Kevin Tu

Bio

Professional summary

Kevin Tu is a Partner at DFJ Growth, where he focuses on AI infrastructure, enterprise applications, developer tools, security, and frontier technologies. He joined DFJ Growth in 2017 and has been involved with investments including Anduril, Cohesity, Goodfire, Modular, Positron, Scale AI, Sysdig, and Vannevar Labs. Earlier, he worked in M&A and technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan, was a growth investor at Summit Partners, and built software products at Amazon, Pebble, and startups.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

AndurilCohesityGoodfireModularPositron

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

DFJ GrowthPartner2017 – Present
CohesityInterim Head of FP&A
Summit PartnersGrowth Investor
J.P. MorganM&A and Technology Investment Banking
Amazon, Pebble, and early-stage startupsSoftware Engineer / Product Builder

Education

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyComputer Science

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