Investing Profile

Sam Fort

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Partner at DFJ Growth
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Networks Sam is a member of
Morgan Stanley Network
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business Network
530 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania Network
458 CONNECTIONS
University of Pennsylvania Network
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TPG Network
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Current Investing Position
DFJ Growth Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$6.0M
Investments On Record
16
Current Fund Size
$535M

Sam Fort is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Sam Fort's Investments On Record (10)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Modular
Series CSep 2025$250M
$380M
Co-investors: Saam Motamedi (Greylock), Dave Munichiello (GV (Google Ventures)), Deep Nishar (General Catalyst), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Thomas Tull (US Innovative Technology)
Databook
Series BFeb 2022$50M
$71M
Co-investors: Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners), Josh Stein (Threshold Ventures), Semil Shah (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Tamara Steffens (Thomson Reuters Ventures), Clark Landry (CESPPA)
Rho
Series BDec 2021$75M
$95M
Co-investors: Mark Batsiyan (Inspired Capital), Latif Peracha (M13), Stephen Sikes (Socially Financed Fund), Michael Vaughan (Vera Equity), John Dauer (Helium-3 Ventures), David Hendrickson (Helium-3 Ventures), Steve Salis
Yellowbrick Data
Series CNov 2021$75M
Series CJun 2019$81M
Series BOct 2018$48M
$250M
Co-investors: Steve Harrick (IVP), Dave Munichiello (GV (Google Ventures)), Alexander Lim (IVP), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Robert Schwartz (Third Point Ventures), William (Bill) Bryant (Threshold Ventures), TJ Rylander (Next47), Randy Glein (DFJ Growth), Sandy Miller (3i Group plc)
Salt Security
Series CMay 2021$70M
$270M
Co-investors: Bogomil Balkansky (Sequoia Capital), Carl Eschenbach (Sequoia Capital), Ayala (Aya) Peterburg (Sinensis Seed Capital SCR), René Bonvanie (Fireblocks), Marius Nacht (Cyberstarts VC), Haim Sadger (S Capital VC), Tom Banahan (Tenaya Capital), James Luo (CapitalG), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Kevin Mahaffey (Lookout)
DataRobot
Series ESep 2019$210M
Series DOct 2018$100M
$1B
Co-investors: Rashmi Gopinath (B Capital Group), Tony Florence (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Jai Das (Sapphire Ventures), Rob Ward (Meritech Capital Partners), Oded Hermoni (Coinbase Ventures), Ryan Biggs (Franklin Templeton Investments), Chase Coleman (Tiger Global Impact Ventures), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Mark Bailey (Venrock), Rob Theis (World Innovation Lab (WiL)), Brad Gillespie (IA Ventures), Jason Seats (Techstars), JC Lee (DataRobot)
Yellowbrick Learning
Series CJun 2019
Series BOct 2018
Co-investors: Steve Harrick (IVP), Donna Harris (// Praxis //), TJ Rylander (Next47), Kasper Sage (BMW i Ventures), Randy Glein (DFJ Growth)
Chef Software
Series ESep 2015$40M
$110M
Co-investors: Neeraj Agrawal (Battery Ventures), Rory O'Driscoll (Scale Venture Partners), Arvind Purushotham (Menlo Ventures), Sunil Dhaliwal (Amplify Partners), John Connors (Ignition Partners), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries)

Sam Fort's Experience

Partner DFJ Growth2010 - Present
Associate, Technology Investments TPGPresent
Partner DFJPresent
Associate, Technology Investments TPG Capital2006 - 2008
Analyst, Media & Telecom Investment Banking Morgan Stanley2004 - 2006

Sam Fort's Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA
University of Pennsylvania BSE, BA Computer & Telecommunications Engineering, Economics
University of Pennsylvania BSE BA, Computer & Telecommunications Engineering, Economics

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