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  • “Meet the Drapers”, the crowdfunding reality show by Sony Entertainment Television, is again on the hunt for the next big idea; Season 2 going global

    “Meet the Drapers”, the crowdfunding reality show by Sony Entertainment Television, is again on the hunt for the next big idea; Season 2 going global

    MUMBAI: “Meet the Drapers” Season 1 debuted the world’s first crowdfunding-based startup reality show in 2017-2018, featuring the Drapers — Silicon Valley’s legendary VC family – and was an immediate success in the Americas.

    Startups in Season 1 raised a staggering 2.2 million dollars through the show, with Pigeonly being chosen as the winning startup that claimed the Grand Prize funding investment by Tim Draper. All in all, the top 6 finalists received over $400,000 in funding from Tim Draper during the Season 1 final episode.

    Season 2 takes things up several notches and promises to be more exciting than ever in its search for the hottest startups. The show is going global and will now be accessible to millions of viewers in 167 countries through multiple platforms. Season 2 will premiere in the Americas on November 24th, 2018 at
    6PM ET on Sony Entertainment Television (SET). The series is sponsored by Draper University, Augmate
    & Veridoc.

    “We were thrilled by the success of Season 1 and look forward to bringing “Meet the Drapers’ to a global audience” said Jaideep Janakiram, Head of Americas, Sony Pictures Networks. “Season 2 showcases some of the brightest young entrepreneurs in the US and we are hoping that the show will encourage other entrepreneurs around the world to apply and get their shot at success.”

    Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and bitcoin are changing the world, and no one understands it better than
    Tim Draper, one of the foremost authorities on the Blockchain and Crypto space in the VC world.

    “We are going to experience the greatest transformation of humans in the history of the world as a result of bitcoin and all its associated technologies” said Tim Draper. Season 2 of “Meet the Drapers” weaves this technology into the show with the addition of Crypto Corner – a special segment where Tim Draper will discuss the latest developments with celebrity experts in the field and share insights with viewers.

    In “Meet the Drapers”, viewers watch some of the US’s hottest young entrepreneurs pitch their startups to the Draper family, one celebrity guest judge, and the audience. Viewers will then invest in the startups they like best via the Republic crowdfunding platform. Startups that raise the most funds from viewers will enter the grand finale. From these lucky few, Tim Draper will select the final winning companies that will get funding from the Draper family.

    “The next generation of startups is being built today and viewers can share in their success if the startup takes off,” said Republic Partner, Chuck Pettid. “It’s been a thrill for us to work on this groundbreaking television series and we can’t wait to bring Season 2 to the world.”

    Thousands of startups applied to be part of Season 2, and after extensive screening, 36 finalists were chosen to be on the show. Detailed information on participating startups can be found on republic.co/meet-the-drapers. Some of the guest judges this season include billionaire entrepreneur Naveen Jain, astronaut Anousheh Ansari and the founder of Clear Ventures VC firm Rajeev Madhavan.

    “Meet the Drapers” is produced and directed by Sarika Batra and created by Tim Draper in partnership with Sony Entertainment Television (SET) and Republic. “Meet the Drapers” Season 2 premieres on Saturday, November 24th, 2018 at 6pm ET on Sony Entertainment Television. For more information about the series, please visit www.setasia.tv/meetthedrapers.

  • Startup reality series ‘Meet the Drapers’ premiering on Sony in the US

    Startup reality series ‘Meet the Drapers’ premiering on Sony in the US

    NEW DELHI: “Meet the Drapers”, a crowdfunding-based reality series produced and directed by Sarika Batra is premiering across the United States on 19 November 2017 on Sony Entertainment Television.

    According to a Sony Pictures Networks announcement, this innovative show will be on air at 6pm ET.

    The programme shows new up-and-coming startups pitch their ideas before three generations of venture capitalists from one of the most prominent families in Silicon Valley: Bill Draper, Tim Draper, and Jesse Draper.

    Each episode will feature three exciting startups trying to convince the Drapers to invest in their company and simultaneously convince millions of viewers to fund them through their crowdfunding page on the Republic platform.

    Episodes will also feature a guest judge, who is a legendary success in his/her respective field.

    Bill Draper began his venture capital career in 1959 and is one of America’s first venture capitalists. Currently, he is Managing Director of Draper Richards LP and Draper International. He serves as the co-chairman of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. Draper is also author of the book, The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs.

    His son Tim Draper has been named one of Worth Magazine’s 100 Most Powerful People in finance and is the founding partner of Draper Associates and DFJ. His original suggestion to use viral marketing as a method for spreading a software application from customer to customer was instrumental to the success of Hotmail, Skype and others. Tim also received the World Entrepreneurship Forum’s “Entrepreneur for the World” in 2015.

    Tim’s daughter Jesse Draper is helping female founded and led companies through her new venture capital fund Halogen Ventures. Through Halogen Ventures, Jesse spearheads early stage seed investing in female founded consumer technology startups; some of her portfolio companies include: Laurel & Wolf, Move Loot, Carbon38, BlockCypher, Beautycon & Sugarfina.

    Tim Draper said: “It is finally possible for the individual investor to participate in the funding of exciting young ventures. ‘Meet the Drapers’ allows viewers to watch us interview entrepreneurs and then, invest in companies that have the potential to change the world. We are thrilled to have created a unique show, that invites viewers to become investors in exciting new startups. We’ve been blown away by the entrepreneurs we’ve met so far, and believe viewers will be too.”

    The guest judges for “Meet the Drapers” include business executive, entrepreneur and the founder and former CEO of InfoSpace Naveen Jain; founder and former CEO of TIBCO, a multimillion-dollar real-time computing company Vivek Ranadive, and Jyoti Bansal who founded and was former CEO of AppDynamics, which he sold to Cisco for $3.7 billion.

    “South Asians are a vibrant part of the Silicon Valley startup culture,” said Jaideep Janakiram, Head of the Americas at Sony Pictures Networks. “We created this show to showcase these trailblazing entrepreneurs, VCs and angels, and to allow SET viewers to participate in their ventures.

    Pitching companies will be accepting investments via Republic – a leading equity crowdfunding platform that makes startup investing available to anyone. Republic is the easiest way to become an investor in breakout early-stage startups for as little as $10.