Draper Associates

Venture Capital
189investments
18exits
$837.9Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
4,568open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Draper Associates is a venture capital firm that backs transformative technology companies from seed onward. It invests in AI, blockchain, biotech and frontier technology, and its history includes early support for companies such as Tesla, Skype, Baidu and Hotmail. The firm was founded in 1985 by Tim Draper and is based in San Mateo, California, alongside the wider Draper Venture Network of affiliated funds.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
189
106 of them startups
Hiring now
44
4,568 open roles
Deals in 12 months
2
2 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
21
$837.9M raised
Exits
18
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 15%Health Care 13%Blockchain & Crypto 13%Financial Services 8%Software 8%Space & Aerospace 7%Biotechnology 7%Internet Services 6%
Where its companies are
United States 40%Singapore 2%Taiwan 2%United Kingdom 2%Canada 1%India 1%Sri Lanka 1%United Arab Emirates 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 189 investments
MogulSeries A $15.5M · this month · led a round DoctoursPre-Seed $2M · 1 mo ago HexembioVenture round $15.5M · 1 mo ago · led a round Cloverleaf BioSeed $33M · 2 mo ago · 3 roles Aurelius SystemsSeries A $40M · 3 mo ago · 11 roles DexMatVenture round $1M · 3 mo ago Markets LLCVenture round $2.5M · 5 mo ago ArpioSeries A $15M · 5 mo ago · 1 role Amboss TechnologiesVenture round $80k · 5 mo ago Focused EnergySeries A $240M · 5 mo ago DarkhiveSeries B $30M · 6 mo ago · 1 role Ark LabsSeed $5.2M · 8 mo ago
4,568 open roles at 44 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Microsoft976 new roles in 30 days Baidu219 new roles in 30 days Coinbase77 new roles in 30 days Fivetran76 new roles in 30 days ICEYE61 new roles in 30 days Arctic Wolf56 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 14 shared Draper Dragon 11 shared Plug and Play 8 shared SOSV 8 shared Techstars 6 shared 500 Global 6 shared Winklevoss Capital 5 shared DCG 4 shared General Catalyst 4 shared Capital Factory 4 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Andreessen Horowitz Techstars Initialized Capital NEA GV DCVC Y Combinator Soma Capital
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 5 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Mateo United States
HQ
Final Notes
50-200 est. staff
55 E 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
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