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Draper Fisher Jurvetson 
Type Private Ownership Industry Private Equity Founded 1985 Founder(s) Timothy C. Draper
John H. N. Fisher
Steve JurvetsonHeadquarters Menlo Park, California, United States Products Venture capital Total assets $7 billion Website www.dfj.com 
Draper Fisher Jurvetson - Silicon Valley Office
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $7 billion in capital commitments.
The firm has funded well-known technology companies including Baidu, Hotmail (acquired by Microsoft), Overture (acquired by Yahoo), Skype (acquired by eBay) and Glam Media. Other notable investments include Tesla Motors, SugarCRM, Box.net, Interwoven, BrightSource Energy, SpaceX, Meebo, Cafemom and SolarCity among others.
DFJ was founded in 1985 by Timothy C. Draper as Draper Associates. Draper and John H.N. Fisher left Alex. Brown & Sons, where they were officemates. The firm's current name is attributed to Draper and Fisher as well as co-founder and managing director Steve Jurvetson.
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Network
DFJ maintains a loosely affiliated network of semi-independent venture capital firms in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America.
DFJ-branded affiliates
- DFJ Athena Korea - Seoul, Korea
- Draper Atlantic - Washington, DC
- DFJ DragonFund China - Shanghai, China, San Jose, California
- DFJ Element - Radnor, Pennsylvania
- DFJ Esprit - London, England
- DFJ FIR Brazil - São Paulo, Brazil
- DFJ Frontier - Los Angeles, California, Portland, Oregon, Sacramento, California, Santa Barbara, California
- DFJ Gotham -New York, New York
- DFJ Growth Fund - Menlo Park, California
- DFJ Mercury - Houston, Texas
- DFJ New England - Boston, Massachusetts
- DFJ Polaris - Anchorage, Alaska
- DFJ Portage Ventures - Chicago, Illinois
- DFJ Tamir Fishman - Tel Aviv, Israel
- Draper Triangle - Cleveland, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- DFJ VTB Aurora - Moscow, Russia
- DFJ VinaCapital - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Other affiliates
- Access Ventures - Austin, Texas, Denver, Colorado
- Element Partners - Radnor, Pennsylvania
- Timberline Ventures - Seattle, Washington
- Wasatch Ventures - Salt Lake City, Utah, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Zone Ventures - Los Angeles California
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