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Tim Draper

At Venture Firms, Balancing Brands Within Brands

There was a time in venture capital when it was almost unthinkable for investing professionals to make personal bets on startups outside their firms. That seemingly began to change about a decade ago. For example, after Accel Partners made an early bet on Facebook that would prove among the most lucrative in venture history, the […]

Filed Under: Firm Dynamics Tagged With: Accel, angel investing, DFJ, Jim Breyer, Raise.com, Tim Draper, VCs, Yik Yak

StrictlyVC: November 17, 2014

Good morning, everyone! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. (Web visitors, here’s an easier-to-read version of today’s email.) —– Top News in the A.M. Facebook to enterprises: You want workplace collaboration tools? We’ve got your workplace collaboration tools. Sometimes, a record-breaking IPO isn’t enough. According to Reuters, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will be sounding out […]

Filed Under: Morning Summary Tagged With: DFJ, Tim Draper

Tim Draper on Life Outside DFJ

A year ago, Fortune reported that billionaire investor Tim Draper would no longer be actively investing on behalf of DFJ, the firm he cofounded in 1985. As the news rippled throughout VC circles, Draper wrote StrictlyVC to clarify that he was “not leaving DFJ. Ever. I am just skipping a fund to do some work […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurs, Firm Dynamics Tagged With: DFJ, Draper Associates, Tim Draper

Yik Yak: The Startup in Twitter’s Rearview Mirror

Yik Yak, an app that acts like a local bulletin board, allowing users within a 1.5-mile range to post to it anonymously, hasn’t received nearly as much press as other anonymous apps, including Whisper and Secret. It’s seeing much more user pick-up, though. As of last night, Yik Yak was the 27th most downloaded free […]

Filed Under: Startup Tagged With: Atlanta Ventures, Azure Capital, Cameron Lester, DCM, Renren, Tim Draper, Vaizra Investments, Yik Yak

VCs Start Thinking More Creatively About AngelList

This week, three-year-old Kima Ventures, a Paris-based seed fund that backs one to two startups a week, made headlines for a new way that it plans to use AngelList, the popular platform for startups and investors. As Kima’s cofounder Jeremie Berrebi told me, the firm will invest $150,000 a shot in up to 50 startups in exchange […]

Filed Under: Firm Dynamics Tagged With: Atlas Venture, Haystack, Jeff Fagnan, Kima Ventures, Semil Shah, Tim Draper

StrictlyVC: November 20, 2013

Happy Wednesday, and thank you for reading! —– Top News in the A.M. Tim Draper is leaving Draper Fisher Jurvetson, but not forever, he says, as was reported by Fortune yesterday afternoon. In an email to StrictlyVC last night, Draper said that Fortune “got it wrong. I am not leaving DFJ. Ever. I am just skipping a fund to do […]

Filed Under: Morning Summary Tagged With: Andy Rachleff, Chris Dixon, Cindy Padnos, Tim Draper

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