Tim Draper

We were among the first to believe in Bitcoin at Draper Associates and we’ve continued betting on the next generation of groundbreaking ideas since. Yes, we’re still big on crypto but we’re industry-agnostic by design. If it’s unconventional and world-shifting — we’re in. What…

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…

What if cancer therapy had surgical precision… without the surgery? Pinpoint accuracy. Full potency. Healthy cells stay healthy. Old way: Systemic drugs that ravage your immune system, gut, and hair follicles to reach one tumor. New way: Direct-to-tumor delivery that…

We just hired a PhD research assistant who specializes in reading 200 million published papers in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee.☕ Deep Search from Consensus ( @ConsensusNLP ) has entered the chat… Allow us to blow your mind: 🤯 -Complete literature reviews in…

When Elon walked into my office in 2010, this is why I immediately liked him. This is why I invested in every company he started from that moment forward: He’s been space obsessed since childhood. He put his own money on the line before approaching investors. He knew where he…

I’m not a contrarian investor. Contrarian implies that there’s is a dissenting voice. I look for companies that are so exciting and innovative that there is no dissenting voice. When you're investing in something truly new, you might be challenging the status quo, but mostly…

“Safe” bets are actually risky bets to me. Safe = Consensus Consensus = Obvious, not a big enough stretch. Consensus will be done by the big companies before a startup is able to build its market. There was an era when everyone loved traditional brokers. That was the ‘safe’…

Just had an incredible conversation with Grace Dawes. Here’s some of what we covered: -Detroit automakers missed electric vehicles. To catch up… they need to make them fly. I said to a large audience of auto industry execs: "You missed electric vehicles, so you better make…

I do not like the label @Bitcoin maximalist. I'm an innovation maximalist. Bitcoin is incredible. It’s transparent, keeps perfect records, immutable, transparent, global, accepted everywhere and has a 63% market share in crypto. One thing people don’t focus on is that Bitcoin…

We went up in the sky to celebrate the new Bitcoin ATH 🟠🚀

Startups achieve success slowly, building their company brick by brick. Founders can develop marketing leverage by building a viral or network effects strategy or… by partnering with larger companies who have great distribution themselves and trying to reach through to the end…

My son beat me to the best investment of the decade. @Brian_Armstrong walks into my office to pitch @Coinbase. My son, @AdamDraper was there and we love the pitch and love Brian. I want in immediately, but I'd already invested in @CoinLab (a startup with a similar premise).…

“Why VC?” “Why now?” Wrong question. The right question? “Why wouldn’t I invest in early stage VC… always?” The best investors invest through every single market cycle. 🐻 🐂 📈 📉 The macro view only impacts early stage venture capital when there’s an exit, and that might…

This is a fun one! Bitcoin Will Replace U.S. Dollar In 10 Years, Says Billionaire VC Tim Draper coindesk.com/coindesk-news/… via @coindesk

Several communities have been started for marketers. Workspace6 ( @Workspace6_io ) and Foxwell Founders have successfully built communities for high-level digital marketers. They make money from membership dues, affiliate partnerships, and referral deals, and their networks…

While doing due diligence on potentially investing in the Las Vegas @Athletics, I stumbled on @BananaBall_. Now I’m looking for the Banana Balls of startups. Let me explain: I love traditional baseball. But it’s the almost identical to the game that was invented in 1839. But…