DFJ Esprit

  • Experienced Tech Investors

    Experience has taught us that good venture capital begins with respect between entrepreneur and investor.

  • Building Businesses

    We thrive on working with entrepreneurs to build great businesses.

  • Globally

    As the European partner of the DFJ Network we are uniquely positioned to help companies grow internationally.

  • StrikeAd
    Demand Side Platform dedicated to mobile
  • Aveillant
    Radar data services company operating infill radar systems
  • Qosmos
    Deep Packet Inspection and Network Intelligence technology
  • Redkite Financial Markets
    Independent markets surveillance solutions
  • Neul
    Wireless broadband standard and network operator
  • Lime Microsystems
    Developed a single-chip multi-band multi-standard broadband transceiver
  • GreenPeak Technologies
    Very low power wireless transceivers for wireless sensor markets
  • Oxford Immunotec
    Medical diagnostics company developing new tests for diseases
  • Kiadis
    Drug development company specialising in Cancer Therapeutics.
  • XMOS
    Programmable chips bringing together the capabilities of processors, DSPs, ASICs and FPGAs
  • KVS
    KVS was acquired by Veritas (now Symantec) in 2004 for $225m
  • Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR)
    LISTED on the LSE in 2004 at a capitalisation of £240m
  • Blackspider Technologies
    SOLD to SurfControl for $40m in 2006
  • Alphamosaic
    SOLD to Broadcom Inc in 2004 for £100m
  • Buy.at
    SOLD to AOL for $128m
  • Zeus Technology
    Acquired by Riverbed in 2011 for $140m
  • ZBD Displays
    Designs and manufactures low power, proprietary, bi-stble LCD displays.
  • DisplayLink
    A pioneer of network display technology
  • LOVEFiLM
    Markets and enables subscription based DVD-rental services
  • Lagan
    Supplies CRM solutions to Government organisations in UK & N.America
  • Imagine Communications
    Dublin-based telecoms service provider
  • Clearswift
    Provides organisations world-wide with highly scalable tools for content filtering
  • Light Blue Optics
    Develops and supplies next generation miniature projection systems
  • Netronome
    Highly programmable semiconductor products for intelligent flow processing in network and comms devices
  • Nimbus
    Enterprise Business Process Management solutions
  • The Cloud
    The market leading independent European public access provider of Wi-Fi services
  • Icera Inc
    Sold to Nvidia for $367m
  • ApaTech
    ACQUIRED by Baxter International Inc. for $330m in March 2010
  • CamSemi
    Fabless semiconductor company developing next generation of power ICs

Latest News

  • StrikeAd announces £2m financing from DFJ Esprit

    London, UK – January 11th, 2012 – StrikeAd, the London and New York based mobile advertising specialists, today announced it has secured £2m second round investment from venture capital firm DFJ Esprit. The investment, which follows first round finance... [read more]