Founding Partner, Draper Associates / Founding Partner, DFJ / Headmaster, Draper University
Tim Draper is a highly influential American venture capital investor and the founder of Draper Associates, DFJ (Draper Fisher Jurvetson), and Draper University. He is known for his early investments in transformative companies like Tesla, Robinhood, Twitch, Baidu, and SpaceX. Draper is a strong advocate for entrepreneurship, technology, and government reform, and he also hosts the entrepreneurial reality TV show "Meet The Drapers."
Founding Partner
Draper Associates is an industry-agnostic seed-stage venture capital firm backing visionary founders building the future: particularly interested in frontier tech from AI and biotech to crypto, defense, space, and beyond. We invest early, with conviction, in the ideas that seem impossible today but become inevitable tomorrow.
Headmaster
Providing transformational pro-business and entrepreneurship training using unconventional methods that mirror real-world scenarios and pragmatic learning approaches. We also provide venture capital investment through Draper University Ventures and the wider Draper Ecosystem.
Founding Partner
DFJ (Draper Fisher Jurvetson) is a pioneering venture firm known for early investments in transformative companies.
MBA
MBA - Business
BS
BS - Electrical Engineering
HS
HS - General
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Angel Investing, Cleantech, Venture Financing
Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Leadership, Management, Innovation, Business Planning
Start-ups, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Mobile Applications, Cloud Computing, Digital Media
Strategic Partnerships, Product Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence, Public Speaking
A globally recognized venture capital investor and advocate for entrepreneurship, Tim Draper is the founder of major VC firms and an educational institution, fostering innovation across multiple sectors globally.
Founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
Founding Partner of Draper Associates
Established Draper Venture Network (Global VC ecosystem)
Invested in transformative companies since 1985
Early backer of transformative companies like Tesla, SpaceX, and Baidu
Pioneer in crypto and frontier tech investment
Focused on 'impossible' ideas that become 'inevitable' in AI, biotech, and space tech
Backed companies like Robinhood, Twitch, and Skype
Headmaster and founder of Draper University (Hero Training)
Unleashed 6,000+ innovators from 103 countries
Sparked 1,500+ companies and 7 unicorns through education
Host of the entrepreneurial pitch show 'Meet The Drapers' (seven seasons)
Author of 'How to Be The Startup Hero'
Advocacy for government reform and decentralized technologies
Nikki Haley song. click the link and share it if you like it: https://www.timothydraper.com/nikki/Nikki_Haley_Anthem_Tim_Draper_rap.mp3 @Larry Dvoskin @gretchenrhodesmusic kerrybrown @rollinglivestu
My choice for President of the United States is NIKKI Haley. @nikkihaley #freedom #trust. She is brilliant on business, politics and society. We are so lucky she is running. Please join me and support
Draper University in wide angle
Draper Ecosystem team. Reinventing Venture Capital. #freedom #trust #global
So fun to see my good friend, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar yesterday. I am still smiling from the connection. He knows the Art of Living.
On a new electric suitcase. See ya!
I rank this country leader number one in the world for freedom. Who is it?
At @knowhow_club with gusto and enthusiasm in Brazil filming @meetthedrapers! With @trindade_filipe and @sarahbarros.mkt
