Incubators & VCs Value proposition
We invest in social entrepreneurs who change the world.
Started in 2002, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK) is a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early stage, high impact social enterprises. Borrowed from our venture capital legacy, DRK finds, funds and supports exceptional leaders building innovative solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems. Since beginning this work over 20 years ago, DRK has invested in more than 225 organizations that have collectively impacted over 400 million lives to date.
early stage, nonprofits, social entrepreneurship, board governance, venture philanthropy, foundation, and scale
DRK Foundation | Supporting passionate, high impact social enterprises
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation finds, funds and supports early stage, high impact social enterprises that are tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems. Borrowed from our venture capital legacy we find exceptional entrepreneurs, provide them with 3 years of unrestricted capital and provide rigorous on-going support by joining their board of directors for the 3 years of the grant and partnering with the leader to help them to build capacity in their organization and scale their impact.
https://www.drkfoundation.org/
| Corporate | Type | Tweets | Articles | |
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 Katapult Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals | Katapult Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals | Other 28 Feb 2024 | | |
 The DOEN Foundation Non-profit Organizations | The DOEN Foundation Non-profit Organizations | Other 5 Nov 2021 | | |
 AVP (AXA Venture Partners) Startup accelerator & VC, Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals | AVP (AXA Venture Partners) Startup accelerator & VC, Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals | Other 7 Oct 2020 | | |
 eBay Retail and Distribution, Software Development | eBay Retail and Distribution, Software Development | Other 3 Sep 2019 | | |
 Cartier Luxury, Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry | Cartier Luxury, Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry | Other 17 Sep 2019 | | |
 AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | Other 19 Sep 2017 | | |
 Amazon IT services, Consumer Electronics, Software Development | Amazon IT services, Consumer Electronics, Software Development | Other 14 Jul 2022 30 Jun 2022 | | |
 Salesforce IT services, Internet | Salesforce IT services, Internet | Other 30 Jan 2020 | | |
 Euclid Network (EN) Research, International Trade and Development | Euclid Network (EN) Research, International Trade and Development | Other 30 Sep 2020 | | |
 Google IT services, Software Development | Google IT services, Software Development | Other 18 Feb 2022 | | |