About Draper Equity

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.

Works with the operations team. Former network engineer, cofounder, and general counsel at multiple companies.

William Kwok

Partner

Seasoned investor and operator with deep cross-border expertise across technology and financial services.

Edward Lee

Partner

Investment professional focused on early-stage technology companies, with experience across venture capital and growth investing.