Website www.dfj.com Type of business Private Ownership | Products Venture capital Founded 1985 Total assets 5 billion USD | |
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Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American venture capital firm focused on early- and growth-stage investments in enterprise, consumer and disruptive technologies. In 2015, DFJ was identified as one of the top investors of billion dollar startups.
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- Stanford seminar entrepreneurial thought leaders tim draper of draper fisher jurvetson
- Steve jurvetson managing director draper fisher jurvetson cleantech innovation
- History
- Organization
- Affiliates
- References
Steve jurvetson managing director draper fisher jurvetson cleantech innovation
History
DFJ was founded in 1985. The founders are Timothy C. Draper, John H.N. Fisher, and Steve Jurvetson.
As of October 2015, DFJ is one of the six largest and most active investors in the space sector, which has had over US$10 billion of private capital invested in it since 2005.
In 2013, founding partner Draper announced his departure from the fund along with John Fisher. Draper announced he will continue investing out of his personal fund Draper Associates and assisting his son in running an incubator.
Organization
Heidi Roizen is the firm’s Operating Partner.
The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, and is currently investing DFJ Venture XII, a $350M fund, which closed in 2016 and DFJ Growth’s second fund of $470M, which closed in 2014. DFJ’s core funds have raised more than $5 billion, deployed in more than 300 companies.
Affiliates
As part of Draper's DFJ funds, the Draper Venture Network was setup in 1990 to franchise the ideals behind the main DFJ fund. 16 funds participate in the network including 11 outside of the US, including China, India, and the United Kingdom. In 2013 this network was restructured.
In 2000, DFJ Esprit was setup in London, United Kingdom as an affiliate fund focusing on early-stage European investment. In 2015, it was rebranded Draper Espirit reflecting the continued affiliation between Tim Draper but no longer DFJ.