Investor Overview
2005
Founded
Funds ($)
4
# Funds
3
# Portfolio
6
# Investments
1
# Exits
In 2005, seeing opportunity where others saw challenges, John Fisher brought together Mark Bailey, Randy Glein, and Barry Schuler to explore new approaches. They reasoned young tech companies could scale more efficiently if they stayed private longer, avoiding the short term motivations and scrutiny of the public markets. They believed more scale would be required to reach an IPO, thus creating a gap between the strategies of early-stage venture capital and the public markets. This situation presented a perfect opportunity to put capital and operational expertise to work. DFJ Growth was conceived to fill this emerging funding gap. Within a decade, the venture growth category exploded in size and significance, and DFJ Growth emerged as a leading growth investor and prominent backer of many disruptive leaders including Coinbase, SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, and Unity. DFJ Growth is based in Silicon Valley, the home of a powerful ecosystem that has spawned so many visionary entrepreneurs, game-changing innovations, and iconic tech companies. Silicon Valley has an ethos that supports taking big risks, accepting failure as a learning experience, and seeking disruptive innovation as a path toward betterment. It is a state of mind, but it is in no way exclusive to the San Francisco Bay region.
Team (2)
Name | Title | Board Position(s) | Contact | |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ㅤBarry Schuler | Partner | 1 | |
![]() | ㅤJohn H. N. Fisher | Partner | 1 |
Portfolio (2)
Company Name | Status | Founded | Sector | Funding ($) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ㅤSalt Security | Active | 2016 | Enterprise | $270M |
![]() | ㅤOosto | Active | 2015 | Technology | $354.0M |
Funding Rounds (6)
Round | Date | Investors | |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | ㅤSalt Security raises $140 million | February 2022 | 8 |
![]() | ㅤSalt Security raises $70 million series C | May 2021 | 7 |
![]() | ㅤAnyVision raises $43 million series B | September 2020 | 4 |
![]() | ㅤSiSense raises $100 million series F | January 2020 | 6 |
![]() | ㅤAnyvision raises $31 million series A+ | May 2019 | 3 |
Funds (4)
Fund Name | Date Announced | |
---|---|---|
![]() | ㅤDFJ Growth raises $700 million | May 2020 |
![]() | ㅤDFJ Growth raises $535 million | April 2017 |
![]() | ㅤDFJ Growth raises $500 million | June 2016 |
![]() | ㅤDFJ Growth raises $470 million | May 2014 |
Co-Investors (18)
Investor Name | Investor Type | Founded | Portfolio | |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ㅤSequoia Capital | Venture Capital | 1972 | 30 |
![]() | ㅤS Capital | Venture Capital | 2019 | 12 |
![]() | ㅤBattery Ventures | Venture Capital | 1983 | 33 |
![]() | ㅤLightspeed Venture Partners | Venture Capital | 2000 | 34 |
![]() | ㅤBessemer Venture Partners | Venture Capital | 1911 | 36 |
Focus
Investor Type
Cheque Size