{"id":84891,"date":"2023-09-22T16:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84891"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:04:12","slug":"tim-draper-launches-accelerator-to-support-crypto-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/tim-draper-launches-accelerator-to-support-crypto-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Draper launches accelerator to support crypto startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The investor and billionaire Tim Draper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dgb.vc\/\">presented<\/a> a &#8216;venture studio&#8217; Draper Goren Blockchain (DGB), the aim of which is to accelerate DeFi innovations through funding early-stage crypto projects.<\/p>\n<p>The founding partners were entrepreneurs Alan Goren and David Bleznak.<\/p>\n<p>The latter, along with Draper, invested in their previous venture Draper Goren Holm and serves on the board of the analytics platform LunarCrush and the institutional crypto service Ownera.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?DRAPERGORENBLOCKCHAIN? <\/p>\n<p>So excited to announce the launch of our new venture studio! Been working with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimDraper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TimDraper<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bleznak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bleznak<\/a> for many years now and excited to take it to the next level! More info soon, but check the newsletter announcement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mrjmfEhj2E\">https:\/\/t.co\/mrjmfEhj2E<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AiWmcTnXId\">pic.twitter.com\/AiWmcTnXId<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alon Goren\u1d33\u1d39 \u270c\ufe0f (@AlonGoren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlonGoren\/status\/1704535001650577637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bleznak previously led the DeFi Totle project, worked at Coinbase supervising corporate products, and also supported Draper Goren Holm.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next ten years, DGB aims to allocate between $25,000 and $100,000 to pre-seed startups. The &#8216;studio&#8217; will place additional emphasis on partnering with select projects to build companies from scratch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The oft-repeated clich\u00e9 that bear markets are a time for builders persists. There are incredible projects being developed that need capital and support. With DGB we are strengthening our commitment to developing crypto projects that push the industry forward, as we anticipate millions of new users to come in the coming months and years,&#8221; Draper said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/198223\/tim-draper-launches-crypto-accelerator-despite-us-regulatory-shitshow-says-partner\">Decrypt<\/a>, Goren added that he is \u201csad\u201d to watch American crypto entrepreneurs move abroad amid tight regulation. Those who remain face even greater difficulties, he noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Our current regulatory framework is crap,&#8221; Goren described the current situation in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nevertheless, the investor remains optimistic. He says the nature of blockchain technology will eventually render \u201cthe whims of regulators\u201d obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Tim Draper <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tim-draper-envisions-mass-adoption-of-bitcoin\">said<\/a> that sooner or later the world would embrace the first cryptocurrency. He believes Bitcoin will transform spheres of trade and money in the future.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, Draper <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/tim-draper-reaffirms-forecast-for-bitcoin-to-reach-250000\">reiterated his forecast<\/a> that Bitcoin would reach the $250,000 mark. He believes this will happen in 2025. In 2018, the investor first predicted Bitcoin at $250,000 by 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Draper, the investor and billionaire, unveiled the Draper Goren Blockchain (DGB), a &#8216;venture studio&#8217; aimed at accelerating DeFi innovations by funding early-stage crypto projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[954,1133],"class_list":["post-84891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-tim-draper","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84893,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84891\/revisions\/84893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}