ON THE HUNT FOR THE NEXT BIG IDEA

Each Episode:

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Pitching their business in
hopes for investment

JUDGES

from the Draper family
plus a celebrity judge

Millions

OF INVESTORS INCLUDING YOU

investing real dollars in startups

Meet The Drapers is a groundbreaking reality show in Silicon Valley where the viewers get to decide the next big idea in tech. The legendary Draper family meets the world's hottest new entrepreneurs, on the hunt for the next billion dollar idea.

Here is how it works.
We scour the world for the best entrepreneurs and select the top 27. These selected founders get up close and personal with three generations of the Draper's and celebrity guest judges to fight for a spot in the grand finale.

Here is the twist.
The viewers get to invest in these companies and be part of the next ground breaking companies from Silicon Valley.

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THE JUDGES

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LEGENDARY DRAPER VC'S

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INVESTING STYLES

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Bill Draper

Bill Draper started Draper & Johnson in 1962 and later founded Sutter Hill Ventures and Draper Richards.

His investments include:

OpenTable
Athenhealth
Apollo Computer (acquired by HP)
Integrated Genetics (Genzyme)
Qume (I.T.T.)
Activision (Mediagenic)
Xidex (Eastman Kodak)
Measurex
Hybritech (Eli Lilly)
and many more!

Tim Draper

Bill's son, Tim Draper founded Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network. He is a legendary Venture Capitalist in the Silicon Valley, with major investments under his name

He was an early investor in more than 30 unicorns including: Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, Baidu, Twitch, PTC, Robinhood, and Bitcoin.

He also started Draper University of Heroes, a school dedicated to supercharging entrepreneurs.

Polly Draper

Polly is an award-winning Actress, writer, producer and director; she is most famous for her leading role in the TV series "Thirty Something," and as a showrunner for Nickelodeon's "The Naked Brother's Band," which starred her sons Nat and Alex Wolff.

More recently, Polly can be seen on "The Good Wife," and "Rhinebrook." Plus, she stars in the films "Our Idiot Brother," "Jane Wants a Boyfriend," and opposite Jenny Slate in indie darling "Obvious Child."

Polly's recent film "Stella's Last Weekend," she wrote, directed and stars opposite her sons Nat and Alex Wolff. Polly can be seen next in CBS's highly anticipated dark thriller series "Tell Me a Story."

VIP Guest Judge

Every week, one of Silicon Valley's luminaries is a guest judge on Meet The Drapers.

Who will it be? What is their investment style? What industry are they known for? Find out every Saturday.

Bill Draper

Bill Draper started Draper & Johnson in 1962 and later founded Sutter Hill Ventures and Draper Richards.

His investments include:

OpenTable
Athenhealth
Apollo Computer (acquired by HP)
Integrated Genetics (Genzyme)
Qume (I.T.T.)
Activision (Mediagenic)
Xidex (Eastman Kodak)
Measurex
Hybritech (Eli Lilly)
and many more!

Tim Draper

Bill's son, Tim Draper founded Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network. He is a legendary Venture Capitalist in the Silicon Valley, with major investments under his name

He was an early investor in more than 30 unicorns including: Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, Baidu, Twitch, PTC, Robinhood, and Bitcoin.

He also started Draper University of Heroes, a school dedicated to supercharging entrepreneurs.

Polly Draper

VIP Guest Judge

Every week, one of Silicon Valley's luminaries is a guest judge on Meet The Drapers.

Who will it be? What is their investment style? What industry are they known for? Find out every Saturday.

Guest Judges

Asra Nadeem

President of Entrepreneurship Programs at Draper University
Blair LaCorte

President of AEye, Inc.
BV Jagadeesh

Managing Partner of KAAJ Ventures
Chuck Pettid

Senior Partner of Republic Crowd funding Portal
Grant Cardone

Investment Mogul, Founder of 10X Movement, & Author
Jack Hidary

Author of Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach
Juan Acosta

COO of Draper University
Kavita Gupta

Visiting Scholar & Lecturer at Stanford University
Kendrick Nguyen

Co-founder & CEO of Republic
Kunal Sood

Founder of X-Fellows
Naveen Jain

Founder & CEO of Viome
Neville Taraporewalla

President of Brand Capital International
Nick Mehta

CEO of Gainsight
Paresh Ghelani

Esteemed Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Prita Uppal

CEO and Founder of Hooked Media
Sabeer Bhatia

Founder of Hotmail and Biscuit Labs

Partners

PARTNER

SONY ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION

Sony Entertainment Television is one of the leading Hindi General Entertainment channels in India.

Since its launch in October 1995, SET has created a unique space, in television programming, with movie premieres, fiction & non-fiction shows.

PARTNER

ET NOW

ET NOW is India's No.1 business and finance news channel, owned and operated by the Times Network.

Founded in 2009, ET Now has evolved and features news on Politics, Governance, the Environment, and Technology.

PARTNER

Dave Martinez Ventures

FUNDING PLATFORM

Republic

Launched in 2016, Republic is the #1 crowd investing platform that makes investing in startups accessible to everyone with as little as $10.

Republic is part of a family of startup platforms together with AngelList and Product Hunt - one of the most trusted online startup ecosystems in the world.

REPUBLIC.CO

INVESTMENT PARTNER

Brand Capital

Brand Capital International is the strategic investment arm of The Times Group, India's largest multimedia conglomerate.

They invest in startups ready for expansion into India; and assist them by providing intellectual capital to fuel brand-led growth.

BRANDCAPITALUS.COM

PRODUCER & DIRECTOR

Sarika Batra

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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ON THE HUNT FOR THE NEXT BIG IDEA

Each Episode:

START UPS

JUDGES

OF INVESTORS INCLUDING YOU

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