Designer Fund is a venture capital firm founded by designers that invests between $100K and $1M in early-stage tech companies that use design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity. Its portfolio includes companies such as Stripe, Gusto, and Omada Health.

Palo Alto CA (+ Berlin, Munich, London, Tel Aviv, Paris). Independent venture firm backed by Siemens (name references Siemens founding year 1847). Founded 2016. Leads Series A/B in enterprise software, AI/ML, dev tools, cybersecurity, deep tech, industrial tech. Partners: TJ Rylander (IQT Managing Partner 10yr → next47 GP; led IQT West Coast; investments include FireEye, Cloudera, Pure Storage, Cloudant, Platfora), Lak Ananth (Global Managing Partner). ~247 companies invested. 16 unicorns including Verkada ($3.5B), Skydio (autonomous drones). Evergreen structure. Brings Siemens global customer ecosystem to portfolio without strategic control constraints. $2-10M typical check. Co-investors: Menlo Ventures, Insight Partners.

Menlo Park CA. Early-stage VC focused on enterprise, AI, and frontier technologies. Successor to DFJ (Draper Fisher Jurvetson). Partners: Mo Islam (IQT alum, PNNL, Lockheed Martin, NSF background; Stanford EE + MBA), Heidi Roizen, Andreas Stavropoulos, Bill Bryant. Mo Islam focus: AI infrastructure, frontier tech, deep tech, defense-adjacent. Portfolio: Benepass, EdgeQ (ARM-based 5G chip), Elementary, Freeform, OpsLevel, Parasail, Yellowbrick Data, Moonlake, Zoox (acquired by Amazon), Imagen (acquired by Google), Atomwise, Mythic (analog AI chips), Upside Foods. Deep IQT network — Mo Islam conducted CIA technical diligence at IQT. Also held roles at Intel. [merged from 1373]: Venture capital firm formerly known as DFJ Venture. San Francisco CA. Focus: enterprise, AI, frontier technologies. Mo Islam is General Partner. Portfolio: Benepass, EdgeQ, Elementary, Freeform, OpsLevel, Parasail, Yellowbrick Data, Atomwise, Imagen, Mythic, Upside Foods, Zoox.