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Meet the Season 6 Entrepreneurs

Get to Know the Entrepreneurs and their Companies

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Boum Boum III Jr

Daba
Africa
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Tinashe Ruzane headshot

Tinashe Ruzane

FlexClub
Africa
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Rufo Paganini

Getter
Brazil
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Anastasiia Faizulenova headshot

Anastasiia Faizulenova

Renova
Brazil
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Karolina Valente

Voxcell Bio
Brazil
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Morgan Dierstein

Foodz
Brazil
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Alan Malon

Lize.ai
Brazil
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Robin Eriksson

Cogo App
Copenhagan
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Isabella Agdestein headshot

Isabella Agdestein

Focalx.Ai
Copenhagan
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Jenifer Clausell-Tormos

Develop Diverse
Demanrk
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Travis Mathers

Airflight
Denmark
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Arvind Nair

NeuroPixel
India
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Dr. Pankajkumar Chhatrala

JC OrthoHeal Pvt Ltd.
India
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Manu Chopra

Karya
India
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Ankit Aggarwal

Unstop
Inida
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Dario Cardile

Kaaja
Italy
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Dmitry Pishchalin

Pagapresto
Italy
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Fabio Mazzero

Ipermatch
Itlay
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Ilan Nabeth

Playmakers
Paris
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Anthony Debrant

Sneakmart
Paris
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Nicolas Vaiman

Bubblemaps
Paris
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Alexandra Mikityuk

Staex
Paris
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Iheb Triki

Kumulus Water
Portugal
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Greta Clementi

My-Money
Portugal
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Omar Ebeid

Zeal
Portugal
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Amine Staali

ProvenMed
Saudi Arabia
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Sharene Lee

Takadao
Saudi Arabia
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Raza Jafri

MetaWorldX
Saudi Arabia
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Eyas Fazul

Rhoda
Sri Lanka
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Dulara de Alwis

Nootz Coconut Smoothies
Sri Lanka
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Lakshan De Silva

SpectrifyAI
Sri Lanka
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Vishal Vivek

Ukhi
Sri Sri
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Ken Hsieh

Streamteck
Taiwan
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Harry Su

Luminx Biotech
Taiwan
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Harish Neotia

Epanipuricart
Unknown
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Deepankar Lamba

Stellar Grid
Unknown
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Kalana Muthumuni

Hyperglade
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Marina Sol

Diagnio
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A Global Show

How it works

First Step
Pitch Events

36 entrepreneurs from regions across the globe are selected to pitch in front of Tim Draper and his family. Major regions featured include India, Taiwan, Portugal, Brazil, Canada, Silicon Valley, Austin, and New York!

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Second Step
Pitch Events

Every episode, viewers get to learn and experience a region’s startup ecosystem and hear pitches from entrepreneurs from that region. One entrepreneur from each episode is selected to move onto the ‘Playoff Rounds.’ Viewers at home can root for their home region by voting for their favorite startups!

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Third Step
Pitch Events

Entrepreneurs battle it out in the playoffs and 3 entrepreneurs are selected to pitch in the season finale. And here’s the twist - the top three companies with the most votes from viewers are also selected to move forward onto the season finale.

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Final Step
Pitch Events

The winner takes home $1 MILLION DOLLARS from Tim Draper AND access to Tim Draper’s startup ecosystem & networks!

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Meet the Drapers

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Bill Draper

Founder of Sutter Hill Ventures and Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. Investments: OpenTable, Athenhealth, Apollo Computer, Activision and more.

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Tim Draper

Founder of DFJ, Draper Associates, Draper Venture Network, and Draper University in Downtown San Mateo. Investments: Tesla, Robinhood, Coinbase, Skype, Hotmail and more.

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Polly Draper

Award-winning Hollywood actress, writer, producer and entrepreneur. Most noted for: Thirtysomething, The Naked Brothers Band, The Good Wife, Rhinebrook and more.

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VIP Guest Judges

Each episode features a VIP Guest Judge. Who will it be this season?

Season 6 Guest Judges

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Naveen Jain

Founder & CEO at Viome Life Science

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Cardinal Peter Turkson

President at Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

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Torsten Kolind

Investor & Advisor

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Tine Thygesen

Tech Entrepreneur and Board member at Klimaskovfonden

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Rosa Gumataotao Rios

Former Treasurer of the United States, Chair of America250

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Andrew Tang

Partner at Draper Associates

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Tyrone Lee

Venture Partner at Draper Associates

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Nikhil Kamath

Co-Founder Zerodha & True Beacon

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Nupur Hemant

Early stage Venture Capitalist

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Founder of Art of Living, Humanitarian Leader

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Madan Padaki

President, TiE Bangalore & Co-founder, GAME

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Love Yadav

General Partner-Mountain Lion Ventures

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Yureni Noshika

Actor, Model & TV Personality

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Sultan in Fahd bin Salman Al Saud

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Amal Dokhan

General Partner at 500 Global

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MICHAEL AMAR

Chairman Paris Blockchain Week & General Partner at v3ntures

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Samantha Bohbot

Chief Growth Officer & Investor at RockawayX

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Lars Seier Christensen

Chairman of the Concordium Foundation, CEO of Seier Capital

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Filipe Trindade

CEO of Know How Club

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Renato Abissamra

Managing Partner at Spectra Investments

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Alan Fernandes

Chief Operating Officer of Dakila Pesquisa and CEO of Pantanal Tranding

Guest Judges in past seasons

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Naveen Jain

Founder & CEO of Viome

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Scott McNealy

Co-founder of Sun Microsystems and Curriki

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Shalini Govil-Pai

VP/GM of TV at Google

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Thara Natalie

Wellness Warrior

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Jay Sean

Global Pop Star

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Ronnie Lott

NFL Hall of Famer

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Asra Nadeem

President of Entrepreneurship Programs at Draper University

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Paresh Ghelani

Esteemed Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

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Neville Taraporewalla

President of Brand Capital International

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Kara Ross

American Jewelry Designer

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Scott Parazynski

American Astronaut

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Adam Cheyer

Co-founder of Siri Inc.

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Siri Srinivas

Co-founder of Siri Inc.

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Anant Agarwal

Founder and CEO of edX

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Miray Tayfun

Co-founder and CEO of Vivoo

Sarika Batra

SHOWRUNNER & DIRECTOR

Sarika is the Executive Producer, Director and Showrunner of Meet the Drapers. With over a decade-long experience in content strategy and media, Sarika previously created, produced, and hosted Andaaz, an inspirational talk show which aired in 150 countries to an audience of over 20 million worldwide on Sony Entertainment Television. Sarika has also been on the producing team for TEDx San Francisco, Big Ideas for a Better India, Novus, and TiE.

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