硅谷风险投资先驱比尔·德雷珀逝世，享年98岁

硅谷早期风险投资的奠基人物比尔·德雷珀于9月8日在加州Atherton家中去世，享年98岁。1德雷珀从1959年抵达加州开始，加入Draper, Gaither and Anderson公司，自20世纪60年代初期便投身初创企业投资，早于"硅谷"这一名称的广泛使用超过十年。1他创办或管理了Sutter Hill Ventures和Draper Richards等开创性风险投资公司，帮助建立了价值数千亿美元的产业。1

德雷珀的投资眼光独到，支持过Activision、Skype、OpenTable、Qume和Corbin-Farnsworth等多家后来成为知名企业的公司。1他因在早期投资会议上经常表示"We're in!"而获得"Dr. Yes"的绰号。1德雷珀拥有哈佛MBA学位，其父亲威廉·H·德雷珀二世是纽约的投资银行家。1

Bill Draper, one of the earliest and most influential venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, has died at age 98 1. He passed away on September 8 at his home in Atherton, California 1.

Draper arrived in California in 1959 and joined Draper, Gaither and Anderson, beginning an investment career that would span decades and shape the technology industry 1. He founded or managed pioneering venture capital firms including Sutter Hill Ventures and Draper Richards, helping to build an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars 1. Among his notable investments were Activision, Skype, OpenTable, Qume, and Corbin-Farnsworth 1. Draper earned the nickname "Dr. Yes" for his tendency to say "We're in!" at early-stage meetings 1, and he held an MBA from Harvard 1.

Born into a family with investment banking roots—his father, William H. Draper Jr., was a New York investment banker—Draper began backing startups in the early 1960s, more than a decade before Silicon Valley was formally named 1.