Shawn Trabanino

Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm, funding the future first. Founded in 1985 by Tim Draper, we’ve been the first believers in companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Robinhood, Baidu, Twitch, Cruise, and Coinbase—long before they became household names. We invest from pre-seed to Series A and remain industry-agnostic and opportunistic, while gravitating toward transformative ideas in AI, robotics, biotech, Biocures, robotics, defense, crypto, space, and deep tech. Were especially excited by the wild, the weird, and the unconventional—world-changing ideas that seem impossible today but will be inevitable tomorrow. The firm’s partners are Tim Draper and Andy Tang. Our mission is simple: Fund the people crazy enough to change the world.

Founded in 1931, Palo Alto Players is the San Francisco Peninsulas first theatre company, making it the Peninsulas longest running theatre. Based in the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto, Palo Alto Players produces five shows per year between September and June, comprising a season of comedies, dramas, classics, and musicals that attracts audiences and participants from all over the Bay Area. Palo Alto Players is committed to providing a meaningful theatre experience for both audience and production participants. Intrinsic in this is the belief that theatre benefits the community-at-large and enhances the quality of life of those who are touched by it through education, enlightenment and enrichment.

Founded by Jason Calacanis. LAUNCH is on a mission to support founders and inspire innovation. Our small team of rebels put on the largest startup conference in the world, the LAUNCH festival, the podcast This Week In Startups and we run the LAUNCH Incubator. We invest millions of dollars into 40 promising founders a year, some of which go on to change the world. Most of these founders spend 12 weeks in our very intense -- but fabulously fun -- accelerator.

Free Ventures is UC Berkeleys leading pre-seed startup incubator, crafting highly individualized paths for founders across industries and academic backgrounds in a 3-month program. As the universitys only nonprofit program run by students, for students, we aren’t pressed for returns or exits. Instead, we spend our full time cultivating relationships with top undergraduate and graduate student groups, and curate a support network of top venture capitalists, resource partners, founders, and thought leaders from the Valley for our portfolio. In doing so, we make entrepreneurship accessible to Berkeley students of all backgrounds by empowering them with the support to innovate and build. Over 11 years, weve helped 100+ portfolio companies raise $200M+ in follow-on capital from Kleiner Perkins, Accel, Greylock, and more. Weve had multiple YC exits & acquisitions by companies like Coinbase, Discord, and Opendoor. Visit www.freeventures.org to learn more and follow us on Twitter @freeventures.

Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm, funding the future first. Founded in 1985 by Tim Draper, we’ve been the first believers in companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Robinhood, Baidu, Twitch, Cruise, and Coinbase—long before they became household names. We invest from pre-seed to Series A and remain industry-agnostic and opportunistic, while gravitating toward transformative ideas in AI, robotics, biotech, Biocures, robotics, defense, crypto, space, and deep tech. Were especially excited by the wild, the weird, and the unconventional—world-changing ideas that seem impossible today but will be inevitable tomorrow. The firm’s partners are Tim Draper and Andy Tang. Our mission is simple: Fund the people crazy enough to change the world.

UC Berkeleys Haas School of Business is a top-ranked business school offering full-time, evening & weekend, and executive MBA programs; a masters program in financial engineering; a PhD program and a four-year undergraduate program.​ The schools distinctive culture is defined by its four Defining Leadership Principles: Question the status quo Confidence without attitude Students always Beyond yourself 40,000+alumni

VamosVentures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital fund investing in the earliest stages across Health & Wellness, FinTech, Future of Work, and Sustainability. To learn more about us, please visit www.vamosventures.com.