Draper Dragon
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Draper Dragon is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2006 that invests in frontier technology companies, with a focus on AI, agent systems and blockchain infrastructure. It is a core member of the Draper network and has backed more than 130 companies.
Draper Dragon is a venture capital firm, founded in 2006. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in AI, agent systems, blockchain infrastructure and digital assets.
“Draper Dragon backs founders building the next generation of AI, agent systems, and blockchain infrastructure. We partner at the earliest stages, helping ambitious teams turn frontier technologies into businesses with lasting impact.”
— Draper Dragon, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Invests in
- Silicon Valley, Asia, global
- Sectors
- AI, agent systems, blockchain infrastructure, digital assets, semiconductors, enterprise software
- Founded
- 2006
Team, as Draper Dragon publishes it
- Samiz Bayan Partner
- Yiming Hu Partner
- Richard Wang Partner
- Aleeha Banerjee Principal
- Ryo Tamura Principal
- Tank Chen Investor
- Norman Lai Chief Financial Officer
- Larry Li Founding Partner
- Andy Tang Founding Partner
- Tim Draper Steward
- Matt Huang Venture Partner
- James R. Cantre Venture Partner
Names and roles exactly as listed on draperdragon.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
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