DFJ Jaic Venture Partners, LLC

Micro VCpart of DFJSEC exempt reporting adviserClassification probable· San Mateo, CaliforniaDFJJAIC.COM

Micro VC, based in San Mateo, California, reporting $40.0M of fund assets on its funds' Form ADV filings.

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

Reported fund assets
$40.0M
sum of its funds' Form ADV filings, last 30 months
Investment team
10
Latest vintage
2014
As of · the latest observation of this organization; filed figures are as of its latest Form ADV

1 additional team member, 5 events, 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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  • Member
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet
  • Manager
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet
  • Manager
    Why: Named with investment responsibility
    No route on file yet

Relationship network

6 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.

Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.

Reading the network
  • Fund or vehicle
  • Person
›How strength and recency are read

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 Jaic Venture Partners, LLC: 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
ai, space, crypto
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

10 current, 6 departed

Decision makers

who to call first, and why; then everyone else by function
  • Hironubo Maeda · Member
    Why this person: Named with investment responsibility
  • Mitch Kitamura · Manager
    Why this person: Named with investment responsibility
  • Quaeed Motiwala · Manager
    Why this person: Named with investment responsibility

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

10 current, 6 departed
2 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

1 vehicle, 0 LPs disclosed

Funds and vehicles

1 reported, 1 no longer reported
VehicleTypeVintageLifecycleReported GAVOwnersForm D soldLatest Form D
Draper Nexus Technology Partners, LPFund2014 adv first reportedHarvest$40.0M
Oct 3, 2024
10unknownunknown
DFJ Jaic Technology Partners, LPFundunknownWound down$6.9M
Mar 28, 2012
8unknownunknown

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

10 dated events, 44 observations from 3 sources

Timeline

10 dated events
  1. Mar 30, 2015
    Michitaka Kitamura (Shareholder) no longer on Schedule A of DFJ Jaic Venture Partners, LLC
    Person leftPeopleInferenceMichitaka KitamuraForm ADV
  2. Mar 30, 2015
    Quaeed Motiwala (Shareholder) no longer on Schedule A of DFJ Jaic Venture Partners, LLC
    Person leftPeopleInferenceQuaeed MotiwalaForm ADV
  3. May 21, 2014
    Draper Nexus Technology Partners, LP first reported on Form ADV by DFJ Jaic Venture Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $40,000,000
    Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDraper Nexus Technology Partners, LPForm ADV
  4. May 21, 2014
    DFJ Jaic Technology Partners, LP no longer reported on Form ADV by DFJ Jaic Venture Partners, LLC
    Fund no longer reportedFundsInferenceDFJ Jaic Technology Partners, LPForm ADV
  5. May 1, 2014
    Tetsu Nakagaki joined Schedule A of DFJ Jaic Venture Partners, LLC as Member
    Person joinedPeopleFactTetsu NakagakiForm ADV

Identity and regulatory footprint

Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Oct 3, 2024 · 1 private fundsShow
Headquarters
San Mateo, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
Office address
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
Business phone
unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC adviser type
Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
SEC exemption claimed
unknown
Latest Form ADV
Oct 3, 2024
Private funds reported
1 (1 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
Private fund gross assets, adviser total
$40.0Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
Owners on Schedule A
DFJ Network Affiliates X, LLC (Member), owns 10% to 25%

Classification history

Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShow
  1. Sep 12, 2026
    Micro VC (probable, 80%)
    Venture manager, reported GAV $40.0M across 1 vehicle

Evidence

44 observations from 3 sources
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
FactValueEffectiveClassSource
SEC adviser typeExempt reporting adviserOct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
First Form ADV filing2012-03-28Oct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Adv history loadedadv-hist-1Sep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
Latest Form ADV filing2024-10-03Oct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Venture share of reported funds1Oct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Business phoneOct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
HeadquartersSan Mateo, CAOct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Office addressOct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Legal formLimited Liability CompanyOct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Private funds reported1Oct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Private fund gross assets (reported)$40.0MOct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Schedule a diffsadiff-1Oct 1, 2026FactForm ADV
Stated sectorsAI, space, crypto
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 30, 2026Fact
Stated sectorsAI, space, crypto
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 29, 2026Fact
Stated sectorsAI, space, crypto
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 28, 2026Fact
Stated sectorsAI, space, crypto
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 27, 2026Fact
Stated sectorsAI, space, crypto
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 26, 2026Fact
Stated sectorsAI, space, crypto
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 25, 2026Fact
Stated sectorsAI, space, crypto
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 16, 2026Fact
Stated sectorsAI, space, crypto
“sector words on the home page”
Sep 14, 2026Fact
Venture funds reported1Oct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
WebsiteSep 12, 2026FactForm ADV
WebsiteOct 3, 2024FactForm ADV
Site titleSep 30, 2026Fact
Site titleSep 29, 2026Fact
Site titleSep 28, 2026Fact
Site titleSep 27, 2026Fact
Site titleSep 26, 2026Fact
Site titleSep 25, 2026Fact
Site titleSep 16, 2026Fact
Site titleSep 14, 2026Fact
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersMicro VC, probable · 3 filing advisers share this firmShow
Importance
11
low
Active deployment
0
low
Emerging
0
low
Freshness
100
high
Micro VC · probableSEC exempt reporting adviser

Venture manager, reported GAV $40.0M across 1 vehicle

One of 3 advisers that share dfjjaic.com; the firm is DFJ. DFJ Dragon, DFJ Vinacapital. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.

The inputs behind each score
importance
gav: 0.18 · funds: 0.17 · people: 0.16 · 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: $40.0M · 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 identity change, 1 dated event on the change ledger, latest event first
  • Grouped with firm
    2026-09-14
  • 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: new companies, 12 mo.