Barry Schuler – Startup Investor Profile

General Info

Barry Schuler, founder and partner at DFJ Growth, with a background in leading AOL, focuses on nurturing companies that have advanced beyond early funding stages and are more established. His investment approach emphasizes technology convergence with life sciences. Some of his previous investments include Hands On Mobile, Synthetic Genomics, Look (2007 film), and CineVegas. Barry Schuler’s check sizes for investments at DFJ Growth are aligned with disruptive technology companies in the growth stage. He collaborates with entrepreneurs, operators, and investors, supporting successful companies like Formlabs, Foursquare, Glowforge, Helix, and NotCo. Barry Schuler’s partnership style involves a commitment to education, community involvement, and a keen interest in technology trends.
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Country: United States of America
Industries:
Investment Regions: LATAM, MENA
Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
Website:

angel-individual
LATAM, MENA

Want to start building warm intros with this investor?

Get Started for Free

🤖 AI Activity Report

Status: very-active

AI Reasoning: Searches show Barry Schuler is an active partner at DFJ Growth and DFJ Growth publicly closed Fund V in May 2025 and has portfolio activity in 2025 (DFJ Growth press). Specific portfolio companies include NotCo and Formlabs; DFJ Growth announced investments and fund activity in 2025 indicating Barry Schuler’s continued investment activity within the past 6 months. The most recent investment-related public activity is May 2025, which is within 6 months of the reference date, so classify as very-active.

Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.

Warm Intros from Portfolio Companies

Maxim Lobovsky
Founder
Formlabs
Alex Valley
Founder
UNITY
Dan Shapiro
Founder
Glowforge

Founder
HELIX

Founder
Patreon

Investment Regions Map

loading map…

Similar Investors

Region match

Adi Vagman

Based on Region
Stage match

Jeffrey Eschbach

Based on Stage
Vertical match

VC23 Investors

Based on Industry

Latest on X (Twitter)



Access all contact details of Barry Schuler

Gain instant access to partner names, verified emails, LinkedIn profiles, and more—all in one place. Dive into their portfolio founders and their LinkedIn information, so you can quickly start your outreach and look for warm intros.

Add custom tags to your investor cards. Label them by investment stage, industry focus, interest level, or any other criteria you want to stay organized.

Trusted by Founders like You

Find your matching investors using AI

Sign up to EasyVC