J. Skyler Fernandes is the Co-Founder and General Partner at VU Venture Partners. See sector focus and contact routes.
J. Skyler Fernandes is the Co-Founder and General Partner at VU Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco, with over 15 years of experience investing in more than 150 portfolio companies. He previously served as the founding Managing Director of Simon Venture Group, the corporate venture arm of Simon Property Group, and held investment roles at Cleveland Avenue before co-founding VU in 2017. Fernandes primarily invests in early-stage technology companies across seed to Series B, with sector focus on AgTech, AI, robotics, biotech, real estate/proptech, and marketplaces. His typical initial check ranges from $200,000 to $1 million, and VU often follows with up to $10 million in later rounds, aiming to participate in two to four rounds per company as a long-term capital partner. Notable portfolio companies backed by VU under his leadership include Beyond Meat, Facebook, Uber, and Twitter, with the firm having supported over 20 unicorns. Fernandes is ranked as a Powerlist 100 VC and has created widely used startup resources such as “The Best Startup Pitch Deck,” which has been downloaded over 700,000 times.
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