesOSF VenturesStartX
Alchemy is an infrastructure-as-code tool that lets developers define their entire cloud setup as a TypeScript program, with commands to plan, deploy, and destroy resources across providers like Cloudflare and AWS.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investorsCrucible CapitalAdditionAndreessen HorowitzCoatue ManagementCoinbase VenturesCommunitas Capital Partners+5 more
Big Hat Bio develops therapeutics under development across multiple programs.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Peyton Greenside(Founder)inMark DePristo(Founder)inMark DePristo Peyton Greenside(Founder)Theresa Tribble(Founder)
BoardFrancisco Gimenez(Director)inSteve Kafka(Director)
Co-investors8VCAndreessen HorowitzBOLD LongevityFlucas VenturesGaingelsGRIDS Capital+12 more
Bright Computing develops NVIDIA Base Command Manager, software for provisioning, managing, and monitoring high-performance computing (HPC) and AI clusters across edge, data center, and hybrid- or multi-cloud deployments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsPrime VenturesMolten Ventures
UK defence startup building low-cost interceptor missiles and solid rocket motors to counter drones and missiles.
Steven Barrett(Founder)inJunaid Hussain(Founder)inChris Sylvan(Founder)
Co-investors7percent VenturesAccelEntropy Industrial CapitalExpeditionsLux CapitalSpark Capital+6 more
CircleCI develops continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling that helps software development and developer-experience teams build, test, and ship code faster and more reliably.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Allen Rohner(Founder)inPaul Biggar(Founder)inJim Rose(Chief Executive Officer)inRob Zuber(Chief Technology Officer)inChitra Balasubramanian(Chief Financial Officer)Judson Griffin(Chief Revenue Officer)
Co-investors3Spoke Capital500 GlobalBaseline VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Draper AssociatesHeavybit+11 more
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Cohesity provides cyber resilience software that helps organizations identify and protect the minimal critical datasets and systems needed to restart operations after ransomware attacks or disasters.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US
Mohit Aron(Founder)inSanjay Poonen(CEO and President)inTIMOTHY ROBBINS(Executive Officer)inLORENZO MONTESI(Executive Officer)inROB SALMON(Executive Officer)inSanjay Poonen (CEO)(Founder)
Co-investors3Spoke CapitalAccelAdit Ventures Management, LlcArtis VenturesBattery VenturesCisco Investments+27 more
Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops commercial fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to provide grid-scale energy.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyCambridge, US
Brandon Sorbom(Founder)inRobert Mumgaard(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Brunner(Executive Officer)inBob Mumgaard(Founder)inDan Brunner(Founder)Dennis Whyte(Founder)
Co-investorsAdvection Growth CapitalArmada Investment AGBay Bridge Ventures ClimateBeni Venture CapitalBrainstorm VenturesBreakthrough Energy Ventures+45 more
Databook offers a GTM Decision System that combines real-time account intelligence with CRM data, deal activity, and relationship context to generate buyer insights, account plans, and executive-ready narratives for enterprise sales teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechPalo Alto, US
Anand Shah(Founder)in
BoardJosh Stein(Director)inTamara Steffens(Director)Chirag Shah(Director)
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Threshold Ventures
DataRobot develops an AI and machine learning platform that automates model development and deployment for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US
Jeremy Achin(Founder)inTom de Godoy(Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer)inDebanjan Saha(CEO)inThomas DeGodoy(Founder)Thomas de Godoy(Founder)
BoardHarry Weller(Director)
Co-investors515 VenturesAliya Capital PartnersAMK Investment OfficeB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBallistic Ventures+46 more
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Diamanti builds a platform for running and managing Kubernetes and cloud-native applications at scale across on-premises data centers and public clouds, serving enterprises across industries.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareWest Palm Beach, US
Amitava Guha(Founder)Gopal Sharma(Founder)Jeffrey Chou(Founder)Luis Robles(Founder)
Co-investorsClearSkyNeva Sgr.Threshold VenturesTransLink CapitalWestern Technology InvestmentCRV (Charles River Ventures)+2 more
INDOPLAY88 is an Indonesian digital media portal offering gaming news, game reviews, and gameplay tips for casual players and e-sports enthusiasts.
GamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Summit Peak VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCaffeinated CapitalGGV CapitalGIC+5 more
Divvy Homes offers a rent-to-own platform that allows prospective homebuyers to build equity while renting, with the option to purchase the property later.
FintechPropTech
Alex Klarfeld(Founder)Adena Hefets(Founder)Brian Ma(Founder)inNicholas Clark(Founder)Nick Clark(Founder)
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAndreessen HorowitzNotable CapitalThreshold VenturesCaffeinated CapitalGIC+1 more
San Francisco, US
Nicholas Chim(Executive Officer, Director)Jamie Roche(Executive Officer, Director)Thomas Lamb(Executive Officer)
BoardEric Teller(Director)Nina Yang(Director)Steve Jurvetson(Director)
Co-investorsObvious VenturesTemasek
Forward builds network modeling and management software that enables operators at large enterprises to understand, visualize, and troubleshoot complex network infrastructures.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
David Erickson(Founder)inNikhil Handigol(Founder)inBrandon Heller(Founder)inPeyman Kazemian(Founder)in
BoardAndreas Stavropoulos(Director)inL. William Krause(Director)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesAndreessen HorowitzS32Threshold VenturesGoldman SachsOmega Venture Partners+1 more
GIPHY is a platform for discovering, creating, and sharing animated GIFs and stickers.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US
Alex Chung(Founder)Brad Zeff(Executive Officer)Joshua Auerbach(Executive Officer)Jonathan Chin(Executive Officer)Adam Leibsohn(Founder)Jace Cooke(Founder)
Co-investorsBetaworksGlynn Capital ManagementGV (Google Ventures)IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Lerer HippeauLightspeed Venture Partners+6 more
Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab that develops methods to reverse-engineer, debug, and control neural networks' internal representations.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Tom McGrath(Founder)inEric Ho(Founder)inDaniel Balsam(Founder)inArcha JaininDaniel Kang(Director)Dan Balsam(Founder)
Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCompoundJuniper Ventures Management, LlcLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Ventures+8 more
Impulse Space develops in-space mobility infrastructure and spacecraft, enabling transportation and logistics between Earth orbit, the Moon, and Mars.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace TechRedondo Beach, US
Tom Mueller(Founder)inThomas Mueller(Founder)inEric Romo(Executive Officer, Director)inMargaret Abernathy(Executive Officer)in
BoardMichael Linse(Director)inJohn William Raymond(Director)
Co-investors137 VenturesAlumni VenturesArctic DigitalAsahi Kasei Corporate Venture CapitalBalerion Space VenturesBanner VC+28 more
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSNew York, US
Joe Essenfeld(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardNilanjana Bhowmik(Director)inRoss Goldstein(Director)inPeter Flint(Director)R. Douglas Higgins(Director)Jim Baum(Director)
Co-investorsConvergeLerer HippeauMontage CapitalRunway Growth CapitalSapphire VenturesGotham Ventures+3 more
Livongo offers a chronic condition management program combining connected health-monitoring devices (blood glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, scales), certified health coaches, and clinical support to help members manage diabetes, hypertension, and weight, including GLP-1 medication access.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessMountain View, US
JOSEPH E. CAREY(Executive Officer)BRIAN VANDENBERG(Executive Officer)MARIO CHRISTOPHER(Executive Officer)Glen Tullman(Founder)
BoardBETH SEIDENBERG(Board Director (Kleiner Perkins))inLEE SHAPIRO(Director)in
Co-investors7wire VenturesCorewell Health VenturesEcho Health VenturesGeneral CatalystHealth Velocity CapitalHuman Capital+8 more
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Lumity provides a benefits administration platform that consolidates insurance processes and employee benefit management for companies of all sizes.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechInsurTechSaaS
Frank Mengert(Managing Partner)Gerardo Serrano(VP, Client Strategy & Brokerage)Senthil Nagarajan(Founder)Tariq Hilaly(Founder)
Co-investorsThreshold VenturesDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Rock HealthSocial Capital PartnershipTrue Ventures
Lyst is an online fashion shopping platform that aggregates clothing and accessories, including designer brands such as Saint Laurent, for consumers to browse and buy.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Chris Morton(Founder)Devin Hunt(Founder)inSebastjan Trepca(Founder)
Co-investorsAccelAglae VenturesBalderton CapitalMolten Ventures14WDraper Esprit
Metropolis develops an AI-driven recognition platform that enables real-time understanding and personalized responses for physical world interactions.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSanta Monica, US
Travis Kell(Executive Officer, Director)inAlex Israel(Executive Officer, Director)inCourtney Fukuda(Executive Officer)inPeter Fisher(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors01 AdvisorsAssembly VenturesBeyond CapitalHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcKing River CapitalSlow Ventures+7 more
Modular builds infrastructure for AI model inference and deployment, enabling developers to run AI models across different hardware and cloud environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Chris Lattner(Founder)inTim Davis(Founder)inMostafa Hagog(VP of Engineering)inKalor Lewis(VP, Finance)Eric Johnson(VP of Product Management)inMike Edwards(Head of Special Projects / Business Operations)in
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesFirestreak VenturesGeneral CatalystGreylock PartnersGV (Google Ventures)SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)+7 more
Neocis develops Yomi, a robotic surgical platform that assists clinicians during dental implant surgery with planning, surgical, and restorative software features.
HealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsMiami, US
Alon Mozes(Founder)inJuan Salcedo(Founder)inDennis Moses(Chief Technical Officer)inAndres Carrillo(VP of Product)inJorge Fernandes(VP of Quality & Regulatory)inGabe Goldberg(VP of Marketing)in
Co-investorsIntuitive VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersVivo CapitalCLI VenturesFlorida Opportunity FundMithril Capital Management+5 more
Nervana Systems was a San Diego startup that built a deep-learning platform including the Neon software framework, a custom ASIC hardware accelerator, and a cloud service for training neural networks.
San Diego, US
Amir Khosrowshahi(Executive Officer, Director)Naveen Rao(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSteve Jurveston(Director)
Co-investorsAME Cloud VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)In-Q-TelPlayground Global
OODA Health builds patient billing and claims-payment technology that coordinates payers, providers, and patients to handle healthcare payments at the point of care.
Digital HealthFintechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Giovanni Colella(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inSeth Cohen(Director, Promoter)inKenneth Goulet(Director)
BoardAnn Lamont(Director)inEmily Melton(Director)in
Co-investorsOak HC/FTThreshold VenturesView Different
Osmind is a public benefit corporation developing technology and research infrastructure to accelerate evidence-based mental health treatments, including therapies like ketamine, and to improve patient access to care.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMental HealthSaaSSan Francisco, US
Lucia Huang(Founder)inJimmy Qian(Founder)inJacob Anstey(Operations Associate)Sam Kennedy(Head of Engineering)Rachel Rosenberg(Customer Operations Lead)Mapolo Buessing(Product Manager)
Co-investorsAble PartnersFelicis VenturesGaingelsGeneral CatalystGold House VenturesMVP Ventures+16 more
Periscope Data was a San Francisco analytics platform for data scientists, combining SQL, Python and R; it merged with Sisense in 2019.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ariel Katz(Chief Executive Officer)Harry Glaser(Founder)Tom O'Neill(Founder)
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersInsight PartnersAngelPadBling CapitalDivide by ZeroExpansion Venture Capital+3 more
Planet operates a web-geo platform that provides daily satellite imagery and foundational analytics of Earth's landmass for businesses, governments, and research institutions.
AgTechData & InfrastructureDeep TechSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Will Marshall(Founder)inRobbie Schingler(Founder)inChristopher R. Boshuizen(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert H. Schlingler Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Boshuizen(Founder)
BoardZachary Bogue(Director)in
Co-investors137 VenturesAME Cloud VenturesBright Success CapitalDBL PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)Fall Line Capital+27 more
Positron builds purpose-built hardware and inference accelerator silicon for running Transformer-based generative AI models, offering inference appliances that map HuggingFace Transformers models onto the hardware and expose an OpenAI API-compliant endpoint.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsLovelock, US
Thomas Sohmers(Founder)inBarrett Woodside(Founder)inEdward Kmett(Founder)inMitesh Agrawal(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardRobert Reid(Director)
Co-investorsAloniqAsimov VenturesBanyan VenturesCaucasus VenturesCisco InvestmentsFlume Ventures+16 more
Reflect is an AI-powered, no-code testing platform that allows developers and testers to write automated tests for web applications faster.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSVillanova, US
Fitz Nowlan(Founder)inTodd McNeal(Founder)inAlex MacCaw(Founder)Vojtech Rinik(Founder)
Co-investorsSoma CapitalY CombinatorBattery VenturesCraft VenturesPETER FISHMANTechstars
Puppet provides an infrastructure governance platform that uses policy-driven automation to manage security, compliance, and configuration across servers, networks, cloud, and edge for enterprises.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwarePortland, US
Co-investorsTechstars
Reflect is a stablecoin API and SDK that lets developers add yield-bearing savings accounts, launch branded yield-bearing stablecoins, and offer opt-in insurance and risk tranching within their apps.
Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintech
Co-investorsBig Brain Holdings
Remitly is an international money transfer service that enables customers to send money across borders to multiple countries.
FintechSeattle, US
Joshua Hug(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matt Oppenheimer(Founder)inHilton Hewitt(Executive Officer)Andrew Larson(Executive Officer)Josh Hug(Founder)Matthew Oppenheimer(Founder)
Co-investorsDN CapitalG2C Venture PartnersPrime VenturesPrinceville CapitalQED InvestorsScalare Partners+11 more
RethinkDB is a distributed document database that enables developers to query JSON documents across multiple programming languages and integrates with modern web frameworks for real-time applications.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Michael Glukhovsky(Founder)inSlava Akhmechet(Founder)inJoey Zwicker(Director of Operations)inJoe Doliner(DB Rethinker)inMichael Lucy(Software Engineer)inJorge Silva(Developer Evangelist)in
Co-investorsWestern Technology InvestmentY CombinatorACE & CompanyAgrolimen VenturesAmicus Capital PartnersAndreessen Horowitz+6 more
Rho offers a business savings account that spreads idle cash across 400+ FDIC-insured banks (via American Deposit Management) for up to $75M in deposit coverage and yield.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US
Everett Cook(Founder)inAlex Wheldon(Founder)
Co-investorsClaritas CapitalClocktower VenturesConsenSys MeshFlucas VenturesHelium-3 VenturesInspired Capital+11 more
Salt Security provides an AI-infused platform for protecting APIs and applications from security threats across discovery, posture management, and runtime protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Roey Eliyahu(CEO)inMichael Nicosia(Founder)inOmer Sadika(CEO)
BoardHaim Sadger(Director)in
Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationCapitalGFoundersXFoundersX VenturesSequoia CapitalTenaya Capital+10 more
ShareThis collects and analyzes consumer behavioral data from over three million global websites to provide insights, targeting, activation, and data enrichment services.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSPalo Alto, US
Dana C. Hayes, Jr.(Chief Executive Officer)Myha Trieu(Chief People Officer)Chad Burns(Chief Financial Officer)inHuanjin Chen(Chief Technology Officer)Michael Gorman(Chief Product Officer)Paul Lentz(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsMercury FundIllinois VenturesMultiplier CapitalRealization Capital PartnersRunway Growth CapitalStarve Ups+5 more
Spiral Genetics develops software for analyzing and comparing whole human genome data across large populations to identify genetic patterns and variants.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSeattle, US
Adina Mangubat(Founder)inJeremy Bruestle(Director)Alindrina Mangubat(Executive Officer, Director)Niranjan Shekar(Vice President Science)Rob Flickenger(Director of Engineering)
BoardRichard Jacroux(Director)
Co-investorsSeaChangeY Combinator415 CapitalCP VenturesEverHaüsHanmi Healthcare+7 more
Splice is a music creation platform providing a library of high-quality audio samples with AI-powered discovery tools, alongside a rent-to-own marketplace for music production software and digital audio workstations.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaS
Steve Martocci(Founder)inMatt Aimonetti(Founder)Steve Martocci Matt Aimonetti(Founder)
Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersFounders Circle CapitalGeek VenturesLerer HippeauSNÖ VenturesTrue Ventures+7 more
Defense technology company building AI software for U.S. national security missions; flagship product is Decrypt.
Palo Alto, US
Brett Carlsen Granberg(Executive Officer, Director)Eleony Shepherd Moorhead(Executive Officer, Director)Brett Granberg(Founder)Nini Hamrick(Founder)Nini Moorhead(Founder)
Co-investorsAloft VCBlack FlagCostanoa VenturesFelicis VenturesGeneral CatalystIn-Q-Tel+6 more
Verbling is a marketplace connecting language learners with over 2,000 verified tutors offering lessons in more than 70 languages.
EdTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Mikael Bernstein(Chief of Product)inJacob Lars Jolis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jake Jolis(CEO)inHenry Liu(Software Engineer)inFred WulffBrandon Paton(Localization Product Lead)in
Co-investorsFundersClubHemisphere Ventures LLCInspovation VenturesOne Planet GroupY CombinatorACE & Company+12 more
SaaSPortland, US
Co-investorsPortland Seed FundTechstarsPIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERSVoyager Capital
Weights & Biases is an AI developer platform that enables teams to build, train, and monitor AI agents, applications, and models with tools for experiment tracking, model management, and agent evaluation.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US
Shawn Lewis(Founder)inLukas Biewald(Founder)inChris Van Pelt(Founder)inMariah Nagy(Executive Officer)inYan-David Erlich(Executive Officer)inCameron Kinloch(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAIX VenturesBond Capital ManagementBrighter CapitalBrilliant Phoenix CapitalCoatue ManagementDiagram Capital+42 more
Wellframe provides digital member engagement and care management solutions for health plans.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Jacob Sattelmair(Founder)inDr Trishan Panch(Founder)inArchit Bhise(Founder)Trishan Panch(Founder)Vinayak Ramesh(Founder)
Co-investorsBlue Venture FundsF-Prime CapitalThreshold VenturesWaterline VenturesBlueCross BlueShield Venture PartnersHealth Velocity Capital
Xealth offers an orchestration platform for Digital Care Execution that lets clinicians prescribe digital health programs directly from the EHR, coordinate care across patients and partners, and centralize engagement and outcome data.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSSeattle, US
Michael McSherry(Executive Officer, Director)Aaron Sheedy(Founder)inSundar Balasubramanian(Founder)William Bryant(Director)inEric Fu(Founder)Mike McSherry(Founder)
Co-investorsLRVHealthMemorialCare Innovation FundThreshold VenturesAtrium HealthMcKesson VenturesPhilips Ventures
Yellowbrick Data provides a secure data analytics platform deployed within customer cloud accounts and on-premises, designed for enterprises that require data security, availability, and granular access control.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US
Neil Carson(Founder)inMark Brinicombe(Founder)Jim Dawson(Founder)
Co-investorsThird Point VenturesBMW i VenturesGV (Google Ventures)In-Q-TelIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Menlo Ventures+5 more
Engineers microbes that make useful molecules for everyday materials (acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks).
Emeryville, US
Erik (Jed) Dean(Executive Officer)Zachariah Serber(Executive Officer, Director)Josh Hoffman(Founder)inEnakshi Singh(Executive Officer)Aaron Kimball(Executive Officer)Jed Dean(Founder)
Co-investorsAME Cloud VenturesCota CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Hemisphere Ventures LLCKindred VenturesMission Biocapital+7 more
Digital TV demodulator chips and SoC solutions
Co-investorsDFJ DragonFundDraper AssociatesDraper DragonWestSummit Capital
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Distributed CreationChef SoftwareMemphis MeatsOpscodeShift TechnologiesVisionary VRYellowbrick Learning
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 15
3 IPOs · 12 acquisitions · showing 8A Place for MomNASDAQ: GDRXBoxNYSE: BOXAzuquaacq. by OktaJibeacq. by iCIMSNervana Systemsacq. by IntelPeriscope Dataacq. by SisenseReflectacq. by PuppetSpiral Geneticsacq. by Omicia
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesImpulse Space · globenewswire.com · Sep 16, 2026
Positron AI · prnewswire.com · Sep 10, 2026
Cohesity · en.wikipedia.org · Sep 2, 2026
Cambridge Aerospace · thedefensepost.com · Aug 13, 2026
Formlabs · tctmagazine.com · Aug 13, 2026
Modular · Modular / mojolang.org · Aug 11, 2026
Commonwealth Fusion Systems · winssolutions.org · Aug 6, 2026
Rho · startupintros.com · Jul 13, 2026
Public market activity · per SEC filings
what is this? ⓘDisclosed stake · filed Jan 2018
Disclosed stake · filed Jan 2017
Disclosed stake · filed Feb 2015
Disclosed stake · filed Feb 2014
39 insider ownership filings (Forms 3/4/5)
From the firm's own SEC EDGAR filings — stakes and insider roles in public companies, typically portfolio companies after an IPO. Not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has DFJ made?
- DFJ has 66 tracked investments, 15 of which have exited, including 8 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does DFJ invest at?
- DFJ invests at the Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does DFJ focus on?
- DFJ focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is DFJ located?
- DFJ is headquartered in San Mateo, US.
- Does DFJ lead rounds?
- DFJ has led 9 of the 27 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does DFJ co-invest with?
- DFJ most often shares deals with Bessemer Venture Partners, Correlation Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), among 37 tracked co-investors.
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Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs bold, early-stage, technology-driven companies across deep tech and other sectors, providing hands-on 'venture assistance' to help founders build category-defining businesses.
Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing transformative technology companies, with a strong current emphasis on artificial intelligence across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets.
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders building transformative deep technologies, having been among the first investors in category-defining companies across AI, robotics, biotech, defense, and infrastructure.
DST Global is a global internet-focused investment firm that backs fast-growing, high-value internet companies. It does not solicit or accept retail investors.
Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.
F-Prime Capital is an early-stage-focused investment firm backing companies across life sciences, technology, healthtech and services, and crypto.
OrbiMed is a healthcare-focused investment firm providing tailored financing solutions and global resources to build world-class healthcare companies across biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, digital health, diagnostics, and healthcare services.
What If Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in transformative technology, with a focus on healthcare/mental health and defense technology.
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Firms observed investing alongside DFJ, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with DFJ's recorded portfolio.
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