Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$500,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- MI
- TW
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: $10M
Work Experience
2014
Partner
2014
I lead investments in dual-use technology, biotech/digital health, AI, robotics, web3,and other areas. I also guide our new LPs and family offices into venture investing, helping them identify highly scalable startups such as Oklo, Colossal, Coinbase, Robinhood, and others at their earliest stages.
2023
Investor
2023
2006
Founding Partner
2006
Draper Dragon is an early-stage investment fund that I co-founded with Tim Draper and Larry Li in 2006. Today, it operates in US, Canada, and Asia. We have backed unicorns such as Microport Medical (HKSE: 0853.HK), Yeepay, Jing Jin Electric (SHA: 688280), NovelBeam (SSE: 688677), Otter.ai, Splashtop, AltoBeam, 1047 Games, Carv ($CARV), Galxe ($GAL), EtherFi ($EETH), VeChain ($VET), Certik ($CTK), QuarkChain ($QKC), Ledger, Coinbase, QTUM, OASIS ($ROSE), IOTEX, Gemini, Coinbase, and CoinDCX.
2015
Chair of the Executive Committee
2019
Draper University is the home of tomorrow’s unicorns. We run an online and residential education program for visionary entrepreneurs, a startup lab and coworking space for top founding teams, and a world-renowned early-stage venture capital firm (DFJ Global Network). To increase the success of our portfolio companies, I also direct our invite-only program that supports family offices seeking to expand more into venture investing. I also chair the board’s executive committee.
CEO
2015 - 2019
2025
Investor
2025
Inventing medicines that epigenetically reprogram cells to younger states.
2021
Investor
2021
Genetics and biosciences company focusing on de-extinction and conservation.
2016
Investor
2016
Leading AI agent tool, including for transcriptions and meeting/work productivity.
2017
Investor
2017
World-leading cryptocurrency exchange, wallet and custodian. Listed on NASDAQ in 2021 ($COIN).
CEO
2015
I lead Hero City at Draper University, which is both a startup lab and coworking space that recruits from top accelerators, as well as the home of Draper Venture Network, and its four international funds. I also direct our efforts to partner with global VCs and corporations wanting to expand their Silicon Valley footprint.
2025
Investor
2025
Robotics AI company specializing in combat AGI; both to organize its own ground/aerial unmanned vehicles as well as other autonomous craft.