History
William H. Draper, III, and Robin Richards Donohoe began investing together in the venture industry in 1994, concentrating on companies in India. Since then, they have invested in more than 100 early stage information technology investments in India and the United States.
They formed the Draper Richards Foundation in 2001 with a fund totaling $14 million, the majority of which was contributed by Bill and Robin, with contributions from family members. Bill and Robin’s successful venture capital partnership shaped the approach of the foundation and helped create the model we follow today.
In 2010,their foundation became the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation when former vice chairman of Goldman Sachs and professor of leadership at Harvard Business School, Robert S. Kaplan, (currently President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) joined as co-chair. Together the team raised the foundation’s second fund, inviting 20 innovative philanthropists to join them as donor partners.
In 2016, the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation launched its third fund, with 50 donor partners dedicated to supporting 100 new social enterprises that are addressing the key challenges faced by our nation and our world.
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Grantee @Sanergy receives a $2.5M investment from @jica_direct_en to address the rising sanitation needs in Nairobi… https://t.co/okR9bjM3Cf
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.@ReachoutToPhool brings in @aliaa08 as an investor! "I admire the founder's vision of making incense and bio-leath… https://t.co/DXYds3bPn2
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For their work providing flexible & digitally-driven retirement products for informal workers in Ghana + promoting… https://t.co/uTALcXc6l2
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Thrilled to see so many DRK entrepreneurs as finalists for @ElevatePrize! Powered by @SolveMIT, The Elevate Prize i… https://t.co/2vZyJDqdb4
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Grantee @weareMORTAR receives funding from @Jumpman23 to "empower their work of building equitable entrepreneurship… https://t.co/Nuy4JqNVds
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.@PropelAmerica founder and CEO @Rouhanifard shares how "jobs-first" higher education can shift the paradigm to put… https://t.co/zzqKb7m7Fd
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.@LandedHomes announces their latest round of venture capital financing: $31M in equity, bringing them to nearly $1… https://t.co/wk10fu1dKi
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"Violent crime, specifically gun violence, plagues many urban neighborhoods, and we have seemed to have but one ans… https://t.co/cRJnIrScYg
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Exciting news from @wattTime, in collaboration with @OceanMindGlobal. The impacts from @ClimateTRACE are big - we c… https://t.co/41OvqMG0vR
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Last year, @icivics inspired millions of kids to try to win the White House. For her dedication to inspire the next… https://t.co/F7NT0OFNTG
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"If prisons made people safer, America would be the safest nation on the planet. And we’re not. Our methods don’t w… https://t.co/H93fNWiEeV
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"Corporations wield tremendous influence over the political system. But on climate, most corporations have decided… https://t.co/54q3YB69ni
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Watch the debut of @patagonia Provisions’ film "The Ocean Solution" on 9/9 at 5pm PT. Feat. @GreenWaveOrg & co-fo… https://t.co/xsXOspp4Yi
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"There is a huge human and environmental cost to the food that we are producing, and if we are wasting it, it’s cri… https://t.co/fDM6wPkz4S
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In Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries, many people build their own homes using cheap materials that are no… https://t.co/jBNMpduYX1
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"What will it take for us to transform our society such that we would be able to delight in watching each other gro… https://t.co/lrNskSKrG7
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Applications for three of the @Halcyoninspires Incubator’s Fellowship Programs are open! All global social entrepre… https://t.co/qjUmX95z6K
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Grantee @public_rights has launched a publication on @medium dedicated to exploring #workersrights in America and c… https://t.co/1krNBIApjM
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.@ZarlashtH, founder of @RefugeeTraumaUK, shares her family's raw and emotional story of seeking asylum as refugees… https://t.co/I50KU6rxwB
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Millions of households across the US lack climate-safe and affordable housing. On 7/21, @ElizabetHausler, founder &… https://t.co/lK4jFvFLYY