Draper Associates

Draper Associates
Private Company
Industry Venture Capital
Founded 1985
Founder Tim Draper
Headquarters Silicon Valley
Website www.draper.vc

Draper Associates is an early stage venture capital firm established in 1985. The firm was founded by third generation venture capitalist[1] Tim Draper and is best known for investments in companies such as Tesla, Skype, Baidu, Twitch,[2] Theranos, Hotmail and Thumbtack.[3][4]

References

  1. De Havilland, Paul (17 February 2018). "The World Needs a New Kind of Currency, Bitcoin: Investor Tim Draper". CNN. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. "Twitch investors Y Combinator, Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Associates and Alsop Louie Partners win big on Amazon acquisition - Silicon Valley Business Journal". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  3. Lunden, Ingrid. "Local Services Marketplace Thumbtack Makes Its First Acquisition, The Acqui-Hire Of HeartThis". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  4. Russo, Camila (1 December 2017). "Mark Cuban Says Bitcoin Futures Approval Is 'Generally Positive'". Bloomberg. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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