Sam Fort

Sam Fort

Partner atDFJ GrowthSan Francisco

Sam Fort is a Partner at DFJ Growth, which he joined in 2010. He focuses on enterprise applications, infrastructure, fintech, and blockchain, and has invested in companies like Armis, OpenAI, and Stripe.

What Sam can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atSeries BLead preference not reported
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Career

  1. Morgan Stanley · investment banking
  2. TPG Capital · technology team
  3. DFJ Growth · Partner
    Now
  4. Morgan Stanley
  5. TPG Capital

Investments named in public bios

AmountArmis (ServiceNow)AvantChef (Progress)Cylance (Blackberry)DatabookDataRobotDataStax (IBM)DutchieEndor LabsFormlabsFrontHopin (Bending Spoons)ImmutaModularOosto (Metropolis)

Focus

enterprise applicationsinfrastructurefintechblockchain technologyenterprise AI

Education

University of PennsylvaniaStanford University's Graduate School of Business, MBA

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Who is Sam Fort?

Sam Fort is a Partner at DFJ Growth, which he joined in 2010. He focuses on enterprise applications, infrastructure, fintech, and blockchain, and has invested in companies like Armis, OpenAI, and Stripe.

How much does Sam Fort invest?

DFJ Growth has not reported a check size. It invests at series b.

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What did Sam Fort do before DFJ Growth?

investment banking at Morgan Stanley; technology team at TPG Capital; Morgan Stanley; TPG Capital.

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