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Steve Jurvetson

Steve Jurvetson in 2004
Personal information
Birth date, March 1, 1967
Place of birthArizona, United States
OccupationFounder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)

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Steven T. Jürvetson (born in Arizona, USA, 1967) is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). He was a Venture Capitalist (VC) investor in Hotmail, Interwoven, and Kana. He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired by Ariba and Ciena, respectively).

Current Board seats include NeoPhotonics, SpaceX, Synthetic Genomics, Tesla Motors and Wowd.

Jurvetson graduated from Dallas' St. Mark's School of Texas in 1985. At Stanford University, Jurvetson finished his degree in electrical engineering in 2.5 years and graduated #1 in his class. He then earned an M.S. in electrical engineering and an M.B.A., also from Stanford. As a consultant with Bain & Company, Jurvetson developed executive marketing, sales, engineering and business strategies for a wide range of companies in the software, networking, and semiconductor industries and worked together with Meg Whitman and Mitt Romney.

Jürvetson is a son of ethnic Estonian refugees, who fled the Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II. He is a relative of president Konstantin Päts, a president of independent Estonia in 1930-s.


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Obama Receives 12 Stitches After Elbow On The Court - Newsi.es Tweet this news
Newsi.es--Image by -Steve Jurvetson-. President Obama received 12 stitches in his lip after taking an elbow to the face during a pickup game of basketball yesterday ... - Date : Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:26:29 GMT+00:00
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Crain's Chicago Business--In the end, “it all comes down to valuation,” says -Steve- Kaplan, a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. ... - Date : Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:13:03 GMT+00:00
Steve Reich Joins Pivot as Managing Director Product Management and Business ... - SYS-CON Media (press release) Tweet this news
SYS-CON Media (press release)--Pivot is backed by Boldcap Venture Partners, Draper Fisher -Jurvetson- Gotham Ventures, EPIC Ventures, Eze Castle Integration, Hudson Ventures and Softbank ... - Date : Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:03:00 GMT+00:00
Microsoft ofrecería TV por Internet a través del Xbox 360 - ENTER.CO Tweet this news
ENTER.CO--Foto: -Steve Jurvetson- (vía Flickr). Cada vez son más las empresas tecnológicas que se suman a la onda de la televisión a través de la Red. ... - Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:23:10 GMT+00:00
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新华网--他于1998 年被Draper Fisher -Jurvetson- 基金评为年度创业家，曾于2002 年被时代周刊列为值得关注的人之一。他于2009 年收购了Jaxtyr，一个旨在取代Skype 的免费语音 ... - Date : Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:27:15 GMT+00:00
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威锋网 (新闻发布)--他于1998 年被Draper Fisher -Jurvetson-基金评为年度创业家，曾于2002 年被时代周刊列为值得关注的人之一。他于2009 年收购了Jaxtyr，一个旨在取代Skype的免费语音电话 ... - Date : Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:59:40 GMT+00:00
Россия осталась без «Айпадов» - Times.lv Tweet this news
Times.lv--(Фото -Steve Jurvetson-.) Представители официальных партнёров компании Apple в России re:Store и Z-Store утверждают, что в магазинах остались единицы ... - Date : Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:48:56 GMT+00:00
Getting Seriously 'Wowd' On Facebook - Search Engine Watch (blog) Tweet this news
Search Engine Watch (blog)--Its investors are: Draper Fisher Jurvetson (-Steve Jurvetson-), KPG Ventures (Dave Hills) and Stanford University. Their real-time web tool was launched in ... - Date : Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:49:37 GMT+00:00
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Компьюлента--(Фото -Steve Jurvetson-). Согласно стандартной гипотезе репродуктивной пригодности, число насекомых, которые бескорыстно способствую - Date : Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:10:52 GMT+00:00
BrainScope(TM) Announces Findings of Traumatic Brain Injury Study in the ... - Sacramento Bee Tweet this news
Sacramento Bee--Backed by Revolution LLC (created by AOL co-founder -Steve- Case), Alafi Capital, Brain Trust Accelerator Fund, Draper Fisher -Jurvetson-, Portage Ventures and ... - Date : Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:14:59 GMT+00:00

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