[3] Formerly a partner of the firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), he was an early investor in Hotmail, Memphis Meats, Mythic and Nervana Systems.

[7][8][9][10][11][12] He was a board member of Synthetic Genomics, Planet Labs, Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel),[13] Flux, D-Wave, SpaceX,[5][14] and Tesla.

[12] Jurvetson was named to the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 in 1999 to "recognize young entrepreneurs who can deliver", including making the first investment in Hotmail.

[23] At DFJ, Jurvetson was involved in lucrative investments with Hotmail, the Chinese company Baidu,[24] Skype,[25] Interwoven, Kana, Tradex, and Cyras.

"[17] Jurvetson stated that stepping down from his role was unrelated to the allegations, writing "I am leaving DFJ to focus on personal matters" in a statement posted to Twitter.

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