# Tim Draper: portfolio, investments and team

> Tim Draper is a vc firm based in United States. 100 investments on record, 8 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Tim Draper

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 100 cheques on record.

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**89%** of best year **8** **cheques in 12 months**, 100 on record

Since the last cheque **18** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.5M** Rounds led **1 of 100** Sole investor **16 rounds** Exits **4 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 60%**

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## Tim Draper highlights

- 01 8 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 70% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 16 rounds, median $750K
- 04 4 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

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

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **100 appearances**

- **2026** 6 rounds
- **Oct** **[Mogul](https://millionrounds.com/company/mogul)** Series A · US · Fintech Global **$16M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[QurieGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/quriegen)** Grant · NL **$2.4M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[SignalRank](https://millionrounds.com/company/signalrank)** Series A · US **$27M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Casimir Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/casimir-inc)** Seed · US · Ventureburn **$12M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Exobiosphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/exobiosphere)** Seed · LU **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Propy](https://millionrounds.com/company/propy)** Debt · US **$100M** With 2 others
- **2025** 8 rounds
- **Dec** **[TNL Mediagene](https://millionrounds.com/company/tnl-mediagene)** Debt **$1.7M** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[BacAlt](https://millionrounds.com/company/bacalt)** Venture **$250K** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Ryder](https://millionrounds.com/company/ryder)** Seed · SG · TechStartups **$3.2M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[EYWA](https://millionrounds.com/company/eywa)** Venture · UY **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[QurieGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/quriegen)** Venture · NL **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[CrossCurve Metelayer](https://millionrounds.com/company/crosscurve-metelayer)** Venture · ES **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[SOLO](https://millionrounds.com/company/solo)** Pre-seed · US **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Omi AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/omi-ai)** Pre-seed · US **$2.0M** With 4 others
- **2024** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Upliance.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/upliance-ai)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[SUN ZU Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/sun-zu-lab)** Seed · FR **$1.8M** With 3 others
- **2023** 7 rounds
- **Dec** **[CitiX](https://millionrounds.com/company/citix)** Series B **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[ProtonDx](https://millionrounds.com/company/protondx)** Venture · GB **$3.7M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[CitizenX](https://millionrounds.com/company/citizenx)** Pre-seed · CH **$2.5M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[DIBS Capital (Registered as SDIB Inc), Formerly SolidBlock](https://millionrounds.com/company/dibs-capital-registered-as-sdib-inc-formerly-solidblock)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **May** **[TidePool](https://millionrounds.com/company/tidepool)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Arkham Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/arkham-intelligence)** Series A · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[EtherMail](https://millionrounds.com/company/ethermail)** Seed · LI **$4.0M** With 3 others
- **2022** 3 rounds
- **May** **[Draper Goren Holm](https://millionrounds.com/company/draper-goren-holm)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Zelgor](https://millionrounds.com/company/zelgor)** Crowdfunding · US **$146K** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[OpenNode](https://millionrounds.com/company/opennode)** Series A · US **$20M** With 1 other
- **2021** 1 round
- **Apr** **[GlobeDX](https://millionrounds.com/company/globedx)** Seed **$18M** With 3 others
- **2020** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Precious Payload](https://millionrounds.com/company/precious-payload)** Seed **$1.2M** With 3 others
- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[Pigeonly](https://millionrounds.com/company/pigeonly)** Venture **$1.5M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Wellframe](https://millionrounds.com/company/wellframe)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Xanadu](https://millionrounds.com/company/xanadu)** CA · Theglobeandmail **$32M** With 5 others
- **Mar** **[Factom](https://millionrounds.com/company/factom)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **May** **[Cobalt.io](https://millionrounds.com/company/cobalt-io)** US · FinSMEs **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Bancor](https://millionrounds.com/company/bancor)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Datawallet](https://millionrounds.com/company/datawallet)** Token sale **$40M** With 1 other
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Numetric](https://millionrounds.com/company/numetric)** US · FinSMEs **$13M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Bulletin](https://millionrounds.com/company/bulletin)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$2.2M** With 6 others
- **2016** 4 rounds
- **Oct** **[Factom](https://millionrounds.com/company/factom)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$4.2M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Optix](https://millionrounds.com/company/optix)** Venture · US **$2.6M** With 3 others
- **May** **[7shifts](https://millionrounds.com/company/7shifts)** Seed · CA · BetaKit: funding **$1.2M** With 3 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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **4 in all**

**[Nutmeg](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutmeg)** Bought by Giphy **Undisclosed** Mar 2015

**[isocket](https://millionrounds.com/company/isocket)** Bought by Rubicon Project **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**[Shelby.tv](https://millionrounds.com/company/shelby-tv)** Bought by [Samsung Electronics](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-electronics) **Undisclosed** Jun 2014

**[Vizify](https://millionrounds.com/company/vizify)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** Mar 2014

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

## The cheque

Seed

Median round joined **$2.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$750K**

Led 1 of 100 rounds **1%**

- **Sole investor:** 16 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 4 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *46*
- Series A *18*
- Venture *14*
- Series B *6*
- Series C *4*
- Pre-seed *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) 16
- [Marc Benioff](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-benioff) 5
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 5
- [Boost VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc) 4
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 3
- [Kima Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Draper Associates** VC firm **16** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates)[**Marc Benioff** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-benioff)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Boost VC** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boost-vc)[**500 Global** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Kima Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kima-ventures)[**Pantera Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pantera-capital)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**RRE Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)[**Rothenberg Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rothenberg-ventures)[**Silverton Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/silverton-partners)[**Southern Cross Venture Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/southern-cross-venture-partners)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Tim Draper put money into.

[**Mogul** $16M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mogul)[**QurieGen** $2.4M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/quriegen)[**SignalRank** $27M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/signalrank)[**Casimir Inc.** $12M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/casimir-inc)[**Exobiosphere** $1.0M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/exobiosphere)[**Propy** $100M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/propy)

## On podcasts

3 episodes naming Tim Draper in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

- [EU-Startups Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/eu-startups) 27 Mar 2025 · 42 min Episode 111: Tim Draper on Startups, Bitcoin, Governance & Space Exploration Mentions [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper)[Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 7 Nov 2022 · 51 min 358. Lessons from Tim Draper on Investing in Elon, Where Theranos Went Wrong, and Why Decentralization is the Next Great Tech Frontier (Tim Draper) Mentions [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper)[Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates)[Elon Musk](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elon-musk) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 22 Feb 2016 · 24 min 20VC: Tim Draper on Investing In Tesla, The Best Pitch He Has Ever Seen & The Evolution of Venture and Startups Mentions [Tim Draper](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-draper)[Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [BRAVE Southeast Asia Tech](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/brave-southeast-asia) 5 Sept 2023 · 35 min Leanne Robers: She Loves Tech, Founder-VC Gender Feedback Dynamics & Entrepreneur Psychology - E312 Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 2 Mar 2023 · 7 min Investor Stories 285: Post Mortems (Draper, Lefcourt, Sugden) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 29 Dec 2022 · 6 min Investor Stories 276: Lessons Learned (Draper, Holiday, Mason) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 15 Dec 2022 · 13 min Investor Stories 274: Why I Passed (Sarracino, Fernandez, Draper) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Tim Draper

### What does Tim Draper invest in?

Tim Draper invests most often at Seed and Series A (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintech and Bitcoin.

### How active is Tim Draper?

100 investments on record, 8 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Tim Draper invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Mogul (Series A, Oct 2026), QurieGen (Grant, Sept 2026) and SignalRank (Series A, Jun 2026).

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

The median round it joins is $2.5M.

### Does Tim Draper lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 100 investments on record (1%).

### Where does Tim Draper invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (60%), the Netherlands (7%) and Canada (7%).

### Is Tim Draper investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 8 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Tim Draper invest alongside?

Most often Draper Associates (16 rounds together), Marc Benioff (5 rounds together) and Y Combinator (5 rounds together).

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