DFJ Growth

DFJ Growth is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley that specializes in investing in growth-stage technology companies. As a later-stage investing practice of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, it focuses on companies that are rapidly scaling and have the potential for market leadership. DFJ Growth collaborates with exceptional entrepreneurs who aim to innovate and transform industries by developing iconic technology-driven businesses. The firm emphasizes a high-conviction investment strategy, supporting its portfolio companies as they navigate the challenges of growth and seek to make a significant impact in their respective markets.

Chirag Chotalia

Partner

Sam Fort

Partner

Justin Kao

Partner

Megan Kelly

Principal

Heidi Roizen

Operating Partner

Barry Schuler

Managing Director and Partner

Jess Segal

Partner

Chris Shanahan

Principal

Sam Shapiro

Principal

Andreas Stavropoulos

Partner

Kevin Tu

Principal

Mohammad Islam

Partner

Past deals in Database

Yellowbrick Data

Series C in 2021
Yellowbrick Data was founded in 2014 by experts in database and flash memory technologies to simplify data warehousing. They wanted to solve the challenges of high availability, running complex mixed workloads, support for ad-hoc SQL, computing correct answers on any schema, massive scalability and supporting large numbers of concurrent users. Yellowbrick Data empowers companies to make faster decisions with all of their data. Built for enterprises and the hybrid cloud, the Yellowbrick Data Warehouse deploys powerful analytics anywhere, with best-in-class economics.

Diamanti

Series C in 2019
Diamanti, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an integrated enterprise Kubernetes platform designed to address network and storage challenges in modern cloud and open-source environments. The company's platform enables infrastructure architects, IT operations, and application owners to efficiently manage and scale cloud-native applications, specifically stateful containerized applications. Diamanti Spektra, their unified platform, integrates control and data planes, providing users with a comprehensive management interface. The solutions offered by Diamanti simplify the deployment and operation of applications across various sectors, including container networking, storage, databases, and cloud-native DevOps. Founded in 2010 and based in San Jose, California, the company was previously known as DataWise Systems, Inc. before rebranding in 2016. Its products are distributed through reseller partnerships.

Yellowbrick Data

Series C in 2019
Yellowbrick Data was founded in 2014 by experts in database and flash memory technologies to simplify data warehousing. They wanted to solve the challenges of high availability, running complex mixed workloads, support for ad-hoc SQL, computing correct answers on any schema, massive scalability and supporting large numbers of concurrent users. Yellowbrick Data empowers companies to make faster decisions with all of their data. Built for enterprises and the hybrid cloud, the Yellowbrick Data Warehouse deploys powerful analytics anywhere, with best-in-class economics.

Yellowbrick Data

Series B in 2018
Yellowbrick Data was founded in 2014 by experts in database and flash memory technologies to simplify data warehousing. They wanted to solve the challenges of high availability, running complex mixed workloads, support for ad-hoc SQL, computing correct answers on any schema, massive scalability and supporting large numbers of concurrent users. Yellowbrick Data empowers companies to make faster decisions with all of their data. Built for enterprises and the hybrid cloud, the Yellowbrick Data Warehouse deploys powerful analytics anywhere, with best-in-class economics.

Yellowbrick Data

Series A in 2018
Yellowbrick Data was founded in 2014 by experts in database and flash memory technologies to simplify data warehousing. They wanted to solve the challenges of high availability, running complex mixed workloads, support for ad-hoc SQL, computing correct answers on any schema, massive scalability and supporting large numbers of concurrent users. Yellowbrick Data empowers companies to make faster decisions with all of their data. Built for enterprises and the hybrid cloud, the Yellowbrick Data Warehouse deploys powerful analytics anywhere, with best-in-class economics.

Diamanti

Series B in 2017
Diamanti, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an integrated enterprise Kubernetes platform designed to address network and storage challenges in modern cloud and open-source environments. The company's platform enables infrastructure architects, IT operations, and application owners to efficiently manage and scale cloud-native applications, specifically stateful containerized applications. Diamanti Spektra, their unified platform, integrates control and data planes, providing users with a comprehensive management interface. The solutions offered by Diamanti simplify the deployment and operation of applications across various sectors, including container networking, storage, databases, and cloud-native DevOps. Founded in 2010 and based in San Jose, California, the company was previously known as DataWise Systems, Inc. before rebranding in 2016. Its products are distributed through reseller partnerships.

Diamanti

Series A in 2016
Diamanti, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an integrated enterprise Kubernetes platform designed to address network and storage challenges in modern cloud and open-source environments. The company's platform enables infrastructure architects, IT operations, and application owners to efficiently manage and scale cloud-native applications, specifically stateful containerized applications. Diamanti Spektra, their unified platform, integrates control and data planes, providing users with a comprehensive management interface. The solutions offered by Diamanti simplify the deployment and operation of applications across various sectors, including container networking, storage, databases, and cloud-native DevOps. Founded in 2010 and based in San Jose, California, the company was previously known as DataWise Systems, Inc. before rebranding in 2016. Its products are distributed through reseller partnerships.

DataStax

Series E in 2014
DataStax, Inc. specializes in providing database software for cloud applications, catering to Fortune 100 companies globally. Its flagship product, DataStax Enterprise, is built on Apache Cassandra and designed for online applications requiring high performance and reliability. The company also offers various tools, including DataStax OpsCenter for database management, K8ssandra for deploying Cassandra on Kubernetes, and DataStax DevCenter for developing CQL queries. DataStax Astra is a database-as-a-service that significantly accelerates deployment times, while DataStax Constellation functions as a cloud data platform to streamline modern application development. Additionally, DataStax provides training, support, and consulting services to enterprises and government agencies. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, DataStax has a global presence with offices in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland. The company has also ventured into tools for building generative AI applications, offering a vector database with real-time data processing capabilities.

Diamanti

Series A in 2014
Diamanti, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an integrated enterprise Kubernetes platform designed to address network and storage challenges in modern cloud and open-source environments. The company's platform enables infrastructure architects, IT operations, and application owners to efficiently manage and scale cloud-native applications, specifically stateful containerized applications. Diamanti Spektra, their unified platform, integrates control and data planes, providing users with a comprehensive management interface. The solutions offered by Diamanti simplify the deployment and operation of applications across various sectors, including container networking, storage, databases, and cloud-native DevOps. Founded in 2010 and based in San Jose, California, the company was previously known as DataWise Systems, Inc. before rebranding in 2016. Its products are distributed through reseller partnerships.

RethinkDB

Series A in 2013
RethinkDB is an open-source distributed database management platform designed specifically for the realtime web. It enables developers to build scalable applications more efficiently by allowing the database to push updated query results directly to applications, eliminating the need for constant polling. RethinkDB supports data storage in JSON documents and features a user-friendly query language that includes capabilities such as table joins and groupBy. The platform is built for reliability across various workloads and edge cases, providing users with the tools to manage clusters effectively, monitor production environments with live statistics, and gain complete visibility into ongoing tasks. This combination of features allows RethinkDB to facilitate the rapid development of realtime applications while maintaining simplicity and scalability.

DataStax

Series D in 2013
DataStax, Inc. specializes in providing database software for cloud applications, catering to Fortune 100 companies globally. Its flagship product, DataStax Enterprise, is built on Apache Cassandra and designed for online applications requiring high performance and reliability. The company also offers various tools, including DataStax OpsCenter for database management, K8ssandra for deploying Cassandra on Kubernetes, and DataStax DevCenter for developing CQL queries. DataStax Astra is a database-as-a-service that significantly accelerates deployment times, while DataStax Constellation functions as a cloud data platform to streamline modern application development. Additionally, DataStax provides training, support, and consulting services to enterprises and government agencies. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, DataStax has a global presence with offices in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland. The company has also ventured into tools for building generative AI applications, offering a vector database with real-time data processing capabilities.

RethinkDB

Series A in 2011
RethinkDB is an open-source distributed database management platform designed specifically for the realtime web. It enables developers to build scalable applications more efficiently by allowing the database to push updated query results directly to applications, eliminating the need for constant polling. RethinkDB supports data storage in JSON documents and features a user-friendly query language that includes capabilities such as table joins and groupBy. The platform is built for reliability across various workloads and edge cases, providing users with the tools to manage clusters effectively, monitor production environments with live statistics, and gain complete visibility into ongoing tasks. This combination of features allows RethinkDB to facilitate the rapid development of realtime applications while maintaining simplicity and scalability.

Ipedo

Series A in 2001
Ipedo delivers innovative enterprise information integration software that provides on-demand intelligence to users. The award-winning Ipedo XIP combines powerful SQL and XML Query processing, enabling organizations to fuse together information from any database, content source or Web Service. Customers in financial services, government, life sciences, manufacturing, and high technology organizations rely on its patented Dual-Core Query Architecture to power a range of business critical applications.
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