Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$500,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
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Lists including Andy
Investments
VirgoCX
Total Funding: $8M
Hashiona
Total Funding: $540K
Blok-Z
Total Funding:
CampusLogic
Total Funding: $140M
Gradescope
Total Funding: $6M
Affinaquest
Total Funding:
Altobeam
Total Funding: $20M
Power Assure
Total Funding: $27M
ECOtality
Total Funding: $10M
Work Experience
2014
Partner
2014
We invest in people who want to change the world. We'd love to hear from you http://www.draper.vc/submit
2006
Managing Director
2006
I cofounded the firm with my partners in 2006. We have raised a new fund (Fund 3) in Q3'16, and are actively looking for early stage technology companies in the US with market interests globally.
CEO
2015
Hero City at Draper University is a co-working space for startup founders, angels, and VCs. In fact, it is also home to the DFJ Global Network Venture Capital and its four network funds for China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. We are excited to meet founders with interesting ideas, and our application process is highly streamlined. We recruit from top accelerators, and currently have 50 portfolio companies ranging from consumer internet, big data, mobile, to fin. tech. We also welcome collaboration with corporate partners who wish to establish a foothold in Silicon Valley. sample venture-backed alumni companies https://corp.narvar.com/ https://www.payjoy.com/ http://brain.im/ https://www.cirrent.com/ https://ridezum.com/ https://alive.ly/
2015
CEO
2015
I am currently serving a dual role as the CEO of Draper University and Managing Director of Draper Dragon Fund. Draper University provides a complete ecosystem for entrepreneurs: a residential education program for 18-28 year-old aspiring entrepreneurs; Hero City, a co-working space for top founding teams with business plans; and, DFJ Global Network for early stage venture capital. DU also offers an online program DraperTV, executive education for internal innovation within large corporations, and an invite-only VCx program to educate family offices about venture investing.
2011 - 2014
Managing Director
2011 - 2014
Corporate venture arm of ABB. Investment thesis includes the consumerization of the industrial and energy sectors, including big data analytics, internet of things, advanced robotics, augmented reality, cloud computing, mobile applications, 3D printing, ... Led and served on the boards of Trilliant (IOT), Vicarious (artificial intelligence), and Grabit (advanced robotics).
2002 - 2006
Principal and Director BD
2002 - 2006
Focused on venture investments and business development. Investments included Imago Scientific, Broadbus Technologies (acq'd MOT), and Zettacom (acq'd IDTI). Director, Business Development. Completed Infineon Optical / Exar merger. Conducted sale of Infineon Ventures to LGT Capital.
2000 - 2002
Investment Banker - Technology Group
2000 - 2002
Associate, Corporate Finance and Equity Research. Provided financing and M&A advisory to venture backed companies.
1999 - 1999
Summer Associate
1999 - 1999
Worked on acquisition fairness opinion.
1995 - 1998
Senior engineer and Marketing Manager
1995 - 1998
Designed branch prediction mechanisms for Itanium processor. Drafted product requirements document and market requirements document for Intel Itanium chipset 460GX. Covered key accounts; managed and positioned product launch of Pentium(R) processor with MMX(TM) technology.
1993 - 1995
Research Assistant
1993 - 1995
Designed, demonstrated, and patented high-performance thin-film transistor fabrication process.