About DFJ ePlanet Ventures
DFJ ePlanet Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. It is primarily based out of Menlo Park, United States. As of Mar 2021, DFJ ePlanet Ventures has invested in 5 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Colombia based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Retail and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series D round of Manthan Overall, DFJ ePlanet Ventures portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions, namely IXI Mobile, N Focus Neuro and Vizify. A lot of funds co-invest with DFJ ePlanet Ventures, with names like Chiratae Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. DFJ ePlanet Ventures has team of 4 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
DFJ ePlanet Ventures' List of All Investments
DFJ ePlanet Ventures has a portfolio of 5 companies. Their most notable investmentis in ManthanTheir portfolio spans across India, Israel, South Korea and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, High Tech and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of all investments by DFJ ePlanet Ventures:1. Manthan
Platform offering AI-powered prescriptive analytics applications for customer-facing businesses. The company designs applications integrating decision sciences, advanced mathematics, and artificial intelligence. It offers algorithmic customer experience, merchandise analytics, and vendor link technology. The company provides solutions for fashion, apparel, food, grocery, restaurant, and convenience stores.
Key facts about Manthan
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹100 - ₹500 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $170M
- Employee Count: 770 as on Feb 28, 2025
- Investors: Western Alliance Bank, Dell and 106 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Mar 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. IXI Mobile
Key facts about IXI Mobile
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Netanya (Israel)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $39.3M
- Employee Count: 19 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Saints Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Jun 21, 2006, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Nfocus Neuromedical develops endovascular neurosurgery solutions for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms.
Key facts about N Focus Neuro
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $37M
- Investors: Endeavour Vision, InCube Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Herit
Provider of Unified network communication solutions. It offers open service solutions, which enable blended services on digital television and various digital devices. It offers broadcasting and telecom convergent services, telecom and web convergent services. It helps fixed-line carriers to move towards IP networks. Its solutions also include VOIP service, IP messaging, and multi-media IMS. It is gradually expanding into the IT convergence field and it provides M2M Biz Server, which is a platform to interwork M2M gateways.
Key facts about Herit
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Seoul (South Korea)
- Stage: Deadpooled
- Employee Count: 16 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: DFJ ePlanet Ventures and Samsung Venture Investment
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 2004, $*****
5. Vizify
Key facts about Vizify
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Colombia
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $1.2M
- Investors: DFJ ePlanet Ventures and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 03, 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
DFJ ePlanet Ventures' Investments by Stage
DFJ ePlanet Ventures has made 2 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2M, 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.2M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $15M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 2 |
Seed | 1 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
DFJ ePlanet Ventures' Investments by Sector
DFJ ePlanet Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Big Data - Industry Applications, Financial Services, High Tech and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 4 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 3 Software companies, 3 Tech companies and 1 company focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Big Data - Industry Applications | 1 |
Financial Services | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Retail | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
DFJ ePlanet Ventures' Investments by Geography
DFJ ePlanet Ventures has made most investments in Colombia (1), followed by India where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Colombia | 1 |
India | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
South Korea | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
DFJ ePlanet Ventures' recent investments
DFJ ePlanet Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by DFJ ePlanet Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 01, 2021 | India | Series D | 1422 | [+88] | |
Jan 03, 2012 | Colombia | Seed | 4711 | [+1] | |
Nov 19, 2009 | India | Series B | 6248 | [+1] | |
Jun 06, 2008 | India | Series A | 3699 | ||
Mar 22, 2007 | India | Series A | 1342 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in DFJ ePlanet Ventures' Portfolio
3 companies from DFJ ePlanet Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Vizify in Mar 2014 by Yahoo for $*****.Here are DFJ ePlanet Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 05, 2014 | Jan 03, 2012 | Seed | 7580 | |
Feb 19, 2013 | - | - | 5034 | |
Dec 25, 2008 | Oct 14, 2002 | Series B | 7806 |
Team profile of DFJ ePlanet Ventures
DFJ ePlanet Ventures has a team of 4 members including 3 Partners and 1 Venture Partner located in India, United Kingdom and 1 more location. DFJ ePlanet Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in DFJ ePlanet Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | London | |||
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | - | - | ||
Venture Partner | Bengaluru |
Co-investors of DFJ ePlanet Ventures
Over the past 24 years, 103 investors have co-invested in DFJ ePlanet Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before DFJ ePlanet Ventures: SIDBI Venture Capital and Samsung Venture Investment have invested in rounds before DFJ ePlanet Ventures. There is 1 company where SIDBI Venture Capital has invested before DFJ ePlanet Ventures and 1 company where Samsung Venture Investment has invested before DFJ ePlanet Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of DFJ ePlanet Ventures: 7 investors entered a company along with DFJ ePlanet Ventures. These include investors like Chiratae Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after DFJ ePlanet Ventures: A total of 94 investors have invested in DFJ ePlanet Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Norwest (1 company), Eight Roads Ventures (1 company) and Innoven Capital (1 company).
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