# Draper Nexus: portfolio, investments and team

> Draper Nexus is a vc firm based in Japan. 9 investments on record, latest Jul 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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

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# Draper Nexus

Last cheque observed Jul 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series A Series B

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record

Since the last cheque **2665** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$34M** Rounds led **1 of 9** Mostly in **United States, 75%**

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## Draper Nexus highlights

- 01 9 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 57% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

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

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances**

- **2019** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Fyde](https://millionrounds.com/company/fyde)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.3M** *Led*
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **May** **[Iceye](https://millionrounds.com/company/iceye)** Series B · FI · FinSMEs **$34M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Fyde](https://millionrounds.com/company/fyde)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Folio](https://millionrounds.com/company/folio)** Series A · JP · Thebridge **$63M** With 6 others
- **2017** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[UpLift](https://millionrounds.com/company/uplift)** Debt · US · Phocuswire **$90M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Notion](https://millionrounds.com/company/notion)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[MomentFeed](https://millionrounds.com/company/momentfeed)** US · FinSMEs **$16M** With 2 others
- **2016** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Nauto](https://millionrounds.com/company/nauto)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$159M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Cylance](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylance)** **$100M** With 13 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 cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$34M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 9 rounds **11%**

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

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *2*
- Series A *2*
- Series B *2*
- Debt *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2016 2019

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Draper Nexus put money into.

[**Fyde** $2.3M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/fyde)[**Iceye** $34M · May 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/iceye)[**UpLift** $90M · Dec 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/uplift)[**Nauto** $159M · Jul 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/nauto)[**Cylance** $100M · Jan 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylance)

## Quick answers about Draper Nexus

### What does Draper Nexus invest in?

Draper Nexus invests most often at Seed and Series A (57% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Draper Nexus?

9 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jul 2019.

### What has Draper Nexus invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Fyde (Seed, Jul 2019), Iceye (Series B, May 2018) and Folio (Series A, Jan 2018).

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

The median round it joins is $34M.

### Does Draper Nexus lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 9 investments on record (11%).

### Where does Draper Nexus invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (75%), Finland (13%) and Japan (13%).

### Is Draper Nexus investing now?

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

### What kind of investor is Draper Nexus?

Draper Nexus is a VC firm based in Japan.

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