A look at venture capital using the use case of the Draper Family Network. A general intro into the Draper Network in Silicon Valley Venture Capital.
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5. Venture Capital Case Study: The Draper Family
General William H Draper
II. Venture Capital Pioneer.
Founded Draper, Gaither &
Anderson in 1959. One of
the first venture capital
companies in the world.
William H Draper III. 2nd
Generation Venture
Capital. Industry Pioneer.
Founded Draper &
Johnson Investment
Company in 1962.
Founded Sutter Hill
Ventures in 1965. Head of
the UNDP 1986. 2004
founded Draper Richards
LP, Draper Richards
Foundation and Draper
Investment Company
Tim Draper. 3rd Generation Venture Capital.
Founded Draper Fisher Jurvetson (1985), Draper
Associates (1985), Draper Venture Network and the
leading entrepreneurial accelerator Draper University
(2013). Leading venture capitalist. Pioneer investor in
bitcoin and blockchain technology
Billy Draper. 4th Generation Venture Capital.
Investor at Draper Associates
Adam Draper. 4th Generation Venture Capital.
Founder & Managing Director Boost VC (2012).
The leading blockchain technology and virtual
reality accelerator in Silicon Valley.
20. A network allows the whole to be
exponentially greater than the sum
of its parts and eliminates the
inefficiencies that exist in
disconnected systems