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DFJ — 2021 Investments

7 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

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(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

Inflammatix, Inc.inflammatix.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)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

Commonwealth Fusion Systemscfs.energyin𝕏Series B · Dec 2021 · $1.8B

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+47 more

Rhorho.coin𝕏Series B · Dec 2021 · $75M

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 Securitysalt.securityin𝕏Series C · May 2021 · $70M

Salt Security provides an API security platform that uses big data and machine learning to discover APIs and detect and prevent API-based attacks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

Roey Eliyahu(CEO)inMichael Nicosia(Founder)inOmer Sadika(CEO)

BoardHaim Sadger(Director)in

Co-investorsAdvent InternationalAlkeon InnovationCapitalGFoundersXFoundersX VenturesSequoia Capital+10 more

Vannevarvannevarlabs.cominAug 2021

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

Weights & Biaseswandb.aiin𝕏Oct 2021Acquired

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 VenturesArcherman CapitalBond Capital ManagementBrighter CapitalBrilliant Phoenix CapitalCoatue Management+42 more

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.