jurvetson was named to "forbes"' "midas list" of tech's top investors in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016. he was a board member of synthetic genomics, planet labs, nervana systems (acquired by intel), flux, d-wave, spacex, and tesla. he also led the firm's investments in tradex and cyras (acquired by ariba and ciena, respectively).