DFJ

Investor- Venture Capital

Overview

DFJ works with companies in seed, early, and growth stages.

Country: United States

Founded: 1985

Headquarters: Menlo Park, California

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • North America
  • Asia

Sector Focus

  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics
  • Cryptocurrencies

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Later Stage Venture
  • Series A
  • Series B
  • Series C

Summary

DFJ works with companies in seed, early, and growth stages. We look to partner with exceptional entrepreneurs at the seed stage who are seeking up to $1M in initial funding. For early ventures, we like to be first at the table and we’re in it for the long term as you grow your team and scale your technology. Our investment size varies from $1M to $10M, and our typical investment is in the $3M to $5M range. For growth, DFJ Growth partners with companies raising $10M or more that are scaling revenues rapidly, addressing very large market opportunities, and poised for category leadership. We provide venture capital to extraordinary entrepreneurs who are changing the world.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

April 2016

Lawnmower

$105k

Seed

Bitcoin

United States

October 2015

Periscope Data

$9.5m

Series A

Josh Stein

Data Analytics

United States

September 2015

Shift

$50m

Series B

E-Commerce

United States

June 2015

Nervana

$20.5m

Series A

Steve Jurvetson

Data Analytics

United States

May 2015

Lawnmower

Undisclosed

Seed

Bitcoin

United States

March 2015

Karbon

$1.1m

Seed

Enterprise Software

United States

March 2015

Remitly

$12.5m

Series B

Bill Bryant

Mobile Payments

United States

March 2015

Twin Prime

$9.5m

Series A

Bubba Murarka

Data Analytics

United States

January 2015

Coinbase

$75m

Series C

Bitcoin

United States

November 2014

Shift

$24m

Series A

E-Commerce

United States

November 2014

InsightSquared

$13.5m

Series C

Data Analytics

United States

November 2014

Zerve

$20m

Series A

E-Commerce

United States

October 2014

Karbon

$2.2m

Seed

Enterprise Software

United States

September 2014

ShareThis

$9m

Series C

Data Analytics

United States

September 2014

Ping Identity Corporation

$35m

Series G

Security Technology

United States

September 2014

DataStax

$106m

Series E

Sam Fort

Data Analytics

United States

August 2014

Nervana

$3.3m

Series A

Steve Jurvetson

Data Analytics

United States

July 2014

Bright Computing

$14.5m

Series B

Data Analytics

United States

June 2014

RichRelevance

$20m

Venture

E-Commerce

United States

April 2014

Coinplug

$400k

Venture

Bitcoin

Korea South

Funds Raised

Vintage

Fund Name

Amount

DFJ Fund IV

$97m

DFJ Fund V

$196m

DFJ Fund VI

$400m

DFJ Fund VII

$660m

DFJ Fund VIII

$440m

DFJ Fund IX

$690m

DFJ Fund X

$350m

DFJ Fund XI

$325m

2016

DFJ Fund XII

$350m

Key Employees

Tim Draper
Founder / Managing Director

Mark Greenstein
Managing Director and CFO

Andreas Stavropoulos
Partner & Managing Director

Steve Jurvetson
Managing Director