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What does Draper Associates invest in?
Draper Associates invests most often at Seed and Venture (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Healthcare and Defensetech.
Draper Associates highlights
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62 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Venture: 63% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 29 rounds, median $2.0M
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18 exits from the portfolio
What they do
DRAPER ASSOCIATES is a global venture capital FIRM for world-shaping companies.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $100K – $1.0M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- AIHealthcareDefensetech
- Based in
- San Mateo, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first369 appearances
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51 rounds
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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 registration1 named
TCTimothy Cook DraperManaging Member of the ManageriFiling they signed
We also hold 23 people 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.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$1.3Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Draper Management Company, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 289448
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
36 of 60 we have independently watched raise
1fortAisaAiseerAlexiAlliaAltobeamAmbossAncestryAngellistArpioArthurAthenahealthAtomwiseAureliussystemsAvolaerospaceBaiduBancorBasepairtechBenchlingBitwageBlowhornBoomsupersonicBoxablBuildroidCandelaCartaCasimirspaceCharmsChurchaiCircleciCitixCloverleafbioCognitivespaceColossalConchalabsSmartAanikabioAcelabusaAladdinb2bAlefAlgenbioAlgonomyArcatarArklabsArkmArrowsecureAtlasupAutoBasilicaBeltwaysBiocraftpetBitcoinderbyBitrefillBlockchaincapitalBlueCancerfreeCapconnectplusClerq-ipClinchoiceCoachtubeand 11 more
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed18 in all
Chronos Mobile TechnologiesBought by Life360UndisclosedAug 2015
Local MotionBought by ZipcarUndisclosedAug 2015
NutmegBought by GiphyUndisclosedMar 2015
MeldiumBought by LogMeIn$15MSept 2014
TOA TechnologiesBought by Oracle CorporationUndisclosedJul 2014
Skybox ImagingBought by Google$500MJun 2014
Shelby.tvBought by Samsung ElectronicsUndisclosedJun 2014
IdentifiedBought by WorkdayUndisclosedFeb 2014
MogreetBought by OutspokenUndisclosedMay 2013
GiftikiBought by LaunchRockUndisclosedAug 2012
RentJuiceBought by Zillow$40MMay 2012
Searchandise CommerceBought by RichRelevanceUndisclosedDec 2011
Pulse EntertainmentBought by MeezUndisclosedJan 2009
AuctionDropBought by ECO InternationalUndisclosedJul 2008
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.