Tagged: tim draper

February 2, 2026 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Moderates and Republicans frequently lament California’s decline. While the state has wonderful beaches, mountains, great weather, and a robust innovation ecosystem, the politics have been a disaster for many years. High taxes, dilapidated infrastructure, and numerous allegations of government-backed fraud have helped make the Golden… Read More

May 23, 2025 @ 7:38 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Web3 personalities had plenty to discuss this week, as AI companies risk trampling over copyright protections, historians are concerned about ownership of the digital record, and gold and BTC price surges fuel concerns. AI companies skirting copyright law “What was simply a global race for… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 7:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

1Fort, an AI platform for business insurance, has raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures. The round also included Draper Associates (Tim Draper); Karim Atiyeh, the founder of Ramp; and participation from all existing VCs: Village Global, Operator Partners, 8-Bit Capital, Character VC and Company Ventures. This latest round brings the 1Fort total funding to $10… Read More

November 10, 2023 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mogul, a new real estate investment platform, has raised $3.6 million in seed funding, according to a company statement. The company said the round was over-subscribed and led by Anitha Vadavatha (AY Ventures), with participation from Tim Draper & Associates, Draper B1, InterVest, Draper Dragon,… Read More

March 11, 2023 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EtherMail, the Web3 Email Solution setting the standard for anonymous and encrypted wallet-to-wallet communication, has successfully “raised $4 million USD in a pre-Series A funding round led by Tim Draper and Draper Associates, a global venture capital firm investing in industry transforming companies.” The investment… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

  Tim Draper and the Draper Venture Network (DVN) have just announced a new option to invest in private investments.  The Draper Round Table will launch this January that aims to enable family offices, venture capitalists, angel investors, and other “solo-capitalists” to access a syndication… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Old Street Digital (OSD) recently revealed that it has finalized a $2.8 million seed round that has reportedly been led by Draper Associates. OSD is focused on developing an institutional fund manager bringing the very best of active, fundamental research-driven portfolio management to crypto-assets. The… Read More

March 12, 2022 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Draper Hero Index (DHI) says it will start monthly updates to its United States Draper Innovation Index (DII US), a measurement of a state’s competitiveness when it comes to entrepreneurship and innovation. The Index is created in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet – beginning… Read More

February 11, 2022 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin payment provider OpenNode has finalized a $20 million Series A round that was led by U.K. firm Kingsway at a $220 million valuation in order support its international  expansion. Other participants in OpenNode’s investment round include Twitter, venture capital investor Tim Draper and Avon… Read More

June 17, 2021 @ 6:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Draper Goren Holm has invested in cryptocurrency exchange H2cryptO. “We’re so excited to welcome H2cryptO into our family as George and his team have a proven track record of understanding the sector on an intimate level, making them well-positioned to become an industry leader,” said… Read More

October 4, 2020 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Propy, the US-Bulgarian blockchain-based platform for conducting real estate transactions, has reportedly received an investment from Tim Draper, the legendary venture capitalist who has launched and supported many successful businesses during his extensive career. Propy, which had conducted an initial coin offering (ICO) to raise… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain focused VC firm Draper Goren Holm has invested in Tezos Stable Technologies (StableTech), the Foundation for DeFi on Tezos. Draper Goren Holm led the recently closed seed round. StableTech seeks to coordinate the development and deployment of open-source DeFi projects. Tezos Stablecoin Foundation (TSF) is… Read More

April 22, 2020 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

A “first-ever” crypto-exchange plugin for WordPress has been announced by the VC firm of Draper Goren Holm. The plugin is being pitched as the quickest way to launch your very own cryptocurrency exchange without a squadron of engineers to do the work (and maintain a… Read More

March 31, 2020 @ 10:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Draper Goren Holm, a young venture group that includes prominent VC Tim Draper, announced on Tuesday that its portfolio company Totle has been focused on developing an advanced order routing system that will find the “absolute best” combination of orders to get the most value… Read More

March 16, 2020 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Goren Holm has invested in DeFi Money Market (DMM) a platform that enables digital asset holders to Earn 6.25% backed by real-world assets, according to a company release. Draper Goren Holm is a young venture group that includes prominent VC Tim Draper. A noted crypto… Read More

March 5, 2020 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Draper Goren Holm, a Los Angeles based venture firm led by Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm, announced on Thursday it is offering an incentive to those who are looking to learn more about Blockchain during the Los Angeles Blockchain Summit, which will take… Read More

February 24, 2020 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tim Draper, a billionaire VC and crypto advocate, was interviewed on CNBC today. Draper shared that he has been out of the market for about 6 months and, alternatively, invested in crypto including Bitcoin, an asset class he views as a safe-haven of sorts. The… Read More

February 20, 2020 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Legendary billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper has reportedly purchased 1 million ANT tokens, which are presently worth an estimated $825,000, in order to join the governance structure of the Aragon blockchain platform. Aragon is an open-source initiative for managing decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs. As… Read More

December 9, 2019 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Prominent venture capitalist and blockchain proponent Tim Draper has backed LA-based blockchain-focused venture firm. Goren Holm Ventures has received an investment from Draper and expanded his partnership with the firm, now rebranded to Draper Goren Holm. Co-founded by Josef Holm and Alon Goren, the VC… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Goren Holm Ventures (GHV), a Fintech and blockchain-focused venture studio has joined Draper Venture Network’s DVN Beta program. GHV was founded by Alon Goren and Josef Holm, co-creators of Crypto Invest Summit and Security Token Summit. GHV has evolved into a venture studio, accelerating six… Read More