Tessa DeJong

Tessa C. DeJong is a corporate fund associate in the Silicon Valley office of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP. Her practice concentrates on the formation, organization, and operation of venture capital and other private equity funds, along with their general partner and management company entities. She was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2022.

According to the firm, DeJong counsels funds at all stages of their fundraising and organization, including preparing offering materials, negotiating with investors on fund formation matters, and drafting partnership, limited liability company, and other governance agreements. After fundraising, she advises fund managers on aspects of day-to-day operations. The firm states that she represents a number of venture capital firms and routinely advises first-time fund managers.

DeJong earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and participated in the Harvard Law School–Berkeley exchange program during 2021–2022. She received her B.A. in economics, cum laude, from Dartmouth College. Her listed focus areas at the firm include fund formation, fund operations and compliance, and fund investments in companies.