DFJ Growth

DFJ Growth, established in 2014 and based in Menlo Park, California, is a venture capital firm that invests in growth-stage technology companies. It focuses on partnering with visionary entrepreneurs who are scaling rapidly and poised for market leadership. The firm typically invests $2 million to $10 million initially, with a lifetime investment of around $15 million, across sectors such as software, consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technology. DFJ Growth is the later-stage investing practice of Threshold Ventures, which also manages early-stage funds.

Brian Akin

Associate

William (Bill) Bryant

Partner

Chirag Chotalia

Partner

Rob Ciechowski

Associate

Katie Evans

Investor

Sam Fort

Partner

Randall Glein

Co-Founder and Partner

Mohammad Islam

Partner

Justin Kao

Partner

Arpit Mittal

Principal

William Morrison

Principal

Heidi Roizen

Operating Partner

Chris Shanahan

Principal

Sam Shapiro

Principal

Andreas Stavropoulos

Partner

Josh Stein

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Kevin Tu

Principal

Ramin Sayar

Venture Partner

Past deals in Developer Tools

Endor Labs

Series B in 2025
Endor Labs specializes in enhancing application security by managing open-source software dependencies. The company provides a Dependency Lifecycle Management Platform designed to tackle vulnerabilities within the software supply chain, particularly the unmanaged proliferation of open-source software in enterprises. By streamlining the selection, security, and maintenance of software dependencies, Endor Labs aids developers in adopting safe open-source solutions, thereby accelerating development processes and reducing the time spent on security issues. The platform supports clients in maximizing code reuse and implementing microservices architectures, ultimately simplifying the complexities associated with software engineering.

OpsLevel

Series A in 2022
OpsLevel is a service ownership platform that enables organizations to manage and track their microservices and systems effectively. The platform provides tools that help developers build more reliable software by promoting service ownership and simplifying the operation of services in production. With features designed to reduce cognitive load, OpsLevel allows teams to identify and resolve issues proactively, minimizing the risk of outages and security breaches. By offering capabilities for measuring and deploying services across various cloud environments, OpsLevel streamlines the process of shipping and maintaining high-quality software, ultimately enhancing the efficiency of software development and operations.

Alchemy

Series C in 2022
Alchemy is a web3 developer platform that helps companies to build reliable decentralized applications. Its mission is to provide developers with the fundamental building blocks they need to create the future of technology without the hassle of managing blockchain infrastructure in-house.

Alchemy

Series C in 2021
Alchemy is a web3 developer platform that helps companies to build reliable decentralized applications. Its mission is to provide developers with the fundamental building blocks they need to create the future of technology without the hassle of managing blockchain infrastructure in-house.

LaunchDarkly

Series D in 2021
LaunchDarkly is a software company that provides a feature management platform designed to enhance collaboration between development teams and business stakeholders. Its core product enables DevOps teams to safely deploy new features incrementally, targeting specific user segments across various platforms. This controlled rollout process facilitates standardized releases at scale, accelerates cloud migration, and improves overall software delivery efficiency.

Sanity

Series B in 2021
Sanity AS is a Norwegian company that provides a content platform designed for software developers and teams to collaboratively create and manage digital content. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oslo, with an additional office in San Francisco, Sanity offers a structured content solution that leverages APIs and technologies such as GraphQL and JavaScript. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, enabling features like live multi-user editing and change tracking. It is utilized across various applications, including e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and marketing platforms, supporting workflows such as collaborative editing and content localization. By treating content as data, Sanity aims to enhance digital velocity, allowing organizations to efficiently distribute content to multiple devices, applications, and channels.

Set Labs

Series A in 2021
Set Labs is focused on advancing the field of finance through innovative cryptocurrency asset management solutions. The company develops a protocol that enables the creation and exchange of collateralized baskets of tokens, utilizing smart contracts to facilitate the bundling and unbundling of various crypto assets. This technology allows users to efficiently create cryptocurrency baskets, which can include a mix of ERC20 tokens, non-fungible tokens, and on-chain securities. By providing tools and specifications for developers, Set Labs aims to simplify the process of asset management in the blockchain space, promoting a more accessible and flexible financial environment.

CircleCI

Series F in 2021
CircleCI is a provider of a continuous integration and delivery platform that assists software teams in efficiently releasing code by automating the processes of building, testing, and deploying applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables developers to quickly ramp up and scale their operations while maintaining high-quality output. As applications and systems grow increasingly complex, CircleCI's tools help teams to identify and resolve bugs proactively, ensuring that issues are addressed before they affect end users. The platform is utilized by numerous prominent companies, including Facebook, Kickstarter, and Spotify, to enhance their software delivery speed and focus on generating business value. CircleCI has also been recognized as one of the best workplaces in the Bay Area. With a global remote workforce, the company is backed by several venture capital firms.

Sanity

Series A in 2020
Sanity AS is a Norwegian company that provides a content platform designed for software developers and teams to collaboratively create and manage digital content. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oslo, with an additional office in San Francisco, Sanity offers a structured content solution that leverages APIs and technologies such as GraphQL and JavaScript. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, enabling features like live multi-user editing and change tracking. It is utilized across various applications, including e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and marketing platforms, supporting workflows such as collaborative editing and content localization. By treating content as data, Sanity aims to enhance digital velocity, allowing organizations to efficiently distribute content to multiple devices, applications, and channels.

LaunchDarkly

Venture Round in 2020
LaunchDarkly is a software company that provides a feature management platform designed to enhance collaboration between development teams and business stakeholders. Its core product enables DevOps teams to safely deploy new features incrementally, targeting specific user segments across various platforms. This controlled rollout process facilitates standardized releases at scale, accelerates cloud migration, and improves overall software delivery efficiency.

Balena

Series B in 2019
Balena Inc. operates a platform that provides comprehensive tools for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The company offers a range of products, including balenaCloud, balenaOS, balenaFin, balenaEngine, balenaEtcher, and openbalena, which facilitate application development, device deployment, and management for fleet owners. Balena's infrastructure enables developers to focus on application growth while managing, monitoring, and updating devices through a web dashboard, API, CLI, and SDK. The platform supports Linux containers and open technologies, allowing for seamless firmware deployment and compatibility with various programming languages and libraries. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Balena also has offices in Greece and the United Kingdom. The company was previously known as Resin, Inc. until its rebranding in October 2018.

CircleCI

Series D in 2019
CircleCI is a provider of a continuous integration and delivery platform that assists software teams in efficiently releasing code by automating the processes of building, testing, and deploying applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables developers to quickly ramp up and scale their operations while maintaining high-quality output. As applications and systems grow increasingly complex, CircleCI's tools help teams to identify and resolve bugs proactively, ensuring that issues are addressed before they affect end users. The platform is utilized by numerous prominent companies, including Facebook, Kickstarter, and Spotify, to enhance their software delivery speed and focus on generating business value. CircleCI has also been recognized as one of the best workplaces in the Bay Area. With a global remote workforce, the company is backed by several venture capital firms.

LaunchDarkly

Series C in 2019
LaunchDarkly is a software company that provides a feature management platform designed to enhance collaboration between development teams and business stakeholders. Its core product enables DevOps teams to safely deploy new features incrementally, targeting specific user segments across various platforms. This controlled rollout process facilitates standardized releases at scale, accelerates cloud migration, and improves overall software delivery efficiency.

Set Labs

Seed Round in 2018
Set Labs is focused on advancing the field of finance through innovative cryptocurrency asset management solutions. The company develops a protocol that enables the creation and exchange of collateralized baskets of tokens, utilizing smart contracts to facilitate the bundling and unbundling of various crypto assets. This technology allows users to efficiently create cryptocurrency baskets, which can include a mix of ERC20 tokens, non-fungible tokens, and on-chain securities. By providing tools and specifications for developers, Set Labs aims to simplify the process of asset management in the blockchain space, promoting a more accessible and flexible financial environment.

Unity

Series D in 2018
Unity Technologies is a software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2004. It specializes in providing a comprehensive game development platform for developers and studios, offering a real-time 3D development platform, game engines, asset stores, cloud-based development tools, and a vibrant community of developers. Unity's platform empowers users, regardless of skill level or industry, to create, operate, and monetize interactive 3D content.

Balena

Funding Round in 2018
Balena Inc. operates a platform that provides comprehensive tools for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The company offers a range of products, including balenaCloud, balenaOS, balenaFin, balenaEngine, balenaEtcher, and openbalena, which facilitate application development, device deployment, and management for fleet owners. Balena's infrastructure enables developers to focus on application growth while managing, monitoring, and updating devices through a web dashboard, API, CLI, and SDK. The platform supports Linux containers and open technologies, allowing for seamless firmware deployment and compatibility with various programming languages and libraries. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Balena also has offices in Greece and the United Kingdom. The company was previously known as Resin, Inc. until its rebranding in October 2018.

CircleCI

Series C in 2018
CircleCI is a provider of a continuous integration and delivery platform that assists software teams in efficiently releasing code by automating the processes of building, testing, and deploying applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables developers to quickly ramp up and scale their operations while maintaining high-quality output. As applications and systems grow increasingly complex, CircleCI's tools help teams to identify and resolve bugs proactively, ensuring that issues are addressed before they affect end users. The platform is utilized by numerous prominent companies, including Facebook, Kickstarter, and Spotify, to enhance their software delivery speed and focus on generating business value. CircleCI has also been recognized as one of the best workplaces in the Bay Area. With a global remote workforce, the company is backed by several venture capital firms.

LaunchDarkly

Series A in 2016
LaunchDarkly is a software company that provides a feature management platform designed to enhance collaboration between development teams and business stakeholders. Its core product enables DevOps teams to safely deploy new features incrementally, targeting specific user segments across various platforms. This controlled rollout process facilitates standardized releases at scale, accelerates cloud migration, and improves overall software delivery efficiency.

Unity

Series C in 2016
Unity Technologies is a software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2004. It specializes in providing a comprehensive game development platform for developers and studios, offering a real-time 3D development platform, game engines, asset stores, cloud-based development tools, and a vibrant community of developers. Unity's platform empowers users, regardless of skill level or industry, to create, operate, and monetize interactive 3D content.

Balena

Series A in 2016
Balena Inc. operates a platform that provides comprehensive tools for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The company offers a range of products, including balenaCloud, balenaOS, balenaFin, balenaEngine, balenaEtcher, and openbalena, which facilitate application development, device deployment, and management for fleet owners. Balena's infrastructure enables developers to focus on application growth while managing, monitoring, and updating devices through a web dashboard, API, CLI, and SDK. The platform supports Linux containers and open technologies, allowing for seamless firmware deployment and compatibility with various programming languages and libraries. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Balena also has offices in Greece and the United Kingdom. The company was previously known as Resin, Inc. until its rebranding in October 2018.

CircleCI

Series B in 2016
CircleCI is a provider of a continuous integration and delivery platform that assists software teams in efficiently releasing code by automating the processes of building, testing, and deploying applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables developers to quickly ramp up and scale their operations while maintaining high-quality output. As applications and systems grow increasingly complex, CircleCI's tools help teams to identify and resolve bugs proactively, ensuring that issues are addressed before they affect end users. The platform is utilized by numerous prominent companies, including Facebook, Kickstarter, and Spotify, to enhance their software delivery speed and focus on generating business value. CircleCI has also been recognized as one of the best workplaces in the Bay Area. With a global remote workforce, the company is backed by several venture capital firms.

Reflect

Seed Round in 2016
Reflect Technologies, Inc., established in 2015 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, specializes in data visualization solutions for software developers. It offers a platform that simplifies the integration of analytics capabilities into web and mobile applications. Reflect's services include a user-friendly studio and an API, allowing developers to create and embed visualizations tailored to their customers' needs. The company was acquired by Puppet, Inc. in 2021.

Twilio

Series E in 2015
Twilio is a cloud-based communications company that empowers developers and businesses to build and integrate voice, video, messaging, and authentication into their applications via a robust set of APIs. By merging cloud computing, web services, and telecommunications, Twilio is transforming traditional telecom, enabling more contextual and personalized customer interactions. The company's Super Network ensures fast, cost-effective communication across the globe.

Balena

Series A in 2015
Balena Inc. operates a platform that provides comprehensive tools for building, deploying, and managing fleets of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The company offers a range of products, including balenaCloud, balenaOS, balenaFin, balenaEngine, balenaEtcher, and openbalena, which facilitate application development, device deployment, and management for fleet owners. Balena's infrastructure enables developers to focus on application growth while managing, monitoring, and updating devices through a web dashboard, API, CLI, and SDK. The platform supports Linux containers and open technologies, allowing for seamless firmware deployment and compatibility with various programming languages and libraries. Founded in 2013 and based in Seattle, Washington, Balena also has offices in Greece and the United Kingdom. The company was previously known as Resin, Inc. until its rebranding in October 2018.

CircleCI

Series A in 2014
CircleCI is a provider of a continuous integration and delivery platform that assists software teams in efficiently releasing code by automating the processes of building, testing, and deploying applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables developers to quickly ramp up and scale their operations while maintaining high-quality output. As applications and systems grow increasingly complex, CircleCI's tools help teams to identify and resolve bugs proactively, ensuring that issues are addressed before they affect end users. The platform is utilized by numerous prominent companies, including Facebook, Kickstarter, and Spotify, to enhance their software delivery speed and focus on generating business value. CircleCI has also been recognized as one of the best workplaces in the Bay Area. With a global remote workforce, the company is backed by several venture capital firms.

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.

Twilio

Series D in 2013
Twilio is a cloud-based communications company that empowers developers and businesses to build and integrate voice, video, messaging, and authentication into their applications via a robust set of APIs. By merging cloud computing, web services, and telecommunications, Twilio is transforming traditional telecom, enabling more contextual and personalized customer interactions. The company's Super Network ensures fast, cost-effective communication across the globe.

Clipboard

Seed Round in 2011
Clipboard was founded by Gary William Flake in January 2011 with the simple goal of helping people save and share the parts of the Web that they care about. Since the Internet is more than two decades old, doesn't it seem strange that the typical way to save something online is to put it into an email or a document? We think so too, which is why we built an easy and powerful tool to help you. All of this may sound simple, but we think it's actually quite significant. We believe that someday soon everyone will be saving and organizing their online life in a way that is easy, fun and reflective of themselves. It is a world where everyone is highly engaged and active in saving their life experiences online. We are here for you and we are in this for the long haul. Our mission is to help you organize your online life. Please read more about us and our values at https://clipboard.com/about Stats on Clipboard: In close to 2 years before Clipboard was acquired in May 2013 140,000 people created 3 million clips.

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.

Sanity

Sanity AS is a Norwegian company that provides a content platform designed for software developers and teams to collaboratively create and manage digital content. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Oslo, with an additional office in San Francisco, Sanity offers a structured content solution that leverages APIs and technologies such as GraphQL and JavaScript. The platform facilitates real-time collaboration, enabling features like live multi-user editing and change tracking. It is utilized across various applications, including e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and marketing platforms, supporting workflows such as collaborative editing and content localization. By treating content as data, Sanity aims to enhance digital velocity, allowing organizations to efficiently distribute content to multiple devices, applications, and channels.
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