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    Draper Associates

    San Mateo, California, United StatesFounded 1985

    Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in bold, visionary founders building transformative businesses, primarily from pre-seed to Series A. Their investment focus spans frontier technologies including AI, robotics, and automation; crypto and blockchain; healthcare and biotech; aerospace and space; and other unconventional ideas.

    Deal activity increased 367% year-over-year (14 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $42.5M (across 68 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    70

    Fund Size

    $2B

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    14

    Team

    TD

    Tim Draper

    Founding Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    70 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    HHexemBioSeed$10.4MApr 2026
    MMightyFlySeries A$10MMar 2026
    Ten63 Therapeutics logoTen63 TherapeuticsUnknownFeb 2026
    Sats Terminal logoSats TerminalPre-Seed$1.7MDec 2025
    RRadiant IndustriesSeries D$300MDec 2025
    Radiant Nuclear logoRadiant NuclearGrowth$300MDec 2025
    AAutolaneSeed$7.4MDec 2025
    PPoseidon AerospaceSeed$11MNov 2025
    Firehawk Aerospace logoFirehawk AerospaceSeries C$60MSep 2025
    DDecile GroupSeed$14MJul 2025
    Grifin logoGrifinSeries A$11MJun 2025
    11FortSeries A$7.5MApr 2025
    Scout AI Inc. logoScout AI Inc.Seed$15MApr 2025
    Phantom Neuro logoPhantom NeuroSeries A$19MApr 2025
    CColossalSeries C$200MJan 2025
    RRosy SoilSeed$3.6MDec 2024
    Hinkal logoHinkalStrategic$1.4MApr 2024
    CUDIS logoCUDISSeed$5MJan 2024
    EtherMail logoEtherMailSeed$4MMar 2023
    VVAE LabsSeed$2MFeb 2023
    Precision Neuroscience Corporation logoPrecision Neuroscience CorporationSeries B$41MJan 2023
    GGraviticsSeed$20MNov 2022
    Biofire logoBiofireSeries A$14MNov 2022
    TRAXyL, Inc. logoTRAXyL, Inc.Seed$5MOct 2022
    Phantom Neuro logoPhantom NeuroSeed$6MOct 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Boost VC7 shared
    Gaingels6 shared
    Y Combinator6 shared
    SOSV4 shared
    B Capital2 shared
    Tamarack Global2 shared
    FJ Labs2 shared
    Breakout Ventures2 shared
    LionBird Ventures2 shared

    Last updated: 12 April 2026