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DFJ

Growth equityActively deploying

San Mateo · Growth–Late Stage · 23 people tracked

Also known as DFJ 2006 Continuation · DFJ 2016 · DFJ AI Investors · DFJ ANDL Investors · DFJ Continuation · DFJ GROWTH MANAGEMENT, LLC

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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.

Invests inSector AgnosticMenlo ParkSan MateoUnited States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Growth–Late Stage
HQ
San Mateo, California, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2006
Last 12 months
2 investments
AUM
$1.2B
VC funds
21
Tracked investments
29

Team · 23 people

from the firm's website
Allison Sowers· Executive Assistant
Gabrielle Matulich· Executive Assistantin
Nicole Gore· Executive Assistant
Tara Williams· Executive Assistant

What they invest in

from 23 of 29 portfolio companies

SaaS ×10AI & Machine Learning ×9Enterprise Software ×8Healthtech ×6Data & Infrastructure ×5Developer Tools ×4Cloud Computing ×3Deep Tech ×3

HQs:United States×20United Arab Emirates×1

Investments · 29 tracked

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By year:2025 · 32024 · 12021 · 22020 · 12016 · 12014 · 19 dated

AladdinB2Baladdinb2b.comin𝕏✓ verified

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)inIsmail Alaa

Co-investorsDraper Associates500 Global

Outreachoutreach.ioin𝕏✓ verified

Outreach provides sales engagement and revenue intelligence software for enterprise sales teams to improve customer relationships and close deals more effectively.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSeattle, US

Manny Medina(Founder)inManuel Medina(Executive Officer, Director)Wesley Hather(Executive Officer, Director)Gordon L. Hempton(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Kinzer(Executive Officer)inGordon Hempton(Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsSalesforce Ventures408 VenturesBonfire VenturesElevate VenturesFelicis VenturesFloodgate+12 more

Delfi Diagnostics, Inc.Dec 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

Palo Alto, US

Board seatJustin Kao· per SEC Form D · $60M raise · filed Dec 2025

Distributed CreationDec 2020SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Matthieu Aimonetti(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Martocci(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAdam D'Augelli(Director)inAndrew Weissman(Director)Jared Hecht(Director)

Board seatRandall S. Glein· per SEC Form D · $55M raise · filed Dec 2020

Co-investorsTrue Ventures

Earliearli.comin𝕏Jan 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

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(Co-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-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBreyer CapitalHan River PartnersMenlo VenturesMBX Capital

Hidden Levelhiddenlevel.comin𝕏Apr 2025SEC filingmedium confidence

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)Brad Garber(Executive Officer)Gary Dominicos(Executive Officer)Tim Graham(Executive Officer)Mike Goll(Executive Officer)Gary S. Dominicos(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatRandy Glein· per SEC Form D · $66.5M raise · filed Apr 2025

Co-investorsBooz Allen VenturesClaritas CapitalDRONE FUNDFounders Circle CapitalIronGate Capital AdvisorsLauder Partners+10 more

Inflammatixinflammatix.comin𝕏Mar 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

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)Purvesh Khatri(Co-Founder and Chief Scientist)JONATHAN ROMANOWSKY(Executive Officer)

BoardKENNETH BAHK(Director)MICHAEL RUBIN(Director)DAVID PERSING(Director)

Board seatJustin Kao· per SEC Form D · $102.4M raise · filed Mar 2021

Co-investorsKhosla VenturesNorthpond VenturesOSF Ventures

Somerville, MAformlabs.comin𝕏Jul 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

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(Director)Maxim Lobovsky(Founder)inMax Lobovsky(Co-founder & CEO)Shirley Paley(Executive Officer)Dávid Lakatos(Chief Product Officer)Nick Graham(Chief Revenue Officer)

Board seatBarry Schuler· per SEC Form D · $392.9K raise · filed Jul 2024

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)C4 VenturesFounder CollectiveFoundryKapor CapitalKima Ventures+5 more

A Place for Momfiscloudservices.com

A Place for Mom is a U.S. and Canadian senior care referral marketplace connecting families with senior living and home care providers.

Vernon Hills, US

Jonathan Stevens(Executive Officer)Thomas Richards(Executive Officer, Director)Christine Leahy(Executive Officer)Dennis Berger(Executive Officer)Neal Campbell(Executive Officer)Christina Rother(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBain Capital Double Impact Fund LPBain Capital Life SciencesBain Capital Tech OpportunitiesBlue Sea CapitalClayton Dubilier & RiceCore Venture Capital+10 more

Alchemyalchemy.run𝕏

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 ManagementLightspeed Venture Partners

Diamantidiamanti.comin𝕏

Diamanti provides a Kubernetes platform with container-native networking and distributed storage for on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud deployments, including Kubernetes-native VMs, self-service Postgres, and AI/ML (LLMOps) solutions.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Co-investorsClearSkyNeva Sgr.Threshold VenturesTransLink CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Goldman Sachs+1 more

Divvy Homesdivvyhomes.com𝕏Acquired

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(Cofounder)

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzNotable CapitalThreshold VenturesCaffeinated CapitalGICTiger Global Management

Jibejibe.comin𝕏May 2014acquired by iCIMS

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSNew York, US

Joe Essenfeld(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardNilanjana Bhowmik(Director)Ross Goldstein(Director)Peter Flint(Director)R. Douglas Higgins(Director)Jim Baum(Director)

Co-investorsConvergeMontage CapitalRunway Growth CapitalSapphire VenturesGotham VenturesPolaris Partners+1 more

Livongolivongo.comin𝕏

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)

BoardBETH SEIDENBERG(Board Director (Kleiner Perkins))inLEE SHAPIRO(Director)inHEMANT TANEJA(Director)in

Co-investors7wire VenturesCorewell Health VenturesGeneral CatalystHuman CapitalKleiner PerkinsSapphire Ventures+4 more

Lystlyst.com𝕏

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

Co-investorsAccelAglae VenturesBalderton CapitalMolten Ventures14WDraper Esprit

Metropolismetropolis.ioin𝕏Nov 2025 · $1.6B

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)Peter Fisher(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors01 AdvisorsAssembly VenturesBeyond CapitalHalogen Ventures Management Company LlcKing River CapitalSlow Ventures+6 more

Nervana Systems

San Diego, US

Amir Khosrowshahi(Executive Officer, Director)Naveen Rao(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSteve Jurveston(Director)

Co-investorsAME Cloud VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)

Periscope Dataperiscopedata.comin𝕏acquired by Sisense

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)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersInsight PartnersAngelPadBling CapitalExpansion Venture CapitalThreshold Ventures

Reflectreflect.runin𝕏Acquired

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)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Reflectreflect.ioinacquired by Puppet

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePortland, US

Co-investorsTechstars

Remitlyremitly.comin𝕏Apr 2016

Remitly is an international money transfer service that enables customers to send money across borders to multiple countries.

FintechSeattle, US

Matthew B Oppenheimer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Joshua Hug(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matt Oppenheimer(Founder)inHilton Hewitt(Executive Officer)Andrew Larson(Executive Officer)

BoardWilliam Bryant(Director)

Co-investorsDN CapitalPrime VenturesQED InvestorsScalare PartnersStripesTechstars+7 more

RethinkDBrethinkdb.comin𝕏Acquired

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)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzAvalon Ventures Management, LlcHighland Capital Partners

Spiral Geneticsspiralgenetics.comacquired by Omicia

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)

BoardRichard Jacroux(Director)

Co-investorsSeaChangeY Combinator

Splicesplice.com𝕏

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)in

Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersFounders Circle CapitalGeek VenturesLerer HippeauTrue VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)

Wellframewellframe.comin𝕏

Wellframe provides digital member engagement and care management solutions for health plans.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Jacob Sattelmair(Founder)inDr Trishan Panch(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlue Venture FundsF-Prime CapitalThreshold VenturesBlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners

Xealthxealth.comin𝕏

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(Executive Officer, Director)Sundar Balasubramanian(Executive Officer, Director)William Bryant(Director)Eric Fu(Executive Officer)

BoardAaron Martin(Director)

Co-investorsLRVHealthMemorialCare Innovation Fund

Zymergenzymergen.com

Engineers microbes that make useful molecules for everyday materials (acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks).

Emeryville, US

Erik (Jed) Dean(Executive Officer)Joshua Hoffman(Executive Officer, Director)Zachariah Serber(Executive Officer, Director)Josh Hoffman(Founder)inEnakshi Singh(Executive Officer)Aaron Kimball(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAME Cloud VenturesCota CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Hemisphere Ventures LLCKindred VenturesMission Biocapital+5 more

高拓讯达altobeam.com

Digital TV demodulator chips and SoC solutions

Co-investorsDFJ DragonFundDraper AssociatesDraper DragonWestSummit Capital

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 · 4

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Jibeacq. by iCIMSPeriscope Dataacq. by SisenseReflectacq. by PuppetSpiral Geneticsacq. by Omicia

Portfolio news

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Public market activity · per SEC filings

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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

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.
Who does DFJ co-invest with?
DFJ most often shares deals with Core Venture Capital, Frazier Life Sciences, Keensight Capital, among 15 tracked co-investors.

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Jocelyn Kinsey | DFJ Growth

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Co-investors · 14

Andreessen Horowitz

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$500K – $50M
General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.

Both backed · 1
$30M
Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies focused on technology, mobile, and clean energy sectors, including biotechnology applications. The firm provides capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs developing breakthrough technologies across multiple markets.

Both backed · 1
$5K – $50M
Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.

Both backed · 1
$1M – $20M
F-Prime Capital

F-Prime Capital is an early-stage-focused investment firm backing companies across life sciences, technology, healthtech and services, and crypto.

Both backed · 1
$3M – $10M
Han River Partners

Han River Partners is a venture capital firm investing at the intersection of global markets, culture, and technology, backing technically ambitious founders across Silicon Valley and Asia, particularly the Korea-US corridor.

Both backed · 1
GV (Google Ventures)

GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.

$250K – $50M
DST Global

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.

$100K – $200M
Susa Ventures

Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.

$1M – $5M
Lux Capital

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.

$100K – $100M
Abstract Ventures

Abstract is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm managing $1.8 billion in assets, investing in seed and early-stage companies across all sectors.

$250K – $750K
ARCH Venture Partners

ARCH Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in and helps build transformational companies, with a strong focus on the life sciences and biotechnology sector.

$50K – $250M
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