appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message dfj frontier type private ownership industry private equity founded 2002 founder david cremin scott lenet headquarters los angeles california united states products venture capital total assets 80 million website www.dfjfrontier.com dfj frontier is an american venture capital firm with offices in los angeles sacramento and santa barbara california as well as portland oregon . the firm invests in seed and early stage technology companies on the west coast initially funding companies with between 100 000 and 1 million . the firm has approximately 80 million under management in two funds dfj frontier fund i lp 25.6 million 2003 vintage and dfj frontier fund ii lp 55.4 million 2007 vintage . dfj frontier typically leads the first round of investment with one of its partners serving on the board of the portfolio company . dfj frontier is a network partner of the dfj network and dfj . dfj is based in menlo park california with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over 5 billion in capital commitments . 1 these 17 individually structured venture capital firms form a network with over 150 investment professionals . notable dfj network investments include admob acquired by google baidu hotmail acquired by microsoft overture acquired by yahoo skype acquired by ebay and maxpreps acquired by cbs sports . dfj frontier was founded in 2002 by managing directors david cremin and scott lenet former entrepreneurs and venture capitalists . frank foster joined as a venture partner in 2003 becoming a managing director in 2007 . the firm s venture partners include jim schraith oleg kaganovich brian danella eric rosenfeld and tony perkins . contents 1 investment criteria 2 entrepreneurial education 3 portfolio 4 references 5 external links investment criteria edit stage dfj frontier invests in seed yet to complete product development and early stage product development complete may have launched companies . geography dfj frontier invests in companies on the west coast of the united states . industry sector information technology internet media life sciences and other . business model characteristics dfj frontier favors investments with recurring revenue characteristics defensibility from competition and extensibility into new markets products and geographies . entrepreneurial education edit the partners at dfj frontier have developed curriculum to teach entrepreneurship and venture capital to mbas phds post doctoral students and undergraduates . dfj frontier investment professionals have served as adjunct professors at uc davis uc santa barbara cal poly san luis obispo and university of southern california ; and co founded the center for entrepreneurship at uc davis . the firm has run entrepreneurship academies or guest lectured at stanford university harvard university the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania ucla university of michigan portland state university university of oregon oregon state university oregon health & science university university of edinburgh royal institute of technology stockholm sweden csu fresno csu sacramento and humboldt state university . the firm s professionals author a byline called something ventured to educate entrepreneurs about venture capital . the column has appeared in the sacramento business journal . portfolio edit dfj frontier has provided venture capital for the following companies name first invested description status momentfeed jul 11 analytics and marketing tools for location based engagement . private super heat games apr 11 collectible trading card games showcasing the world s top professional action sports athletes . private dx biosciences oct 10 develops diagnostic technologies to extract biomarkers from tissue samples . private unsubscribe oct 10 one click unsubscribe plug in for email . private mywinesdirect aug 10 software and logistics for online and interstate wine shipping . private gamesalad jun 10 leading software platform for developing casual games . private predixion software jun 10 cloud based predictive analytics tools for business . private appletree nov 09 wiki based family tree of the world . private netpulse oct 09 interactive media platform for fitnesss equipment . private marval biosciences sep 09 next generation contrast agents for medical imaging . private janrain jul 09 saas user management platform for websites . private lottay jun 09 social friend to friend gifting platform . private hyrdadx nov 08 develops low cost molecular diagnostics for dehydration . private audiomicro sep 08 music and sound effects for any creative project . private foundog sep 08 provider of next generation corporate promotional products . acquired by life360 zadspace jul 08 direct marketing solutions for the packaged shipments industry . private usamp apr 08 online sample services for market research firms . private planitax nov 07 corporate tax software services . acquired by thomson reuters clearaccess jul 07 broadband network management technology . private acquisition announced by cisco 2 d.light design jul 07 affordable lighting and power solutions for rural households . private delve networks jul 07 audio and video search technology . acquired by limelight networks nasdaq llnc boom studios jun 07 diversified media production and publishing . private mogreet apr 07 video mobile messaging . private synapsense may 06 wireless sensor network technologies . private chimeros apr 06 nanoscale technology for the delivery of nucleic acids . private skygrid feb 06 real time information services for the finance industry . private iconix nov 05 high definition video solutions . private synthetic genomics sep 05 genomic manufacturing techniques for energy and life sciences applications . private dragnet solutions aug 05 fraud prevention and identity management solutions for banking and retail . private bondmart jun 05 real time trading platform for municipal securities . private world of good jun 05 fair trade globally sourced gifts . acquired by ebay nasdaq ebay tioga energy feb 05 solar finance and integration services . private jiwire dec 04 wi fi ad network hotspot directory and wi fi consumer software . private maxpreps dec 04 online publisher of national high school sports media and information . acquired by cbs sports prolacta bioscience sep 04 specialty nutrition for premature and low birth weight infants private crystalvoice aug 04 quality of service software for voice over internet solutions . acquired by global ip sound intematix dec 03 material science discovery services . private lipomics dec 03 predictive diagnostics for personalized medicine . acquired by tethys bioscience tethys bioscience dec 03 predictive diagnostics for personalized medicine . private ontech oct 03 self heating technology for food packaging . private digital path may 03 wireless broadband networks . private abazab jan 03 video sharing technology . private references edit draper fisher jurvetson cisco acquires clearaccess 28 march 2012 . visited 3 april 2012 external links edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dfj frontier & oldid 743512076 categories venture capital firms of the united statescompanies based in los angeleshidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from july 2011articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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