* Tim Draper, Founder, Draper Associates: One of the world's most well-regarded Venture Capitalists, co-founder of
Draper Fisher Jurvetson. DFJ's core funds have raised more than $5 billion and is invested in more than 300 companies.
Enlighted was founded in 2009 and has received venture funding from Draper Nexus Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, RockPort Capital Partners,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Intel Capital.
Richard has accumulated a wealth of knowledge during his illustrious career, which includes being a partner at Draper Dragon since 2011 - a joint venture between
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Dragon Venture.
Investors in the company include
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Gotham Ventures, New Atlantic Ventures, Investor Growth Capital, Updata Partners and VantagePoint Capital Partners.
SpaceX is a private company owned by management and employees, with minority investments from Founders Fund,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners, Google and Fidelity.
Investors include
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Gotham Ventures, Goldman Sachs (GS), Harbourvest and Hewlett-Packard (HP).
Founded by Stephanie Leffler and Ryan Noble, OneSpace is backed by Highland Capital and
Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company has invested over five years in its scalable workforce technology, has two patents pending, and maintains a team of 50 in its St.
Naseeb Networks has previously been backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalist funds
Draper Fisher Jurvetson and ePlanet Capital, Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), and MENA Ventures through Fadi Ghandour (Aramex) and Arif Naqvi (Abraaj Capital).
All existing investors, including SpaceX backer
Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, participated in the latest equity round.
Why would you invest billions to shake up a business youare riding high?" By contrast, the "disruptive" startups he has convinced his partners at
Draper Fisher Jurvetson to back are ready to tackle "the things they think of that are unique, are so big, so audacious, that itas almost crazy to the average person." That approach gives a startup an "unfair advantage" that it can take to the bank a or at least to his office.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, the company is privately held with funding from ABB Technology Ventures, Dominion Energy Technologies,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Good Energies, Point Judith Capital, and a grant from the Department of Energy.