Tim Draper

Co-Founder

San Mateo, California, United States41 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Backed SpaceX and transformed private space travel.
Trained over 6,000 innovators globally.
Invested in multiple unicorn startups.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capitalist with a focus on transformative technology and entrepreneurship.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalEntrepreneurship

Other Skills

Strategic PartnershipsInvestmentsBusiness DevelopmentEducationEducation PolicySaaSPrivate EquityStrategyPublic RelationsProduct DevelopmentLeadershipProduct ManagementAngel InvestingGeneral AwesomenessCorporate Development

About

Through Draper Associates, DFJ, and the larger Draper venture ecosystem I’ve been lucky enough to meet and fund the founders behind giants like Tesla, Robinhood, Twitch, Baidu, and SpaceX. I backed SpaceX when private space travel was unheard of. Now they’re making humanity interplanetary. I backed Colossal when they thought de-extincting animals was sci-fi. Now we have 3 dire wolf puppies. I look for visionary founders building the future before it’s obvious. Through Draper University’s hero training, we’ve unleashed 6,000+ innovators from 103 countries, sparking 1500+ companies and 7 unicorns. Through Meet The Drapers TV show, we’ve broadcasted seven seasons of entrepreneurial innovators to tens of millions of people from around the world, and we already launched at least one unicorn. I invest in founders who reshape how we live, work, and dream with new tech, new systems, and new horizons. Got a vision that will change the world? I’m listening. Pitch me: timdraper@draper.vc Apply to Draper University: draperu.com Read How to Be The Startup Hero on Amazon More: draper.vc | meetthedrapers.com | drapertv.com

Experience

Draper university

Headmaster

Jan 2008 – Present · 18 yrs 2 mos · San Mateo, Ca

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.

EntrepreneurshipEducation PolicyVenture Capital

Draper associates

Founding Partner

Jan 1985 – Present · 41 yrs 2 mos · Menlo Park/San Mateo

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.

Venture CapitalEntrepreneurshipStrategic PartnershipsInvestmentsBusiness Development