Maxim Sirenko
InvestorVenture Partner at DFJ · Investment Director at Pembroke VCT
San Mateo, California, United States
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About
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.
Experience
- DFJ GrowthVenture Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
- SpaceXManager, Starlink Network Software2022 — 2025Sunnyvale, California, United States
- SpaceXSr Satellite Engineer2018 — 2022Redmond, Washington, United States
- MapboxManager, Product Strategy Team2015 — 2018
- Draper Fisher JurvetsonInvestment Professional2013 — 2015Menlo Park, California
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc.Analyst – Technology Investment Banking2011 — 2013New York, New York
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc.Summer Analyst – Institutional Credit Risk2010New York, New York
- SynopsysSoftware Development Intern – Distributed Processing Team2009Mountain View, California
Skills & more
Bloomberg6CapitalIQ1C++JavaSAS1Python1PerlVBA3SQL2Capital IQ1Microsoft Excel3Financial Analysis5
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Financial ModelingFactSetAnalysisInvestment BankingMergers & AcquisitionsVenture CapitalFinanceValuationStrategyInvestmentsDue DiligenceCorporate FinanceLanguages Russian · Ukrainian
- Introduction to Systems Biology — Coursera Course Certificates
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Investments
Investor
AnaplanCoinbaseCylanceMapboxSpaceX
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Colleagues at DFJ
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Maxim Sirenko?
- 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.
- Where does Maxim Sirenko work?
- Maxim Sirenko is Venture Partner at DFJ.
- What companies has Maxim Sirenko invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Anaplan, Coinbase, Cylance, Mapbox, SpaceX.
- Where did Maxim Sirenko go to school?
- Maxim Sirenko studied at Duke University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics and Computer Science); Woodside Priory High School.
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