DFJ Growth
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
DFJ Growth is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. DFJ Growth invests in growth stage technology companies that are scaling rapidly and poised for market leadership. DFJ Growth is the later stage investing practice of iconic technology-driven businesses.
- Total investments:
- 166
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 28%
- Fund size:
- $18M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries DFJ Growth invests in
Stages DFJ Growth invests in
Countries DFJ Growth invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 28 (17%)
- Artificial Intelligence 23 (14%)
- Enterprise Software 14 (8%)
- Information Technology 14 (8%)
- Machine Learning 11 (7%)
Stage
- Series C 39 (23%)
- Series B 31 (19%)
- Series D 27 (16%)
- Series E 21 (13%)
- Funding Round 9 (5%)
Country
- United States 89 (54%)
- China 3 (2%)
- Israel 3 (2%)
- United Kingdom 2 (1%)
- Chile 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jennifer Kodner
Talent Partner
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Talent Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Justin Kao
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Mikowai Ashwill
Associate
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Associate | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Barry Schuler
Managing Director and Partner
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Managing Director and Partner | Total investments: 21 | Find email | |
Carol Wentworth
Marketing Partner
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Marketing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 21 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impulse Space develops spacecraft and propulsion systems that provide transportation and mobility services for payloads operating in space. The company focuses on moving, deploying, and hosting payloads across a range of orbital destinations, including low Earth orbit, geostationary orbit, and other deep-space trajectories. Its vehicle portfolioincludes Mira, a spacecraft designed for payload hosting, deployment, and orbital maneuvers, and Helios, a transfer vehicle intended to transport larger payloads between orbits. Impulse Space designs, manufactures, and tests much of its hardware in-house, covering spacecraft systems, propulsion components, and mission integration. The company supports commercial, civil, and government missions by providing in-space transportation and logistics capabilities after launch. | $308M / Series D / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Cambridge Aerospace is a defence tech startup that provides defense engineering and manufacturing services. | $300M / Series C / Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Saronic is building cutting-edge unmanned surface vehicles that enable maritime security and domain awareness by combining best-in-class hardware, software and artificial intelligence into one scalable, fully integrated platform. | $1.8B / Series D / Mar 31, 2026 | ||
| XBOW operates autonomously, carrying out commands and analyzing the results to achieve higher-level objectives. | $120M / Series C / Mar 18, 2026 | ||
| Goodfire's mission is to advance humanity's understanding of AI by examining the inner workings of advanced AI models (or “AI Interpretability”). As an applied research lab, Goodfire bridges the gap between theoretical science and practical applications of interpretability. | $150M / Series B / Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| LLM Inference Hardware | $233.9M / Series B / Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Cellares develops and operates integrated technologies for automated cell therapy manufacturing and quality control that help biopharmaceutical partners scale development to industrial production. The company’s offerings include the Cell Shuttle platform for end-to-end automation of the cell therapy manufacturing process and the Cell Q platform forautomated quality control, supported by integrated software and consumable cartridges. Cellares positions itself as an Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization that supports process transfer, scalable production, and regulatory pathways for clinical and commercial programs. Its services enable clients to transition manual processes onto automated systems and expand manufacturing capacity to meet broader patient demand. | $257M / Series D / Jan 28, 2026 | ||
| Paradigm is rebuilding the clinical research ecosystem by developing a platform that allows all patients equitable access to trials while improving trial efficiency and lowering barriers to participation for healthcare providers. | $78M / Series B / Dec 04, 2025 | ||
| Metropolis develops artificial intelligence and computer vision technology designed to simplify real-world transactions. The company’s platform enables frictionless interactions between people and physical environments by using visual recognition and data processing tools. Its primary focus is on transforming parking operations, allowing users toenter and exit parking facilities without manual payments or tickets. Metropolis applies its AI technology to automate identification, payment, and access processes, creating seamless and efficient mobility experiences. | $500M / Series D / Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Modular provides an AI infrastructure platform designed for GPU portability and unparalleled performance in AI workloads. The platform features serverless inference endpoints, fine-tuning services, and training clusters to simplify the journey from AI development to production. Modular offers solutions for high-speed LLM serving and cross-hardwarestack management for NVIDIA and AMD environments. | $250M / Series C / Sep 24, 2025 | ||
| See all 166 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does DFJ Growth invest in?
DFJ Growth invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series C and Series B stage. Most of the 166 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at DFJ Growth?
The team at DFJ Growth includes Jennifer Kodner (Talent Partner), Justin Kao (Partner) and Mikowai Ashwill (Associate), among 21 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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