Tim DraperFounder and Managing Partne, Draper Associate · I back the ideas that look crazy first

Some startups solve small problems- Aegis solves life-and-death emergencies.

8 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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The founder's twin sister, who is non-verbal and has seizures, was sexually assaulted and couldn't call for help or identify her emergency contact. It took over 24 hours before the founder found out. That tragedy led to Aegis, a tool built to protect non-verbal people in emergencies.

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Aegis was born out of tragedy. I have a twin sister who has suffered from seizures most of her life. On a walk home, she had a seizure and she woke up to the horrors of a sexual assault. And due to her inability to speak, she wasn't able to get the help she truly deserved. And on the other side of that, because she wasn't able to articulate what had happened, she wasn't able to explain who I was to them. So being that it's my sister and I'm her, you know, emergency contact, she wasn't able to let them know. And it was over 24 hours before I found out what happened. And I kind of went into a downward spiral of how can I— is there a solution out there to prevent this from happening again? Go!