equity founded 1996 headquarters menlo park california products venture capital website www.draperrichards.com draper richards is a private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in u.s. technology companies . the firm was founded in 1996 by bill draper an early venture capitalist who had previously founded sutter hill ventures in 1964 together with robin richards donohoe . the firm invests principally on behalf of the draper richards foundation a non profit organization . draper has been a founding investor in such notable companies as activision acquired by mediagenic apollo computer acquired by hewlett packard dionex hybritech acquired by eli lilly and company integrated genetics acquired by genzyme lsi logic measurex powerreviews quantum qume acquired by itt corporation and xidex acquired by eastman kodak among others . 1 draper richards maintains an active philanthropic program through the draper richards kaplan fellows organization . the foundation is noted for providing early stage grants to charity and community organizations but demanding comprehensive business plans and other startup like diligence and reporting . 2 see also edit william henry draper jr. horace rowan gaither draper fisher jurvetson a venture capital firm founded by timothy c. draper draper richards kaplan foundation a private foundation that invests philanthropic venture founded by the same people references edit draper richards history company website thomas j. tierney ; joel l fleishman march 2011 . give smart . publicaffairs . pp. 61 63 . isbn 978 1 58648 989 2 . retrieved 18 june 2012 . external links edit draper richards company website v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s terms and concepts buyout financial sponsor management buyout divisional buyout buy sell agreement leveraged recapitalization dividend recapitalization venture angel investor business incubator post money valuation pre money valuation seed money startup company venture capital financing venture debt venture round structure private equity firms and funds limited partnership limited liability company carried interest management fee publicly traded private equity business development company venture capital trust private investment in public equity pipe pledge fund investors corporations institutional investors pension funds insurance companies fund of funds endowments foundations investment banks merchant banks commercial banks high net worth individuals family offices sovereign wealth funds crowdfunding related financial terms aum cap table capital call capital commitment capital structure distribution waterfall ebitda envy ratio high yield debt ipo irr leverage liquidation preference m & a pme taxation of private equity and hedge funds undercapitalization vintage year private equity and venture capital investors private equity firms venture capital firms angel investors portfolio companies this article about a private equity or venture capital firm based in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title draper richards & oldid 743751963 categories venture capital firms of the united statescompanies established in 1996united states private equity firm stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 01 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view