FJ Labs, Inc.
Angel investing at venture scale
In the firm's own words, from its website.
20 additional team members, 37 additional co-investors and affiliates, 99 additional investments, funds and LPs, 11 verified contacts (10 professional url, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 4 companiesnew in 12 months
4 new companies in the last 12 months.
A firm writing cheques this quarter is one a founder can pitch now.
- 1 companyportfolio raising
One portfolio company has new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 15 Jun 2026 ($18.3M sold on Form D).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 3 dealswith Y Combinator
Invests most often alongside Y Combinator (3 shared deals) and Founders Fund (3 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 1 Oct 2026, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.
Measuredshared rounds and portfolio companies on recordFor Founders building a round, co-investorsCo-investors →
People to know
View all people- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionProfile
- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionProfile
- Director And Class A ShareholderWhy: Named with investment responsibilityProfile
Relationship network
181 connected entities4 observed rounds1 dated round shown here, 2026
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.
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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 FJ Labs, Inc.: 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
91 companies on record, 4 new in 12 months
| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 Seguros | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| 1V1ME | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| 3i Cap | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Oct 1, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
- Sectors
- marketplaces
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
24 current, 0 departed
- Arne Halleraker · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibilityLinkedIn or profile link on file (firm website), confirmed 2026-10-01, confidence 90%
- Jeff Weinstein · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibilityLinkedIn or profile link on file (firm website), confirmed 2026-10-01, confidence 90%
- Fabrice Grinda · Director And Class A ShareholderWhy this person: Named with investment responsibilityLinkedIn or profile link on file (firm website), confirmed 2026-10-01, confidence 90%
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. 3 with a route on file. 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.
- Partner
- Partner
- Director And Class A Shareholder
1 firm phone, 10 professional url on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
12 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FJ Labs IV, LP | Fund | 2025 form d first sale | Fundraising | $70.2M Mar 30, 2026 | 36 | $73.5M | Mar 31, 2026 |
| F&j Labs Co-Invest III, L.P. | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2018 adv first reported | Harvest | $209M Mar 30, 2026 | 27 | unknown | unknown |
| F&j Labs/telenor Co-Invest III, L.P. | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2018 adv first reported | Harvest | $75.1M Mar 30, 2026 | 1 | unknown | unknown |
Relationships across DFX
115 co-investors
- 2026-10-013 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-013 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-012 shared deals · recurring
Evidence and history
2 dated events, 23 observations from 2 sources
- seen on or beforeSep 23, 2026FJ Labs, Inc.: MICRO_VC -> INSTITUTIONAL_VC (venture manager, reported GAV $463M across 12 vehicles)Classification changedClassificationInferenceno URL
- Aug 29, 2017FJ Labs first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Feb 24, 2021 · 10 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- New York, NYadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- FJLABS.COM
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Feb 24, 2021
- Private funds reported
- 10 (10 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $204Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- FJ Labs, LLC (Member And Director Of F&J Labs Co-Invest Iii Gp, Ltd), owns 75% or more
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried2 on recordShowHide
- Sep 23, 2026Institutional venture firm (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $463M across 12 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Micro VC (probable, 80%)Venture manager, reported GAV $15.1M across 8 vehicles
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2017-08-29 | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2021-02-24 | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Description | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Headquarters | New York, NY | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Corporation | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Private funds reported | 10 | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $204M | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated sectors | marketplaces “sector words on the home page” | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
| Team page | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL | |
| Venture funds reported | 10 | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Feb 24, 2021 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 30, 2026 | Fact | no URL |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersInstitutional venture firm, probable · 2 filing advisers share this firmShowHide
Venture manager, reported GAV $463M across 12 vehicles
This firm files as 2 advisers on fjlabs.com: FJ Labs Management, LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
- importance
- gav: 0.51 · funds: 1 · people: 0.68 · investments: 0.72 · co investors: 0.83
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0.5 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 1 · latest investment at: 2026-09-01
- emerging manager
- fund count: 15 · reported gav: $463M · first adv filing: 2017-08-29 · years since first filing: 9.1
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Fits
- score 69.5confidence 100%Why: sector fit; stage fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
- score 64.5confidence 100%Why: sector fit; stage fit; activity; analogousWatch: adjacent portfolio
- score 47confidence 100%Why: sector fit; activity; analogous; cap tableWatch: adjacent portfolio
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Record history
- Member rows moved to anchor2026-10-01
- Organization classification changed2026-09-23
- Grouped with firm2026-09-12
+1 more change on this record's ledger
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