Jesse Draper is founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and host of 2015 Emmy nominated television series, The Valley Girl Show. Draper is a 4th generation venture capitalist, focused on early stage investing in female-founded consumer technology. Her portfolio includes Laurel & Wolf, Carbon38, Naya Health, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Company, and Sugarfina. Through her show she’s helped pioneer the way in digital media and has an initiative to interview 50 percent women in technology. Previously a Nickelodeon star, Draper produced and distributed over 300 interviews including with Ted Turner, Mark Cuban, Sheryl Sandberg, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Jessica Alba, MC Hammer, and Eric Schmidt. Marie Claire magazine named her as one of the "50 Most Connected Women in America." USA Today called the show “Must see startup TV”. Draper is a contributor to Marie Claire, SV Magazine, Mashable, Forbes.com, and is a regular guest on shows including The Katie Couric Show, Fox’s Good Day LA, CNBC’s Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Inventor?, and Freeform’s Startup U. She sits on the board of directors of Werk, the advisory board of Bizworld, and is on the chairman’s board of SurfAir. Draper supports the Parkinson’s Institute and is very involved with growing UCLA’s female entrepreneurship community. She is a new mom, a graduate of UCLA, and a Kappa Kappa Gamma.
