Where does Barry Schuler work?

Barry Schuler is Founder and Managing Partner at DFJ and Board director at Coinbase and Board director at Somerville, MA and Board director at Foursquare.

What boards does Barry Schuler sit on?

Barry Schuler holds tracked board seats at Formlabs, Foursquare, Glowforge, Helix, Somerville, MA, Unity.

Where did Barry Schuler go to school?

Barry Schuler studied at Rutgers University (BA, Psychology).

Barry Schuler

Investor

Founder and Managing Partner at DFJ · Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) · Board director at Coinbase · Board director at Somerville, MA · Board director at Foursquare

San Francisco, California, United States

Midas 2025 · #37 Midas 2024 · #21 Midas 2023 · #32 Midas 2022 · #60

Find your path to Barry

252 people in our graph share verified history with Barry — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Greg RudinunlockedBarry: together at AOL (2000–2002)

×6Barry: together at AOL

×4Barry: together at Foursquare

Barry: together at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)

About

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.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

b•••@dfj.comreveal

Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureIoTRobotics

Board director at Coinbase YC S12

Intro paths

Coinbase went through Y Combinator (Summer 2012) — Barry sits on its board, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.

Coinbase's group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran Coinbase's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Barry can intro founders to Coinbase's investors below.

Coinbase's investors · 61

1confirmationIncline Village 9Yards CapitalNew York · $100K – $10M checks A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco a16z cryptoMenlo Park Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Ansa CapitalNew York · $5M – $15M checks ARK Investment ManagementSt. Petersburg Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks Blockchain CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $200K checks Coinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026 CoinFundNew York · $6M – $10M checks Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks Digital Currency GroupNew York Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks Draper DragonSilicon Valley Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)San Mateo East West Ventures EWVLos Angeles F-Prime CapitalCambridge · $3M – $10M checks Form CapitalMiami · $200K – $300K checks Geodesic CapitalFoster City Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks Inertia VenturesNew York · $2M checks Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcNew York · $1M checks IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks K2 GlobalSingapore Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks MastrySan Francisco MitonC$200K – $5M checks Morgan Creek CapitalChapel Hill · $1M – $5M checks Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks Nelstone Ventures Next Legacy PartnersPortola Valley Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checks Notation CapitalNew York · $400K – $750K checks Owl Capital Pantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks ParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checks Propel Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks Red Swan VenturesNew York · $500K – $1M checks Refactor CapitalBurlingame · $1M – $2M checks Reinventure GroupSydney Ribbit CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $15M checks Rob Witoff S32Palo Alto Section 32Palo Alto Sozo VenturesRedwood City Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks Spice CapitalNew York · $100K – $250K checks SquareOne CapitalMiami Strategxy Ventures LLCBeverly Hills · $1M – $5M checks SV AngelSan Francisco Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks Transpose Platform ManagementHouston Tusk Venture PartnersNew York · $750K – $2M checks Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks Valor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M checks Winklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks Wonder VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1.5M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Coinbase

Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO

Fred EhrsamCo-founder

Board director at Somerville, MA

Intro paths

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In turn, Barry can intro founders to Somerville, MA's investors below.

Somerville, MA's investors · 12

Acequia Capital (AceCap)Seattle · $100K – $5M checks C4 VenturesParis · $500K – $10M checks DFJSan Mateo · since 2024 Founder CollectiveCambridge FoundryBoulder · $250K – $15M checks Kapor CapitalOakland · $100K – $1M checks Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checks New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2018 SoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2026 SoftBank Vision FundLondon The E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M checks Tyche PartnersLos Altos · $1M – $10M checks

Co-founders at Somerville, MA

Natan LinderDirector

Maxim LobovskyFounder

Max LobovskyCo-founder & CEO

Board director at Foursquare

Intro paths

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In turn, Barry can intro founders to Foursquare's investors below.

Foursquare's investors · 6

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025 Canvas VenturesCampbell · $5M – $20M checks · since 2019 Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks Teamworthy VenturesNew York Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks

Co-founders at Foursquare

Dennis CrowleyDirector

Experience

DFJ GrowthManaging Partner/Foundercurrent2006 — present
Meteor VineyardProprietor/foundercurrent2001 — present
AOL Time WarnerChairman/CEO AOL2000 — 2002
America Onlinevarious positions ultimately Chairman/CEO1995 — 2002
AOL then AOL Time WarnerVarious ultimately Chairman/CEO1995 — 2002
AOL (America Online)Various ultimately Chairman/CEO1995 — 2002
AOLVarious including Chairman&CEO1995 — 2002
Medior IncPresident CEO/Co-founder1990 — 1995

Deals · 1

Somerville, MABoard seat

via DFJ · filed Jul 2024 · $392.9K raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

FormlabsFoursquareGlowforgeHelixUnity

Investor

BarnraiserFlywheelFormlabsFoursquare GlowforgeGood TechnologyHelix OpColittleBits Electronics Patreon SolarCity SpaceXTeslaTumblrTumblr, Inc.TwitterUnityUUSEEX (formerly Twitter)XBOW

Sources: the firm's website · SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at DFJ

Allison Sowers

Executive Assistant at DFJ

Angel Duan

Associate at DFJ

Brian Akin

Senior Associate at DFJ

Executive Assistant at DFJ

Jen Kodner

Talent Partner at DFJ

Jenni Leong

Investor Relations Partner at DFJ

Network10

Roelof BothaScout

Advisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member

Danny RimerScout

Partner at Index Ventures

Adena HefetsScout

Senior Associate at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)

George HoyemScout

Venture Partner at Lavrock Ventures

Saar GurScout

General Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)

Terrence RohanScout

Managing Director at Otherwise

Jocelyn Kinsey

Partner at DFJ

Mark W. Bailey

Founder and Partner Emeritus at DFJ

Mohanjit Jolly

Venture Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)

Randy Glein

Founder and Managing Partner at DFJ

Investors connected to Barry in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Barry Schuler?: 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.
Where does Barry Schuler work?: Barry Schuler is Founder and Managing Partner at DFJ and Board director at Coinbase and Board director at Somerville, MA and Board director at Foursquare.
What does Barry Schuler invest in?: Barry Schuler invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Data & Infrastructure, IoT, Robotics.
What boards does Barry Schuler sit on?: Barry Schuler holds tracked board seats at Formlabs, Foursquare, Glowforge, Helix, Somerville, MA, Unity.
What companies has Barry Schuler invested in?: Investments tracked here include Barnraiser, Flywheel, Formlabs, Foursquare, Glowforge, Good Technology, Helix OpCo, littleBits Electronics, Patreon, SolarCity, SpaceX, Tesla, and 7 more.
Where did Barry Schuler go to school?: Barry Schuler studied at Rutgers University (BA, Psychology).