Juan Acosta is a successful entrepreneur and was previously the COO of Draper University, a pre-accelerator in Silicon Valley started by Tim Draper, an icon venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. Juan
accelerated 500+ entrepreneurs and catalyzed Draper U Ventures, a venture fund where he led all pre-seed investments. Prior to his work in acceleration and venture, Juan co-founded the first videogame e-commerce store for Latin America and led product and growth for a Hispanic-focused wireless company. Juan is still active in helping early-stage founders around the world, specifically in fundraising strategies and mindset training. He was recently appointed as a board member of the funding arm of the International Catholic Migration Commission and also started a new company at the intersection of faith and technology.
As a startup investor, Juan helped catalyze the Draper U Ventures pre-seed fund during his time at Draper University. As a latino immigrant venture capitalist Juan have a deep sense of respect for international and immigrant founders. Juan have invested in Allride, Naturansa, HereYouGo, InventHub, 1047 Games, Block-Z, Himikara, Kiki, Tezsure, Poulta etc