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Verbatim, from the transcripts: passages where DFJ comes up on 20VC, Top Founders, the Neon Show, Latent Space, the Official SaaStr Podcast
The IPO Comeback: Why Tech Giants Are Finally Going Public | All-In Liquidity IPO Panel
- ▶ 25:07 Will Marshall Um, Draper Fisher-Jervison was one of the earliest, Capricorn, um, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, then we got, uh, Uri Milner's, DST, those sort of guys.
Why Every Agent Needs a Box — Aaron Levie, Box
- ▶ 1:07:49 Aaron Levie DFJ.
Beezer Clarkson: Are LPs Open for Business & Why Do LP Incentive Mechanisms Need to Change? | E1073 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 29:21 Beezer Clarkson I remember, um, I used to work at DFJ many years ago, and somebody's had this,
Jason Lemkin: Every VC has a FRAUD in their portfolio; The IPO market is about to EXPLODE | E1046 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 16:48 Jason Lemkin When he was at DFJ.
20VC: Box's Aaron Levie on Why Founders Cannot Hedge Their Bets, The 2 Categories of Wrong Decision and How To Avoid Them & The Biggest Dangers of Being Over-Funded as a Startup
- ▶ 0:26 Harry Stebbings Two, DFJ, and many more incredible names.
Digits Wants to Replace Quickbooks, $30m Raised, 4 years of Building Distribution, Launch is Next
- ▶ 1:47 Jeff Seibert We ended up raising money from DFJ.
20VC: Unity Founder David Helgason on The Hypergrowth Early Days of Unity, Why Running A Company Is Like A Liberal Art, The Secret To A Successful CEO Transition and What Makes Roelof Botha Such A Special Board Member
- ▶ 0:28 Harry Stebbings Thrive, DFJ, Silver Lake, and then incredible individuals like Max Levchin and VMware's Diane Green.
Mohan Lakhamraju, Founder, Great Learning on building $100 Million ARR EdTech Business in India
- ▶ 4:30 Mohan Lakhamraju And so first I did that at DFJ where I was the first person looking at investments in India.
20VC: Steve Jurvetson on 20 Years of Friendship with Elon Musk, How To Analyse Market Timing, Why Venture Does Not Scale & Why He Has Never Sold A Share in Any Company He Holds
- ▶ 49:45 Steve Jurvetson I've given these 20 pages to everyone we've ever hired at DFJ and at Future Ventures.
20VC: 3 Addictions Of Early-Stage Startup Founders, How Founders Should Strategically Think Through Unit Economics From Day 1 & Why Micromanagement Can Be Beneficial In The Early Days with Adena Hefets, Co-Founder @ Divvy Homes
- ▶ 0:25 Harry Stebbings Divi, from some of the best in the business, including Andreessen Horowitz, Ray Tonsing at Caffeinated, Max Levchin, DFJ, and Threshold Ventures, to name a few. 2 times in the scene
Episode 49 | Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, Prime Ventures
- ▶ 10:58 Sanjay Swamy And, ah, DFJ was funding M-Check and spinning it out of a little world, and they had, ah, asked him to, to co-invest, and so that's when he called me and said, hey, you know, do you want to come on board?
Beezer Clarkson – Sapphire Gem of Early Stage Venture (Capital Allocators, EP.120)
- ▶ 49:46 Beezer Clarkson and I was at DFJ, we were friends.
20VC: Semil Shah on How To Raise An Institutional Venture Fund, Why LPs Mostly Have Reserve Allocation Theory Wrong & Why IPOs and Acquisitions Are Severely Constrained
- ▶ 0:39 Harry Stebbings Semmel's also a venture partner at GGV Capital, one of the leading multi-stage funds, and in the past, he's been a consultant to the likes of Kleiner Perkins, DFJ, General Catalyst, and more.
Josh Stein of DFJ: What Makes a Great SaaS CEO
- ▶ 0:58 Jason Lemkin Um, uh, my good friend Josh Stein from DFJ, uh, who's done some amazing early SaaS investments, um, will, will help talk about what makes a great SaaS CEO.
677: Talkdesk Passes 50,000 Seats, $25M Raised To Be Your More Efficient Call Center with COO Gadi Shamia
- ▶ 0:53 Nathan Latka It's backed by DFJ, Storm Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures.
- ▶ 7:27 Nathan Latka And were you, the, the relationship around you, uh, and Diago, I mean, was this something where you were like an EIR at DFJ and they put you in with their round of financing or what did you come in kind of before the financing?
674: Sumo Logic Passes 1300 Customers, $140M+ Raised, Flirting W/ $100M ARR with CEO Ramin Sayar
- ▶ 8:37 Ramin Sayar Um, and it runs the gamut of Greylock, Sutter Hills, Sequoia, Excel, DFJ, and IDP, and a few others. 3 times in the scene
20VC: The Radical Changes In Public Market Expectations, The Right Way To Assess Valuation & What It Means To Be A Disciplined & Diligent Investor with Randy Glein, Partner @ DFJ Growth
- ▶ 0:42 Harry Stebbings And prior to DFJ, Randy was CFO at FeedBurner, acquired by Google, a business development executive at DirecTV. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 11:02 Harry Stebbings And, and kind of talking about your now stage of growth, uh, with, with DFJ and, and the growth fund, uh, your last two IPOs at Boston Twilio for IPO with, in the low tens of millions in error, I think I'd be right in saying. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:56 Harry Stebbings Uh, and then let's do the hardest element of your role with DFJ. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:10 Harry Stebbings I also want to give a big hand to Josh Stein at DFJ for making the introduction to Randy's day, without which the episode would not have been possible.
20VC: What Does It Take To Gain A Late Stage Cheque Today? The Fundamental Mistakes CEOs Make In The Scaling Process & The Importance Of Building The Next S Curve For Founders with Jules Maltz, General Partner @ IVP
- ▶ 30:16 Harry Stebbings With growth stage investor Randy Klein, general partner at DFJ.
20VC: Why You Should Not Invest From Patterns, Why No Good Business Was Built As An Analogy Of Another & Why The Rise Of The 'Celebrity Investor' Is Concerning with Emily Melton, Partner @ DFJ
- ▶ 0:11 Harry Stebbings However, to the show today, and I'm thrilled to return to our feature of one of the most prestigious funds of the last decade, DFJ. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:57 Emily Melton And so that was literally how I, I joined, um, DFJ as an analyst. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:47 Emily Melton DFJ had already made three investments in search companies prior to Google even being funded.
- ▶ 13:20 Harry Stebbings Because you said to me before that you believe at DFJ you have two customers.
- ▶ 17:29 Harry Stebbings In terms of the entrepreneurial drive there, as you, as you said about kind of the progression of your career through DFJ, you've seen thousands of entrepreneurs.
- ▶ 21:08 Emily Melton Then you have all these different pools of capital, some of them that are more specialized, like the firm that I'm part of is DFJ Venture.
- ▶ 26:27 Harry Stebbings What's the biggest challenge for you in your day-to-day role with DFJ? 2 times in the scene
20VC: DFJ's Josh Stein on Why VCs Must Adapt To Their Founders, The Major Transition Points For Aaron Levie @ Box & Why SaaS Startups Are Growing At A Rate Never Seen Before
- ▶ 0:24 Harry Stebbings Well, this week we'll be featuring DFJ, and joining me from DFJ today, I'm thrilled to welcome Josh Stein, 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:30 Josh Stein And so we founded the company in 99, and a number of venture firms invested in us, including DFJ, who actually led my Series A round. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:06 Josh Stein And so interestingly, I've gotten some more operational chops myself now that I'm playing a larger role in guiding DFJ itself.
- ▶ 25:07 Harry Stebbings Josh's partner at DFJ.
EP 531: $5m Note Cap Pre-Revenue? How? With ZeroApp CEO Alex Babin
- ▶ 4:24 Nathan Latka Oh, what was the DFJ investment from?
20VC: More $ Raised This Year Than The Past 15, War Chests Being Built & Decline In First Time Funds: So What The Heck Is Happening In Venture with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
- ▶ 0:54 Harry Stebbings And prior to joining Sapphire, Biza managed day-to-day operations at DFJ's Global Network, which had seven billion dollars under management across 16 venture funds worldwide.
EP 440: $700k MRR, 100,000 Pay $7/mo For Gay Dating App Hornet, Will Beat Grindr?
- ▶ 4:55 Nathan Latka One, we've had big VCs on like Adam Balkin at General Catalyst, Tim Draper at DFJ, and many, many deals get done after founders come on this show.
20VC: What LP's Want In VCs with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
- ▶ 0:31 Harry Stebbings Now Biza leads Sapphire Ventures investments in venture funds domestically and internationally, and prior to joining Sapphire, Biza managed day-to-day operations at DFJ's Global Network, which had seven billion under management across 16…
- ▶ 4:53 Beezer Clarkson And then followed that passion to DFJ, which is a Sand Hill Road venture fund. 3 times in the scene
20VC: Why VC Is The Perfect Preparation For Founding A Startup & Changing The World Of Online Fashion with Chris Morton, Co-Founder & CEO @ Lyst
- ▶ 0:26 Harry Stebbings And a universal checkout cart that has pulled in more than sixty million dollars in funding from the likes of Balderton, Excel, and DFJ, just to name a few.
This is The Worlds Most Influential, Powerful Investor with Tim Draper of DFJ Venture (Timothy Draper)
- ▶ 5:51 Tim Draper So, uh, and then, um, Draper Associates has its funds, and then Draper Fisher-Jurvinson has its funds.