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Dennis Farrar

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Smart Money Rating: 83 out of 100

Managing Director, UpStart Ventures

Firm
UpStart Ventures
Title
Managing Director
Role
Managing partner
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

Mr. Farrar has over 17 years of seed stage venture investing delivering investors an outstanding 213% IRR. Starting in the early 1990, Mr. Farrar launched the Founders Fund, which invested in 9 university life science technologies, launching and exiting 7.

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Education
He holds both a BA and JD from Stanford University.Source (opens in a new tab)

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