What stage does Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) invest at?

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.

What sectors does Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) focus on?

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) focuses on Crypto & Web3.

Where is Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) located?

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is headquartered in San Mateo, US.

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)

Venture capital

San Mateo · Pre-Seed–Series A · 10 people tracked

Also known as DFJ MANAGEMENT, LLC · Draper Fisher Jurvetson

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Stage

Pre-Seed–Series A

San Mateo, CA, US

Founded

2006

Private fund assets

$11.6B

VC funds

Team · 10 people

from public directories

Barry Schuler· Partner· San Francisco, California, United Statesin 𝕏

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.

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John H. N. Fisher· Partner· Menlo Park, California, United Statesin

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.

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Mark Bailey· Partner· Los Altos, California, United Statesin 𝕏

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.

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Randy Glein· Partner· San Mateo, California, United Statesin 𝕏

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.

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Sam Fort· Partner𝕏

Vineet Mehta· Principal

Mohanjit Jolly· Venture Partner· Palo Alto, California, United Statesin 𝕏

Mohanjit Jolly is a Partner at Iron Pillar, a growth-stage investor focused on enterprise and consumer technology companies in India. Since co-founding the firm in 2016, he has led investments in companies including Vyome, Uniphore, Ushur, Freehand.ai, Jiffy.ai, CoreStack, and Fold Health. Jolly's investment career spans over 20 years, including previous roles at Garage Technology Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where he established and ran the firm's India operations from 2007 to 2012.

Warren Packard· Venture Partner𝕏

Adena Hefets· Senior Associate

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Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 2

as of Sep 2025

Fund	Vintage	Committed	Net IRR	TVPI	DPI
DFJ Mercury Silverstone Fund, L.P.LPs: San Diego City Employees' Retirement System	2011	—	13.8%	1.92x	1.81x
Draper Fisher Jurvetson X, L.P.LPs: New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association	2010	—	—	1.27x	0.98x

Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) invest at?: Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) focus on?: Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) focuses on Crypto & Web3.
Where is Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) located?: Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is headquartered in San Mateo, US.

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