What does Draper Esprit invest in?
Draper Esprit invests most often at Series A and Venture (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Gaming, Internet and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

United Kingdom · Investor
Last cheque observed Dec 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.
QuietVC firm
96 rounds on record
Mostly Series A and Venture: 53% of its rounds
Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $16M
11 exits from the portfolio
Every round we can evidence, newest first96 appearances
8 rounds
5 rounds
4 rounds
9 rounds
13 rounds
11 rounds
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We hold 17 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.
Who backs their funds
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: an LP list.
| Fund | Vintage | Committed |
|---|---|---|
| Draper Esprit | - | - |
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed11 in all
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Acquisitions by the firm itself
The investors most often in the same rounds as Draper Esprit. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
The latest companies Draper Esprit put money into.
1 episode naming Draper Esprit in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

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Draper Esprit invests most often at Series A and Venture (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Gaming, Internet and Venture Capital & Private Equity.
96 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 5. The most recent was in Dec 2019.
Its most recent investments on record: Paragraf (Series A, Dec 2019), Decibel (Series B, Nov 2019) and Freetrade (Series A, Oct 2019).
The median round it joins is $18M.
Sometimes: it led 5 of its 96 investments on record (5%).
Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (55%), the United States (20%) and Denmark (8%).
No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2019.
Most often DFJ Esprit (68 rounds together), Prelude Trust (11 rounds together) and Balderton Capital (9 rounds together).
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