Post by Draper University

Last night, we had the pleasure of hosting a founder dinner at Spruce in San Francisco alongside our partners at Fidelity Private Shares. (Seriously) good food, great conversations, and a room full of founders building things that matter. A big part of what makes a partnership worth celebrating is when it actually moves the needle for the people you serve. Fidelity Private Shares does that. For early-stage founders, equity management and legal workflows are the kind of operational weight that quietly slows you down before you even realize it. Having an all-in-one platform that handles cap table, automates compliance, and keeps you pitch-ready from day one is the kind of infrastructure that lets you stay focused on building. Grateful for the Fidelity Private Shares team and for an evening with founders who remind us why we do this work. cc Aaliyah Barker & Talha Zahid