About Draper Equity
We are a global venture firm investing across Web3, AI, Fintech, and frontier technology — supporting visionary founders from idea to scale.
Full Team
Tim Draper
Steward
Founding partner of leading venture capital firms Draper Associates and DFJ. Investments include Skype, Baidu, Tesla, Hotmail, Twitch.tv, and hundreds of others.
Larry Li
Founding Partner
20 years of experience in early-stage investments. Vice chairman of Shanghai Venture Capital Association and CVCA. Successfully invested in MicroPort Medical, iKang Healthcare, and more.
Andy Tang
Founding Partner
Over 20 years in high-tech investing. Co-founded the venture fund in 2006. Seeded 10 unicorns including Coinbase, Binance, Ledger, VeChain. MBA from Wharton.
Richard Wang
Managing Partner
18+ years in business development and technical marketing in high technology. Expert in wireless systems and RF sub-system product design.
Hiro Kakiya
CFO & Partner
CPA with 20+ years in accounting and financial operations. 13-year tenure at KPMG Silicon Valley. Leading CFO advisor in the Web3 space.
Yiming Hu
Partner
Joined the firm in 2016. Responsible for evaluation of investment opportunities in Blockchain, FinTech, AR/VR, and TMT industries.
Samiz Bayan
Partner
Investor leading sourcing and diligence. 5+ years blockchain experience. Former Bank of America.
James R. Cantre
Venture Partner
Started crypto journey in 2013. Owns the first ever themed NFT collection. Founded Scarcity Labs, acquired by DraftKings.
Matt Huang
Venture Partner
Venture Partner at Outliers VC DAO. Former executive at Proofpoint growing TAP business to $300M+ ARR. MBA from Stanford.
Takashi Numamoto
Controller
CPA with over 15 years of finance and operations experience. Former Audit Senior Manager at KPMG.
Frank Miaw
Operations & Compliance
Works with the operations team. Former network engineer, cofounder, and general counsel at multiple companies.