Articles about DFJ

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (Venture) rebrands to Threshold Ventures; Bill Bryant transitions to venture partner

Longtime Silicon Valley venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (Venture) is rebranding to Threshold Ventures, Axios reported on Wednesday. The… Read More

David vs. Goliath in the cloud: Do investors see an opening for startups to take on AWS and Azure?

Cloud computing is big business dominated by the world’s largest tech companies. Three of the four most valuable tech companies… Read More

Chest-thumpers vs. executors: The difference between Seattle and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, according to this VC

There’s a difference between entrepreneurs from Seattle and those from Silicon Valley and it goes beyond stereotypes about hairstyles, clothing, and… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft appoints new general counsel; Alder BioPharma poaches Amgen executive; and more

Microsoft has appointed longtime legal executive Dev Stahlkopf as its general counsel after leaving the position vacant for two years.… Read More

Early Redfin investor challenges Silicon Valley sexism, applies ‘Glenn assessment’ when evaluating CEOs

When Emily Melton, a partner at venture capital firm DFJ, signed onto the board of Redfin in 2007 as part… Read More

Connecting the cloud: Azuqua raises $10.8M to help companies integrate and manage cloud apps

We’re at the point where a lot companies need a cloud service to manage all their cloud services, and Seattle’s… Read More

Here’s what five venture capitalists are predicting for 2017

With 2016 now in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to take a quick moment to forecast what might be looming… Read More

Will the real Bill Bryant please stand up? Seattle VC gets confused with gubernatorial candidate — a lot

Bill Bryant was talking with a close friend recently, whose mother is a lifelong Democrat. She told her daughter that… Read More

Venture capital powerhouse DFJ Raises $350 million, plans to pump portion of funds into Seattle startups

Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has backed companies such as SpaceX, Twilio and Yammer, announced this… Read More

Why this DevOps startup re-located to Seattle instead of Silicon Valley

Alexandros Marinos had spent a few years building a small startup in London when it came time to move his company to… Read More

Chef raises $40M to expand globally, meet growing demand for IT automation technology

Demand for Chef’s technology is increasing exponentially, and now the Seattle company is raising its largest funding round yet to help support… Read More

Remitly raises $12.5M to help immigrants send money to friends, family abroad

Sending money to friends and family abroad can be inefficient and expensive. Seattle-based startup Remitly has created a tool that… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup lawyers Joe Wallin and Mike Schneider jump to Carney Badley; Chef staffer joins DFJ as EIR; etc.

—Two of Seattle’s top startup lawyers are taking their talents to a new firm. Joe Wallin, a former partner at… Read More

Cloud lovers: Here’s why two Seattle VCs are so bullish on the future of IT

The technology industry is in constant motion occasionally undergoing tectonic shifts, altering the landscape and crowning new winners and losers.… Read More

This Seattle VC just returned from London, and now he’s got $50 million burning a hole in his pocket

Venture capitalist Bill Bryant is back in Seattle, and he’s got some money to toss around to hard-charging entrepreneurs who… Read More

Tech Moves: Chef names new VP of Engineering, Lyft COO leaves after tension with founders; and more

—Jez Humble has joined Chef as the company’s Engineering Vice President. Prior to joining Chef, Humble was a principal at ThoughtWorks, where… Read More

Venture capitalists upbeat about Microsoft’s massive $8.5 billion buyout of Skype

Microsoft has been fairly quiet on the M&A front over the past 18 months, a fact that has not been… Read More