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About Investor

Daniel Wiegand is Managing Director and co-founder of Draper Startup House Accelerator in Austin, a pre-seed accelerator program under the Draper Startup House umbrella. He typically invests $50K–$100K per company, focusing on pre-seed founders in sectors like AR/VR, social and creator platforms, consumer internet, Web3/blockchain, media and entertainment, often via small initial checks tied to the accelerator program. His work centers on running cohorts, sourcing globally distributed founders and plugging them into the Draper startup ecosystem. He previously co-founded Draper Startup House and has a background in business and entrepreneurship from the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business.