Kevin Tu joined DFJ Growth in 2017 and has been actively involved with the firm's investments in Aera Technology, Anduril, Armis, Cohesity, DataRobot, Immuta, Innovium (Marvell), OpenAI, Salt Security, Sysdig, and Vannevar. His areas of focus include enterprise applications, infrastructure, security, open-source software, developer tools, AI, sustainability, and frontier technologies.
He also served as the interim head of FP&A at Cohesity, joining after DFJ Growth's investment to help lead finance and strategy.
Prior to joining the firm, Kevin held roles at J.P. Morgan in its M&A and technology investment banking practices and at Summit Partners as a growth investor. Kevin trained as a software engineer and built products for Amazon, Tinder, Pebble smartwatches, Melon, zSpace, Mapkin, CrowdComfort, and TrueLens.
His unique combination of technical and engineering know-how, alongside finance, operations, and scaling expertise, serves as a valuable resource to DFJ Growth entrepreneurs and portfolio companies.
Kevin graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a major in computer science. While at MIT, he was president of the Sloan Business Club and worked with the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship to develop and direct a program for freshmen entrepreneurs. Kevin also participated in hackathons, played varsity volleyball, and sang in a cappella group at MIT.
He also served as the interim head of FP&A at Cohesity, joining after DFJ Growth's investment to help lead finance and strategy.
Prior to joining the firm, Kevin held roles at J.P. Morgan in its M&A and technology investment banking practices and at Summit Partners as a growth investor. Kevin trained as a software engineer and built products for Amazon, Tinder, Pebble smartwatches, Melon, zSpace, Mapkin, CrowdComfort, and TrueLens.
His unique combination of technical and engineering know-how, alongside finance, operations, and scaling expertise, serves as a valuable resource to DFJ Growth entrepreneurs and portfolio companies.
Kevin graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a major in computer science. While at MIT, he was president of the Sloan Business Club and worked with the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship to develop and direct a program for freshmen entrepreneurs. Kevin also participated in hackathons, played varsity volleyball, and sang in a cappella group at MIT.
