# Adam Draper: portfolio, investments and team

> Adam Draper is a vc firm based in United States. 8 investments on record, latest Jul 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-draper (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Adam Draper

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Sep 2025, closing $84M. Last cheque observed Jul 2019.

Quiet New fund $84M, Sept 2025 VC firm

Seed

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record

Since the last cheque **2653** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.4M** Rounds led **0 of 8** Mostly in **United States, 67%**

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## Adam Draper highlights

- 01 8 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series B: 86% of its rounds

## What they do

> Filed 1 private fund offerings with the SEC, the most recent in 2025-09 From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances**

- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Flower Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/flower-co)** Seed · CA · TechCrunch **$2.8M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Amun](https://millionrounds.com/company/amun)** CH · TechCrunch **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **2015** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[ZapChain](https://millionrounds.com/company/zapchain)** Seed **$350K** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Verse](https://millionrounds.com/company/verse)** Seed **$1.4M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[Binti](https://millionrounds.com/company/binti)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 10 others
- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[WedPics](https://millionrounds.com/company/wedpics)** Series B · US **$4.3M** With 12 others
- **Jun** **[CommitChange](https://millionrounds.com/company/commitchange)** Seed · US **$700K** With 5 others
- **2012** 1 round
- **Oct** **[FundersClub](https://millionrounds.com/company/fundersclub)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$6.5M** With 26 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

AD **Adam Draper** Managing Member i Filing they signed

BW **Brayton Williams** President i Filing they signed

We also hold **1** person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

New fund on file

**$84M**

raised in Sept 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed

Median round joined **$3.4M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 8 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2019

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *5*
- Series B *1*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2012 2019

Often in the room with

- [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) 2
- [Hard Yaka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hard-yaka) 2
- [Peter Pastewka](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-pastewka) 2
- [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper) 2
- [Western Technology Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Adam Draper. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**First Round Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Hard Yaka** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hard-yaka)[**Peter Pastewka** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-pastewka)[**Tim Draper** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper)[**Western Technology Investment** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wti)

## On podcasts

6 episodes naming Adam Draper in the title, and 3 more that mention it.

- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 26 Feb 2026 · 3h 40m NVIDIA Earnings, Nano Banana 2, Block Cuts 20% of Workforce | Kenn Ricci, Howard Marks, Yash Patil, Scott Morton, Fan-Yun Sun, Adam Draper & Doug Bernauer, Sammy Azdoufal Mentions [Adam Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-draper)[Howard Marks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/howard-marks) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) 29 Sept 2025 · 3h 43m Claude Sonnet 4.5 Reactions, David Senra Live in The Ultradome | Dylan Field, Adam Foroughi, Mike Krieger, Jeff Weinstein, Adam Draper, James Hawkins, Erik Bernhardsson With [Adam Foroughi](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-foroughi)[James Hawkins](https://millionrounds.com/person/james-hawkins)[Jeff Weinstein](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-weinstein) Mentions [Adam Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-draper)[Dylan Field](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dylan-field)[Erik Bernhardsson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/erik-bernhardsson) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page
- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) 13 Aug 2022 · 50 min VC10X - Adam Draper, founder & MD BoostVC - "The Contrarian Investor" Mentions [Adam Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-draper)[Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Alt Goes Mainstream](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/alt-goes-mainstream) 18 Apr 2021 · 1h 14m The Inside Story of Coinbase's Early Days From A Seed Investor's Perspective: Insights from Boost VC Co-Founder Adam Draper Mentions [Adam Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-draper)[Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) 15 Nov 2019 · 42 min Investing in Science Fiction with Adam Draper Mentions [Adam Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-draper)[Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 11 Mar 2016 · 26 min 74. Virtual Reality Investing, Part 2 (Adam Draper) Mentions [Adam Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adam-draper)[Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 20 Nov 2017 · 13 min Investor Stories 73: Why I Passed (Draper, Farmer, Suster) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 4 Aug 2017 · 9 min Investor Stories 65: Lessons Learned (Tunguz, Davis, Draper, Eakman) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 1 Mar 2017 · 26 min 129. Cram Session, Episodes 73-78 (Nick Moran) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Adam Draper

### What does Adam Draper invest in?

Adam Draper invests most often at Seed and Series B (86% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Adam Draper?

8 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2019.

### What has Adam Draper invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Flower Co. (Seed, Jul 2019) and Amun (Undisclosed round, Mar 2019).

### How big are Adam Draper's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.4M.

### Does Adam Draper lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 8 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Adam Draper invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (67%), Canada (17%) and Switzerland (17%).

### Is Adam Draper investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2019.

### Who does Adam Draper invest alongside?

Most often First Round Capital (2 rounds together), Hard Yaka (2 rounds together) and Peter Pastewka (2 rounds together).

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