Biography
John H. N. Fisher is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and is a 23-year veteran of the venture capital business. On behalf of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, John serves on the boards of CMI Marketing, ContextWeb, Hands On Mobile (formerly MFORMA), Raydiance, Ripple, Solar City, and Visto. He served on the boards of Selectica (NASDAQ: SLTC), C2B until its acquisition by Inktomi (INKT), Convoy before its acquisition by Neon/Sybase (SY), Medior until its acquisition by America OnLine (AOL), RightPoint before its acquisition by E.piphany (EPNY), Soundview Technology Group (SNDV) before its acquisition by Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), Safeview until its acquisition by L3 Communications, and Webline until its acquisition by Cisco (CSCO). On behalf of various DFJ funds, John sourced Baidu (BIDU), Hotmail (acquired by MSFT), United OnLine (UNTD), and Combinet (acquired by CSCO). He was also an investor in Software Quality Automation (SQAX) before its acquisition by Rational Software (RATL). In addition, John serves on the board of DFJ ePlanet Ventures and on the Investment Committees of DFJ Growth Fund, DFJ New England, and DFJ Esprit Ventures. Previously, John worked at ABS Ventures, where he was responsible for much of the firm's investment efforts in computer software and services. In addition to his venture capital experience, John gained investment industry experience at Alex. Brown & Sons and Bank of America. John graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard College, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School. John serves as a Trustee of the California Academy of Sciences, and he is on the board of Common Sense Media.
