About
Will Morrison joined DFJ Growth as a principal in 2024, bringing more than a decade of experience across finance, technology, and innovation. He was previously a principal at In-Q-Tel, where he led investments and held board seats in early and growth stage companies in cybersecurity, machine learning, compute infrastructure, and aerospace and defense. Earlier in his career he worked on Goldman Sachs' technology investment banking team, at Breakthrough Energy Ventures as a Columbia Three Cairns Climate Fellow, and at ExxonMobil; he holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDefense Tech
Experience
- DFJ GrowthPrincipalcurrent2024 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
- In-Q-TelPrincipal2023 — 2024Menlo Park, CA
- In-Q-TelSenior Associate2021 — 2023Menlo Park, California, United States
- Goldman SachsTechnology Investment Banking2019 — 2021Greater New York City Area
- Goldman SachsNatural Resources Investment Banking2018 — 2019New York, New York
- Breakthrough Energy VenturesInvestment Team2017 — 2018Boston, Massachusetts
- ExxonMobilSenior Project Lead2013 — 2016Houston, Texas
- Virent, Inc.Chemical Engineer Co-op2011Madison, Wisconsin
- University of MinnesotaResearch Assistant, Department of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering2010St. Paul, Minnesota
Skills & more
Matlab5PowerPoint4SaaSLabview2Microsoft Excel1Microsoft Office1Microsoft PowerPoint1Venture Capital2Climate Tech1Cybersecurity2Mathematical Modeling3Energy6
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Chemical EngineeringStrategic SourcingProcess SimulationProject ManagementR&DDesign of ExperimentsProduct DevelopmentProcess EngineeringAgile MethodologiesEngineeringProcurementEnergy ManagementFrom Will's professional profile.
Colleagues at DFJ
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Will Morrison?
- Will Morrison joined DFJ Growth as a principal in 2024, bringing more than a decade of experience across finance, technology, and innovation. He was previously a principal at In-Q-Tel, where he led investments and held board seats in early and growth stage companies in cybersecurity, machine learning, compute infrastructure, and aerospace and defense. Earlier in his career he worked on Goldman Sachs' technology investment banking team, at Breakthrough Energy Ventures as a Columbia Three Cairns Climate Fellow, and at ExxonMobil; he holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
- Where does Will Morrison work?
- Will Morrison is Principal at DFJ.
- What does Will Morrison invest in?
- Will Morrison invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Defense Tech.
- Where did Will Morrison go to school?
- Will Morrison studied at Columbia Business School (M.B.A., Finance and Economics); University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., Chemical Engineering); Technische Universität Wien ((Vienna University of Technology) Operations and Process Laboratory).
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Also attended University of Wisconsin-Madison247
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Also worked at Breakthrough Energy Ventures37
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