ON THE HUNT FOR THE NEXT BIG IDEA

HIGHLIGHTS

Across all three seasons, we had

Startups

Raised from the crowd

Investments from Tim Draper

Every Week, 3 Entrepreneurs Compete, 1 Semi-Finalist Is Chosen

One winner is selected every week for the first 9 episodes before moving onto the semi-finals for a shot at big money.

Crowdfunding

All contestants get the chance to be funded by the viewers through their crowdfunding campaign during the season. The top 3 crowdfunded companies alongside the 3 semi-finalist winners move onto the finals to win investment from Tim Draper!

Grand Prize

The winner receives half a million dollars from Tim Draper. Plus, all contestants gain crowdfunding investment from the viewers!

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, Obvious Child, and Stella's Last Weekend.

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

Plus, she stars in the films Our Idiot Brother, Jane Wants a Boyfriend, Obvious Child, and Stella's Last Weekend.

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

Naveen Jain

Founder & CEO of Viome
Scott McNealy

Co-founder of Sun Microsystems and Curriki
Shalini Govil-Pai

VP/GM of TV at Google
Thara Natalie

Wellness Warrior
Jay Sean

Global Pop Star
Ronnie Lott

NFL Hall of Famer
Asra Nadeem

President of Entrepreneurship Programs at Draper University
Paresh Ghelani

Esteemed Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Neville Taraporewalla

President of Brand Capital International
Kara Ross

American Jewelry Designer
Scott Parazynski

American Astronaut
Adam Cheyer

Co-founder of Siri Inc.
Siri Srinivas

Co-founder of Siri Inc.
Anant Agarwal

Founder and CEO of edX
Miray Tayfun

Co-founder and CEO of Vivoo

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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PARTNER

GAME SHOW NETWORK

Game Show Network (GSN) is America's leading game show entertainment platform owned by Sony Pictures Television.

The channel's programming is primarily dedicated to game shows, including reruns of acquired game shows, along with new, first-run original, and revived game 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

MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY

Nirvana Digital

Nirvana Digital is a media and technology company that provides multi-platform distribution and monetization for rightsholders and influencers on global services including YouTube, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, Apple, JioSaavn and Gaana. Nirvana Digital is majority owned by Create Music Group.

Create Music Group has been ranked #2 on INC 5000's list of the fastest growing companies in the US. CMG is trusted by artists including Jennifer Lopez, The Chainsmokers, Marshmello and owns brands including Flighthouse which is the #1 brand account on TikTok.

Do you have the next big idea?

Pitch your startup to Tim Draper!

Do you have the next big idea?

Pitch your startup to Tim Draper!

Meet the Drapers Season 4

Invest in our season 4 entrepreneurs

ON THE HUNT FOR THE NEXT BIG IDEA

HIGHLIGHTS

Every Week, 3 Entrepreneurs Compete, 1 Semi-Finalist Is Chosen

Crowdfunding

Grand Prize

Bill Draper

Tim Draper

Polly Draper

VIP Guest Judge

Guest Judges

Naveen Jain

Founder & CEO of Viome

Scott McNealy

Co-founder of Sun Microsystems and Curriki

Shalini Govil-Pai

VP/GM of TV at Google

Thara Natalie

Wellness Warrior

Jay Sean

Global Pop Star

Ronnie Lott

NFL Hall of Famer

Asra Nadeem

President of Entrepreneurship Programs at Draper University

Paresh Ghelani

Esteemed Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

Neville Taraporewalla

President of Brand Capital International

Kara Ross

American Jewelry Designer

Scott Parazynski

American Astronaut

Adam Cheyer

Co-founder of Siri Inc.

Siri Srinivas

Co-founder of Siri Inc.

Anant Agarwal

Founder and CEO of edX

Miray Tayfun

Co-founder and CEO of Vivoo

SHOWRUNNER & DIRECTOR

Sarika Batra

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