I build and back companies at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and the industries still running on decades-old infrastructure.
Venture studio operator, investor, speaker and host. Building tokenized assets since before the category had a name.
Every asset is digitizing. I have spent a decade building the companies that make that true.
I am a Founding Partner at Draper Goren Blockchain, the hybrid venture studio and fund I founded with Tim Draper and run with David Bleznak. We take real ownership positions in the companies we build alongside founders, and we invest in the ones already turning real-world assets, AI operators and new digital markets into ownable, on-chain value.
I also speak and host. I founded Crowd Invest Summit and Security Token Summit, two of the first conferences on digital securities, and I still take the stage on tokenized assets, venture studios and what it looks like to run a firm with AI.
Prototypes I am shipping and sharing with the teams they are for.
Social and Market Data SuperApp
A data utility for Ownera's FinP2P network that delivers LunarCrush social and market intelligence for more than 4,400 stocks and ETFs, and the tokenized assets built on them, to every institution's Router. One adapter, bound once, subscribed to by any bank, venue, transfer agent or custodian on the network.
Live prototype: interactive Router demo, real data snapshot, full integration spec and FAQ. Built by the DGB venture studio for discussion with Ownera and LunarCrush, both DGB portfolio companies.
Open the SuperApp site →Draper Goren Blockchain
Venture studio plus fund. Studio companies, the Draper Goren Early-Stage Opportunity Fund, and the RWA stack thesis, all in one place.
dgb.vc →Products and experiments
Everything I am building with Brobot, my AI chief of staff, right now. Music practice games, a family recipe app, live social data rendered as a war, an on-chain pick pool, a retro band site, and a public vote on whether Brobot itself should ship.
See what I am building →WordPress Cryptocurrency Exchange Plugin
A free plugin that let any WordPress site run its own decentralized token exchange. Built on the API of Totle, a portfolio company that later sold to Coinbase. Installed on more than 17,000 sites.
Read the Decrypt story →Notes on venture studios, tokenized assets and running a firm with AI.
Latest from my Substack. Longer arguments, the occasional post-mortem, and the thinking behind what DGB builds.
Founders, LPs, operators, organizers: the door is open.
The fastest path is email. For anything about the firm, its fund or its studio, start at dgb.vc.
Keynotes, panels, fireside chats and hosting. Tokenized assets, venture studios, and running a firm with AI.
Invite me to speak or host →Interviews, quotes and background on Draper Goren Blockchain, its portfolio, and the RWA and AI markets.
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