Draper Associates
@drapervc
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Funding the future first, before the world catches up. Early-stage VC firm.
California, USA
Joined October 2015
RT @TimDraper: I was asked what would be a “Heck, Yes!” and what would be a “Heck, No!” when faced with a new entrepreneur. Here was my ans….
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RT @michellebkwok: Looking to invest in rational founders building irrational ideas @drapervc . Who should we be funding?.
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RT @michellebkwok: We invested in @herasight, a top-of-the-line embryo screening startup. Last week they emerged out of stealth with a pape….
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What if cancer treatment started with a drop of blood and a twin of your tumor?. Sounds like sci-fi, but it's happening now in Taiwan. CancerFree Biotech ( @CancerFreeBio ) has cracked the code on figuring out which cancer drug will actually work for your specific tumor:. →
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RT @NaorisProtocol: Naoris Protocol is proud to announce a total of $37.5M raised across private rounds and the public sale, led by @draper….
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Draper portco out of stealth: @herasight. They've already screened hundreds of embryos against 17 proven predictors of major disease & a predictor for IQ, and celebrated several successful births. 🧬 The science in one look. - Built polygenic scores for 17 diseases using a.
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The future of energy is here. #DraperCompany.
Talked with @ShawnRyan762 about how we @AetherfluxUSA plan to deliver energy from space to America starting next year. Full @ShawnRyanShow episode below
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Congrats to Draper Co @herasight for coming out of stealth. Big moves coming.
I’ve been working with an IVF startup, @herasight, that has already screened hundreds of embryos. Today we come out of stealth with a paper showing that our predictors for 17 diseases — validated within-family — beat the competition, with improved performance in non-Europeans🧵
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RT @TimDraper: Draper Associates invested $1 million in this bold and forward thinking startup, and we committed within the hour. That com….
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The dollar is dead. It’s only a matter of time. Fresh interview with @Cointelegraph where we broke down why @Bitcoin's traditional 4-year cycle is about to get disrupted. Between 10-20 years from now, the dollar will be extinct. We are right in the center of an.
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The best entrepreneurs don't necessarily come from Silicon Valley. The next unicorn could very well come out of Tuscaloosa or Columbus. The next season of Meet The Drapers is going to prove it. We’re taking a tour across the country to interview the best entrepreneurs in the
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Bitcoin just got programmable and most people have no idea what this means. Midl is doing something that's never been done before…. Run smart contracts natively on Bitcoin. Not on a sidechain. Not on a Layer 2. Not through some bridge. Directly on the Bitcoin network. This
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This question is why we just led a $1.2M round in Solo…. How do you prove you're human online without giving up your privacy?. Every day, millions of fake accounts are created. And we have no way to stop them. Solo is solving the impossible problem of Credible Anonymity. You
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Think ostriches, but 12-feet tall and without wings. They were called MOAs and lived in New Zealand 600 years ago. And they’re coming back. Colossal Biosciences ( @colossal ) isn't bringing back the MOAs just for the "cool factor.". But to be clear… it IS pretty cool. Steps.
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Full circle as @webflow, which we built our new website on, is a Draper Associates company.
We just launched our new Draper Associates website. This isn’t just a redesign. It’s a reintroduction. For decades, we’ve backed the bold: founders building rockets, reprogramming cells, rewiring money, and reshaping the world. After 40 years of investing in world-changing
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RT @TimDraper: We just launched our new Draper Associates website. This isn’t just a redesign. It’s a reintroduction. For decades, we’ve….
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When you look at the AI lifecycle, general AI hype is cooling down, valuations have stalled and the secondary markets are flooded with offers. We're not at internet bubble levels yet, but most of the current AI companies won’t survive. The current opportunities are in the.
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Ethereum developers are panicking. Bitcoin just became programmable. @Torram_xyz just launched their 3M Token Developer Challenge and it's about to change everything we know about Bitcoin DeFi. For the first time ever, developers can build native DeFi applications directly on.
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