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Steve JurvetsonSteve Jurvetson

Steve Jurvetson

Managing Director & Founder / Future Ventures

Steve Jurvetson is a prominent American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist, known for co-founding Future Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). He is an early-stage investor who focuses on founder-led, mission-driven companies at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, including commercial space exploration, AI, and quantum computing. Jurvetson was an early VC investor in several industry-redefining companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Planet, and Skype, which collectively represent hundreds of billions of dollars in value creation. He currently serves as Managing Director and Founder of Future Ventures.

MBA, Stanford University
United States
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$800 Billion+
Aggregate Value Creation
5
Companies with IPOs
25+
Years in VC
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Work Experience

Future VenturesFuture Ventures
Future Ventures

Managing Director & Founder

Nov 2018 - Present
Responsibilities
At Future Ventures, we support passionate founders who are forging the future. For the past 25 years, we have backed the visionaries who push the boundaries of possibility and explore the frontier of the unknown. As venture capitalists, the founders of Future Ventures have led founding investments in five companies that had successful IPOs and several others that were multi-billion-dollar acquisitions. Some of our early VC investments include Planet, Skype, SpaceX, Tesla, Memphis Meats, Mythic, Nervana, D-Wave and Zoox, representing $800 billion of aggregate value creation. We focus on disruptive technology such as commercial space exploration, deep learning, quantum computing, robotics, AI, blockchain, sustainable transportation, synthetic biology and clean meat.
SpaceXSpaceX
SpaceX

Board Member

2009 - Present
Responsibilities
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/sets/72157608597030651
ZaiNarZaiNar
ZaiNar

Board Member

Aug 2021 - Present
Responsibilities
ZaiNar does PNT with a multi-band SDR that overlays on any RF link. So, they can do geolocation in complicated environments (urban, indoor, underground, dynamically changing environments). They have a great team that invented a new way to do inexpensive geolocation, like a multispectral RF interferometer, but entirely in software, a very unique approach with over 50 issued patents. They can work on any RF band, from 5G to WiFi to satellite links.
Tesla MotorsTesla Motors
Tesla Motors

Board Member

2006 - Sep 2020
Responsibilities
photos: http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=rec&w=44124348109%40N01&q=tesla+motors&m=tags
D-Wave Systems Inc.D-Wave Systems Inc.
D-Wave Systems Inc.

Board Member

2003 - Jun 2020
Responsibilities
the leader in quantum computing and quantum machine learning. My photoblog posts: https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=44124348109@N01&q=d-wave
Draper Fisher JurvetsonDraper Fisher Jurvetson
Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Cofounder and Managing Director

1995 - Mar 2018
Responsibilities
founding VC investor in Hotmail (MSFT), Interwoven (IWOV), Kana (KANA), and NeoPhotonics (NPTN), and led the firm's investments in SpaceX, Tesla, Planet, Nervana, Mythic, Memphis Meats, D-Wave, Skype and other companies which were then acquired for $12 billion in aggregate.
Synthetic GenomicsSynthetic Genomics
Synthetic Genomics

Board Member

2005 - Dec 2017
Responsibilities
photos: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=synthetic+genomics&w=44124348109%40N01
NeoPhotonicsNeoPhotonics
NeoPhotonics

Board Member

1996 - 2011
Responsibilities
15 good years, through the IPO. Fun times with Neo in Shenzhen: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=44124348109%40N01&q=Shenzhen&m=text
HotmailHotmail
Hotmail

Board Member

Feb 1996 - Dec 1997
Responsibilities
a funny time capsule: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/700774/
AppleApple
Apple

Product Marketing

1994 - 1994
Responsibilities
Memories... http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/841771/
NeXT ComputerNeXT Computer
NeXT Computer

Marketing

1994 - 1994
Responsibilities
pursuing my childhood hero... http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/6218487522/
Bain & CompanyBain & Company
Bain & Company

Consultant

1990 - 1993
Responsibilities
developed executive marketing, sales, engineering and business strategies for a wide range of companies in the software, networking and semiconductor industries. And... such strange bedfellows... =) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/480809538/
Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard

R&D Engineer

1987 - 1989
Responsibilities
Communications chip design and computer systems engineering

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford University Graduate School of Business
Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

1993 - 1995
Field of Study
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Stanford UniversityStanford University
Stanford University

MSEE

1989 - 1990
Field of Study
MSEE - Electrical Engineering
Stanford UniversityStanford University
Stanford University

BSEE

1985 - 1988
Field of Study
BSEE - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
St. Mark's School of TexasSt. Mark's School of Texas
St. Mark's School of Texas

High School Diploma

1979 - 1985
Field of Study
High School Diploma

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