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DFJ Growth., [1] is a venture capital firm that invests in disruptive technology companies at the growth stage.
The firm focuses on partnering with founders and their companies at the scaling and hyper-growth phase of development. Investment focus areas include in AI, big data, climate, creator economy, defense, enterprise IT, life tech, security, smart systems, and space.
History
The firm was founded in 2005 [2] by John Fisher, Randy Glein, Barry Schuler, and Mark Bailey. Additional partners on the investment team include Sam Fort, Jocelyn Kinsey and Justin Kao [3].
Notable companies in the firm’s portfolio are: Anaplan (NYSE: PLAN) [4], Box (NYSE: BOX) [5] Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) [6], OpenAI [7], Patreon [8], SpaceX [9], Stripe [10], Sumo Logic (NASDAQ: SUMO) [11], Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) [12], Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) [13], and Unity (NYSE: U) [14] The firm has approximately $3 billion under management. The firm closed its fourth core fund, DFJ Growth Fund IV ($1 billion), in 2021. [10]
References
- ^ "DFJ Growth Venture Capital". DFJ Growth. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "About - DFJ Growth Venture Capital". DFJ Growth. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "People - DFJ Growth Venture Capital". DFJ Growth. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "DFJ Growth Leads $100M Series D for Anaplan". Pitchbook.com. Pitchbook. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Box, Foursquare, SpaceX Backer DFJ Growth Raises $470M For Later-Stage Investments". TechCrunch.com. TechCrunch. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Coinbase Raises $75M from DFJ Growth, USAA, NYSE, and More". Coinbase.com. Coinbase. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "As spend management space heats up, Brex and Rho turn to AI startups to help power new products". TechCrunch. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Patreon raises $60 million from Thrive, Index, DFJ Growth - Vox". Vox.com. Vox. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (5 May 2014). "Box, Foursquare, SpaceX Backer DFJ Growth Raises $470M For Later-Stage Investments". TechCrunch.com. TechCrunch.
- ^ a b Glein, Randy (17 December 2021). "Fueling the Innovation Economy @ DFJ Growth". Medium.com. Medium. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Glein, Randy (9 June 2015). "Sumo Logic — Taming the Tsunami of Machine Data". Medium.com. Medium. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Primack, Dan. "DFJ Growth Raising $500 Million for New Fund". Fortune.com. Fortune.
- ^ "Portfolio - DFJ Growth". DFJgrowth.com. DFJ Growth. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ Matney, Lucas (13 July 2016). "Unity raises $181M monster round at a reported $1.5B valuation". TechCrunch.com. Tech Crunch. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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