Investing Profile

Randy Glein

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Founder & Partner, DFJ Growth
dfj.com/people/randy-glein/Menlo Park, California
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Networks Randy is a member of
University of Southern California Network
103 CONNECTIONS
University of Florida Network
29 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management Network
11 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
DFJ Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$6.0M
Investments On Record
29

Randy Glein is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Randy Glein's Investments On Record (19)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Positron
Series AJul 2025$52M
$52M
Hidden Level
Series CFeb 2025$65M
$82M
Co-investors: Buddy Arnheim (Lobby Capital), Oded Hermoni
Alchemy
Series CFeb 2022$200M
Series COct 2021$250M
$580M
Co-investors: Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Julie Yoo (Andreessen Horowitz), Joey Krug (Founders Fund), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Amy Wu (Menlo Ventures), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Ben Orthlieb (2.12 Angels), David Mes (Off The Grid Ventures), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures), Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter (Marcy Venture Partners), Jay Brown (Marcy Venture Partners), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Keisuke Honda (Dreamers VC), Ruchi Sanghvi (South Park Commons), Eric Kwan (Locus Ventures), Patrick Chang (Dispersion Capital), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), John Hennessy, Balaji Srinivasan, Chris Kelly, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, Shervin Pishevar, James Hong, Jared Leto
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Series BDec 2021$1.8B
$2B
Co-investors: Carmichael Roberts (Breakthrough Energy Ventures), Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures), Chris Sacca (Lowercarbon Capital), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), Steve Jurvetson (Future Ventures), Bill Gates
Cohesity
Secondary MarketMar 2021$150M
Series EApr 2020$250M
$810M
Co-investors: Bill Coughran (Sequoia Capital), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Gaurav Garg (Wing Venture Capital), Carl Eschenbach (Sequoia Capital), Karan Mehandru (Madrona Ventures), Ashu Garg (Foundation Capital), Stuart Peterson (Artis Ventures (AV)), Kevin Ding (DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital)), Rob Salvagno (Cisco Investments), Lak Ananth (Next47), Matthew Cowan (Next47)
Neocis
Series DOct 2020$72M
$140M
Co-investors: Robert Mittendorff (B Capital Group), Jocelyn Kinsey (DFJ), Fred Moll (Sonder Capital), Ajay Royan (Mithril Capital Management), Oliver Keown (Intuitive Ventures)
Yellowbrick Learning
Series CJun 2019
Series BOct 2018
Co-investors: Steve Harrick (IVP), Sam Fort (DFJ), Donna Harris (1776), TJ Rylander (Next47), Kasper Sage (BMW i Ventures)
Splice
Series CMar 2019$58M
Series BDec 2017$35M
$160M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Adam D'Augelli (True Ventures), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), Andy Weissman (Union Square Ventures), Saeed Amidi (Plug & Play Ventures), Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners), Scooter Braun (TQ Ventures), Phin Barnes (The General Partnership), Stefan Blom, Seth Goldstein

Randy Glein's Experience

Investor Alchemy2021 - Present
Corporate Vice President Tribune Company / Tribune Ventures2000 - 2002
Principal CID Equity Partners1999 - 2000

Randy Glein's Education

University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management MBA
University of Southern California MSEE Electrical Engineering
University of Florida BSEE Electrical Engineering