Tim Draper is a venture capitalist and Bitcoin advocate who founded Draper Associates and has backed some of the most consequential companies in crypto and tech from the seed stage. Tim Draper's Twitter Score is 440 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #464 (top 0.1%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Tim Draper previously co-founded Draper Fisher Jurvetson, one of Silicon Valley's most recognized early-stage venture firms. He currently works at Draper Associates as Founder and Managing Partner, where the firm has pursued major investments in Bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure, as well as DeFi, tokenized assets, and decentralized infrastructure. Among his most noted early bets is Coinbase, which he funded from the seed stage.
Tim Draper made headlines in 2014 when he won a U.S. Marshals auction for roughly 30,000 bitcoin seized from Silk Road, a purchase worth approximately $19 million at the time. That move cemented his reputation as one of the most publicly committed institutional believers in Bitcoin among traditional venture capitalists.
Tim Draper also founded Draper University, an entrepreneurship program that has trained more than six thousand founders from 104 countries, who have gone on to found more than 2,000 companies, including crypto project QTUM. Beyond that, he founded Draper Venture Network and Meet the Drapers, and co-founded Draper Dragon. Tim Draper has accumulated 498,347 followers as of August 2026 across 3,430 posts on the platform.
Tim Draper's fund portfolio includes Ledger, Aragon.eth, Bancor, Propy, Factom Inc, Fairmint, BlockCypher and BitPagos.
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The accounts that follow Tim Draper include 2,146 founders, 533 angel investors, 739 influencers and 138 VCs. Among his notable followers are vitalik.eth, Erik Voorhees, Marc Andreessen, Toly, Brian Armstrong and Stani. Tim Draper has been mentioned by 1,254 accounts, with 3,536 total mentions recorded.