Stephen Jurvetson Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 7

  • Portfolio
  • 2

  • Exits
  • 4

Exits

Stephen Jurvetson General Information

Description

Mr. Stephen Jurvetson is a Co-Founder of Future Ventures (San Francisco). Mr. Jurvetson served as an Advisor at Cleartrace and Deep Genomics. He is an Investor of Upside Foods. He serves as a Board Member at SpaceX & ZaiNar. He also serves as a Board Observer at Zyphra. He served as a Board Member & Member of Audit Committee & Disclosure Control Committee at Tesla. He serves as a Board Observer at Cambrian. He served as a Board Member at Planet, Flux, and Synthetic Genomics. He is an Angel Investor. He also co-founded and served as its Partner, Venture Team at Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He was the founding VC investor in Hotmail, Interwoven (IWOV), Kana (KANA), and NeoPhotonics (NPTN). He also led DFJ's investments in other companies that were acquired for $12 billion in aggregate. Previously, he was an R&D Engineer at Hewlett-Packard, where seven of his communications chip designs were fabricated. His prior technical experience also includes programming, materials science research, and computer design at HP's PC Division, the Center for Materials Research, and Mostek. He has also worked in product marketing at Apple and NeXT Software. He served as a Board Member at eSionic. As a consultant with Bain & Company, he developed executive marketing, sales, engineering, and business strategies for a wide range of companies in the software, networking, and semiconductor industries, He served as Board Observer at Genomatica.

Business Details

Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • 465 1st Street
  • Los Altos, CA 94022
  • United States
+1 (650)

Stephen Jurvetson Investments (7)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Superplum 21-May-2021 Seed Round Logistics Generating Revenue
Sensei Biotherapeutics 11-Jan-2021 Drug Discovery Clinical Trials - Phase 1
ATAI Life Sciences 23-Nov-2020 Drug Discovery Generating Revenue/Not Profitable
nCent 01-Jul-2018 Financial Software Generating Revenue
PurePlay 03-Jan-2007 Casinos and Gaming Out of Business
Longitude Systems 13-Nov-2001 Early Stage VC Communication Software Generating Revenue
Superplum Angel (individual) Logistics Generating Revenue

Stephen Jurvetson Exits (4)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
ATAI Life Sciences 18-Jun-2021 IPO
Sensei Biotherapeutics 04-Feb-2021
PurePlay 01-Oct-2018 Out of Business
Longitude Systems 27-Nov-2001 Merger/Acquisition

Stephen Jurvetson Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

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Stephen Jurvetson Co-Investors (16)

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Stephen Jurvetson FAQs

  • Who is Stephen Jurvetson?

    Stephen Jurvetson is an angel Investor who has made 7 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Stephen Jurvetson?

    Stephen Jurvetson is an angel investor.

  • What does Stephen Jurvetson do?

    As an angel investor, Stephen Jurvetson invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Stephen Jurvetson hold?

    Stephen Jurvetson holds a board seat in TMC The Metals Company.

  • What has Stephen Jurvetson invested in?

    Stephen Jurvetson has made numerous investments in companies like Superplum, Sensei Biotherapeutics, and ATAI Life Sciences within the Logistics and Drug Discovery industries.

  • What has Stephen Jurvetson invested in recently?

    Stephen Jurvetson's latest investment was on 21-May-2021 in Superplum, a company within the Logistics industry.

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