on november 13, 2017, jurvetson stepped down from his role at dfj venture capital in addition to taking leave from the boards of spacex and tesla following an internal dfj investigation into rumors of sexual harassment. while the findings of the investigation were not made public, anonymous sources alleged that the investigation "uncovered behaviors by jurvetson that were unacceptable related to a negative tone toward women entrepreneurs." jurvetson stated that stepping down from his role was unrelated to the allegations, writing "i am leaving dfj to focus on personal matters" on a statement posted to twitter.