Steve Jurvetson

Co-Founder at Future Ventures · Joined 2018

View Live Interactive Profile →

Biography

Steve Jurvetson is Co-Founder of Future Ventures, the early stage deep technology firm he launched with Maryanna Saenko in 2018. Over a two decade career at Draper Fisher Jurvetson he led founding investments in companies including Hotmail, Skype, Planet Labs, D-Wave, Tesla, and SpaceX, and served on Tesla's board from 2006 to 2020. He remains a director of SpaceX and in 2024 joined the board of TMC the metals company as Vice Chairman. At Future Ventures he backs founder led companies in commercial space, fusion, quantum computing, robotics, and AI. Earlier he was an R&D engineer at Hewlett-Packard and worked in product marketing at Apple and NeXT. He holds a B.S., M.S., and M.B.A. from Stanford University and was appointed a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship in 2016.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

SpaceXTesla TSLAPlanet Labs PLD-Wave Systems QBTSHotmailSkypeSynthetic GenomicsGlycos BiotechnologiesCommonwealth Fusion SystemsNeoPhotonicsIsocline Engineering

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2006
Led DFJ's investment in Tesla and joined its board, serving until December 2020.
2016
Appointed a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by President Barack Obama.
2017
Departed Draper Fisher Jurvetson in November after more than two decades at the firm.
2018
Co-founded Future Ventures with Maryanna Saenko.
2019
Launched Future Ventures publicly with its $200 million first fund.
2024
Joined the board of TMC the metals company as director and Vice Chairman.

Sources & References

Future Ventures team bio ↗Wikipedia: Steve Jurvetson ↗TechCrunch on SpaceX board composition (June 2026) ↗TMC investor relations board page ↗