Which venture capital firm was founded by Tim Draper?

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Which venture capital firm was founded by Tim Draper? Draper Fisher Jurvetson was founded by Tim Draper.

Draper started the firm in 1985 after leaving the investment bank Alex. Brown & Sons. John Fisher joined as a partner in 1991, and Steve Jurvetson became the third partner in 1994, giving the firm its well-known three-name identity.

DFJ became known for backing technology companies at an early stage. Its investments included Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, Baidu, Twitter, Coinbase, and Anaplan. Draper also became associated with Draper Associates and the Draper Venture Network, but those are separate ventures and are common sources of confusion.

The original early-stage DFJ business later spun out as Threshold Ventures, while DFJ Growth continued as a growth-investment platform. That evolution does not change the answer: the firm named in the question was founded by Tim Draper.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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