DFJ Athena

Institutional venture firmSEC exempt reporting adviserClassification probable· San Mateo, CaliforniaDFJATHENA.COM

Institutional venture firm, based in San Mateo, California.

Composed from this organization's classification, location and filed figures.

Investment team
5
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As of · the latest observation of this organization; filed figures are as of its latest Form ADV

2 additional team members, 1 verified contact (1 firm phone)

Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.

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Nothing material in the last 180 days.

People to know

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Relationship network

7 connected entities

From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.

Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.

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Reading the network
  • Fund or vehicle
  • Person

Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.

Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.

How am I connected?

Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to DFJ Athena: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.

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Investing

0 companies on record, 0 new in 12 months
Investments on record
0 companies, 0 partner-attributed
No investment on record yet. Edges arrive from the firm’s portfolio page, financing announcements, and Form D board seats.
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
no observed deals yet
Stated (the firm’s website)
Sectors
not stated or not yet read
Stages
not stated or not yet read
Geography
not stated
Check size
not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors: no observed deals yet
lead rate no observed dealsfollow-on rate no observed dealsnew companies, 12 months 0

Team

5 current, 1 departed
Decision makers
who to call first, and why; then everyone else by function

Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.

Investment team
5 current, 1 departed
1 departed (kept with end dates)
Contacts
1 firm phone

1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.

Funds and LPs

2 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
2 reported
VehicleTypeVintageLifecycleReported GAVOwnersForm D soldLatest Form D
DFJ Athena, L.P.FundunknownUnknown$0
Jun 9, 2021
12unknownunknown
DFJ Athena Partners, LLCFundunknownUnknown$0
Jun 9, 2021
19unknownunknown
Limited partners
0 LPs, 0 disclosed commitments
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Known LPs and allocators
0 relationships across the firm's funds, from public pensions and the allocator graph
No allocator names this firm or its funds in a public disclosure DFX holds.

Relationships across DFX

0 co-investors
Co-investors
0 counted from shared deals, for the whole firm
No co-investor relationship yet: these are derived only from rounds and portfolio listings the graph has seen both investors on.

Evidence and history

4 dated events, 26 observations from 2 sources
Timeline
4 dated events
  1. Mar 22, 2019
    Stephen Tinklenberg Jurvetson (Managing Member) no longer on Schedule A of DFJ Athena
    Person leftPeopleInferenceSteve Tinklenberg JurvetsonForm ADV
  2. Mar 28, 2012
    DFJ Athena first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
    First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactForm ADV
  3. Mar 28, 2012
    DFJ Athena, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by DFJ Athena (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $31,840,000
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDFJ Athena, L.P.Form ADV
  4. Mar 28, 2012
    DFJ Athena Partners, LLC first reported on Form ADV by DFJ Athena (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $4,052,756
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDFJ Athena Partners, LLCForm ADV
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jun 9, 2021 · 2 private fundsShow
Headquarters
San Mateo, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
Office address
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Business phone
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Website
DFJATHENA.COM
SEC adviser type
Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC exemption claimed
unknown
Latest Form ADV
Jun 9, 2021
Private funds reported
2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
Private fund gross assets, adviser total
unknownreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Owners on Schedule A
Athena Technology Ventures III, LLC (Managing Member), owns 50% to 75%; DFJ Network Affiliate Ix, LLC (Member), owns 25% to 50%
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShow
  1. Sep 12, 2026
    Institutional venture firm (probable, 70%)
    Venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)
Evidence
26 observations from 2 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
FactValueEffectiveClassSource
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserJun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2012-03-28Jun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1Sep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2021-06-09Jun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds1Jun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
Business phoneJun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
HeadquartersSan Mateo, CAJun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
Office addressJun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyJun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
Private funds reported2Jun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
Venture funds reported2Jun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
WebsiteJun 9, 2021FactForm ADV
Website statusunreachable
“home page did not answer with HTML”
Sep 16, 2026Factno URL
Website statusunreachable
“home page did not answer with HTML”
Sep 13, 2026Factno URL
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, probableShow
Importance
6
low
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Freshness
92
high
Institutional venture firm · probableSEC exempt reporting adviser

Venture manager with no reported fund assets yet (scale unknown)

The inputs behind each score
importance
gav: 0 · funds: 0.17 · people: 0.2 · investments: 0 · co investors: 0
active deployment
investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: not scored
emerging manager
fund count: 2 · reported gav: $0 · first adv filing: 2012-03-28 · years since first filing: 14.5

Fits, record history and connections

scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge

Record history

1 dated event on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Adviser's first ADV filing
    2012-03-28source on record

The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.

Not yet on record: reported fund assets, new companies, 12 mo, latest vintage.