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Randy Glein

Founder of DFJ Growth

San Mateo, California

Overview 

Randy Glein is a Partner at DFJ Growth, where he has invested in and served as a board observer for notable companies like SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, and Coinbase. His career highlights include being involved in Series A investments for companies like Alchemy and leading investments in companies like Box at Series F stage. As a Partner at DFJ Growth, Randy Glein has made significant investments in companies like SpaceX and Tesla, while also being involved in Series A investments for emerging companies like Alchemy.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Partner, DFJ Growth

    2005 - Current

DFJ Growth is a late-stage global venture capital firm that provides capital to companies in seed, early, and growth-stages.

  • Board Observer

    2009

SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that focuses on reducing the costs associated with space travel by using reusable rockets.

Raised $9,770,343,846.00 from Roman Smolevskiy.

  • Board Observer

    2022

  • Board Member

    2024

Hidden Level is an aviation and aerospace company that specializes in radar sensors, engineering contracting, and digital signal processing.

Raised $30,858,888.00 from U.S. Department of Defense.

  • Investor

    2024

Scale AI provides a data-oriented platform that assists in the development of AI applications.

Raised $2,602,620,000.00 from WCM Investment Management, Meta, Wellington Management, Y Combinator, Intel Capital, DFJ Growth, NVIDIA, Nat Friedman, Thrive Capital and Qualcomm Ventures.

  • Investor

    2024

XAI is an AI company that develops a platform to accelerate human scientific discovery.

Raised $12,384,679,312.00 from Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Qatar Investment Authority and CoreNest Capital.

  • Board Observer

    2022

Vannevar Labs is a technology startup providing defense and national security technologies for critical national security problems.

Raised $87,000,000.00 from Felicis, General Catalyst, DFJ Growth, Point72 Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Shield Capital and Aloft VC.

  • Board Observer / Investor

    2009

Tesla Motors is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.

Raised $19,374,213,101.00 from European Union, PennDOT, Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

  • Investor

    2014

Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.

  • Investor

    2015

Unity for Humanity Grant program offers funding, mentorship, and technical support for real-time 3D social impact projects.

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