Barry Schuler

Barry Schuler is Founder and Managing Partner at DFJ Growth. His official DFJ Growth profile says he works with companies that have moved beyond seed and early funding and are more mature, especially category leaders or companies positioned to become them. The profile describes a growth-stage pattern that includes companies with at least $10 million in run rate or large monetizable audiences, citing Tumblr and Twitter as examples of DFJ Growth investments. Schuler is credited on the profile as a pioneer of the modern internet and former Chairman and CEO of America Online. He studied psychology at Rutgers University and serves or has served on boards including Formlabs, Foursquare, Glowforge, Helix, and Unity. The profile also notes interest in visual computing, AR/VR, IoT, big data, life sciences, robotics, genomics, and other emerging technology waves.