United States · Investor

DFJ ePlanet Ventures

Last cheque observed Feb 2013. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietGrowth equity

Series BVentureSeries CVenture Capital & Private Equity

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 24 on record
Since the last cheque5000days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$13MRounds led0 of 24Sole investor4 roundsExits2 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 25%
Pitch DFJ ePlanet Ventures

DFJ ePlanet Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    24 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series B and Venture: 67% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $2.1M

  4. 04

    2 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
Growth equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Based in
San Jose, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first24 appearances

  1. 2013

    1 round

  2. Feb
    Virgin Mobile Latin AmericaSeries C · CO$20MWith 3 others
  3. 2012

    1 round

  4. May
    Virgin Mobile Latin AmericaSeries B · CO · finsmes.com$27MWith 3 others
  5. 2011

    1 round

  6. Jun
    Spinal ModulationSeries D · US · businesswire.com$30MWith 7 others
  7. 2010

    2 rounds

  8. Sept
    Auro Mira EnergySeries B · IN · vccircle.com$21MWith 1 other
  9. Aug
    PalringoSeries B · GB$3.9MWith 4 others
  10. 2009

    8 rounds

  11. Nov
    OrderDynamicsVenture · GB · ecommera.com$2.1MSole investor
  12. Nov
    Manthan SystemsSeries B · IN · dealipedia.com$15MWith 2 others
  13. Nov
    Spinal ModulationSeries C · US · deals.venturebeat.com$27MWith 6 others
  14. Oct
    Direct Flow MedicalSeries C · US · deals.venturebeat.com$40MWith 6 others
  15. Sept
    BiancaMedSeries B · IE · onbiovc.com$8.7MWith 2 others
  16. Aug
    Silicon MitusSeries B · KR · venturebeat.comUndisclosedWith 1 other
  17. Mar
    GreetzSeries B · NL · sociableblog.com$8.9MWith 1 other
  18. Feb
    FOI CorporationJP · allbusiness.comUndisclosedSole investor
  19. 2008

    2 rounds

  20. Dec
    BullGuardVenture · GB$5.0MSole investor
  21. Feb
    Naseeb NetworksSeries B · PK · el7z.com$2.0MWith 1 other
  22. 2007

    4 rounds

  23. Dec
    ShanghaiMed HealthcareSeries E · CN$25MWith 4 others
  24. Dec
    PalringoSeries A · GB$5.2MWith 4 others
  25. Jun
    Manthan SystemsVenture · IN · manthansystems.com$2.0MSole investor
  26. Apr
    Ku6Series A · JP$10MWith 3 others
  27. 2006

    3 rounds

  28. Dec
    PassadoVenture · GB · paidcontent.co.uk$13MWith 1 other
  29. Sept
    VistoGrowth · US · venturebeat.com$51MWith 6 others
  30. Jun
    FangtekSeries C · US · prnwire.com$12MWith 6 others
  31. 2005

    1 round

  32. Sept
    SpinX TechnologiesSeries B · CH · spinx-technologies.com$12MWith 4 others
  33. 2002

    1 round

  34. Oct
    EmberSeries B · US · thefreelibrary.com$20MWith 6 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all

EmberBought by Silicon Laboratories$72MMay 2012
BiancaMedBought by ResMedUndisclosedJul 2011

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as DFJ ePlanet Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

DFJVC firm3rounds togetherJohnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC)VC firm3rounds togetherPrime VenturesVC firm3rounds togetherDe Novo VenturesGrowth equity2rounds togetherDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Investment firm2rounds togetherHermes Growth PartnersGrowth equity2rounds togetherInCube VenturesCorporate VC2rounds togetherKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersVC firm2rounds togetherMedVenture AssociatesVC firm2rounds togetherNTECGovernment2rounds togetherNorthstar VenturesVC firm2rounds togetherRaffle Venture PartnersVC firm2rounds together

Quick answers about DFJ ePlanet Ventures

What does DFJ ePlanet Ventures invest in?

DFJ ePlanet Ventures invests most often at Series B and Venture (67% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.

How active is DFJ ePlanet Ventures?

24 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2013.

How big are DFJ ePlanet Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $13M.

Does DFJ ePlanet Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 24 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does DFJ ePlanet Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (25%), the United Kingdom (21%) and India (13%).

Is DFJ ePlanet Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2013.

Who does DFJ ePlanet Ventures invest alongside?

Most often DFJ (3 rounds together), Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) (3 rounds together) and Prime Ventures (3 rounds together).

What kind of investor is DFJ ePlanet Ventures?

DFJ ePlanet Ventures is a growth equity firm based in San Jose, United States.

Raising now?

Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board.

Find similar investorsOpen your CRM

Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. How we count · Report a correction · Is this your firm? Claim it