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Draper Associates
Venture capital · San Mateo, CA, United States · North America
Draper Associates is a global venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, primarily investing from pre-seed to Series A. It describes itself as industry-agnostic and stage-agnostic, investing across sectors, geographies, and technologies.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
In its own wordsairoboticsblockchaincryptohealthcareaerospace
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Or find every investor that fitsDraper Associates lists 365 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 39 funding rounds, 13 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 39% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (24%), Fintech (16%) and Healthcare & Biotech (14%). 73% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Boost VC, Y Combinator and Draper Dragon.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Draper Associates, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Draper Associates' whole history. Rounds on record name 37 companies; its own site lists 365. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 6% |
| Seed | 39% |
| Series A | 39% |
| Series B | 11% |
| Growth | 6% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 2 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 2 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 9 | 4 |
| '26 | 26 | 9 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 100th | 365 companies |
| Recent activity | 99th | 28 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 45% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 69th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 31th | 24% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 100th | 27 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 24% | 18% |
| Fintech | 16% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 14% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Boost VC | 34 |
| Y Combinator | 26 |
| Draper Dragon | 22 |
| Capital Factory | 21 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 14 |
| SOSV | 14 |
| IndieBio | 13 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 12 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers35497%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company113%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Draper Associates head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Draper Associates| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Nov 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 6 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 Oct 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 8 Sept 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Draper Associates
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Draper Associates' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
365 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aanika is an insurance MGA and program administrator that delivers risk solutions for agriculture through proprietary science and technology. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an integrated materials management platform for the construction industry | Real Estate & ConstructionIndustrial & Manufacturing | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Cowboy Space Corporation builds a power grid in outer space for artificial intelligence using satellites and rockets | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AIsa provides a resource layer for AI agents, offering access to various data sources in one schema | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Jul 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| AI Seer verifies information and analyzes behavioral signals to provide context and reduce uncertainty | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| AladdinB2B creates B2B meetings leading to transactions. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Alef is designing and developing the world's first real flying car | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Algen Biotechnologies discovers medicines through advanced CRISPR gene-modulation and AI | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Algonomy provides data and AI experience services, including omnichannel marketing, customer data platforms, and conversational AI | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Allia Health provides an operating system for behavioral health practices, offering a platform for intake, care, documentation, prescribing, and billing | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Amboss provides Bitcoin and stablecoin payment solutions for businesses to accept payments on their website or app. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Andrena provides high-speed internet services to residents, buildings, and businesses. | Enterprise SoftwareConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AngelList is a portfolio of businesses that move capital through private markets. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Apoha teaches machines to understand matter for applications in pharma, biotech, food, and beverages | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Arcatar provides a system for creators to build and own their own platforms for content, community, and commerce | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Arctic Wolf provides cybersecurity services, including security operations and incident response, to protect organizations from cyber threats. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arkham provides an operational AI platform for modern enterprises to unify data and train models for various industries | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ark Labs builds shared infrastructure for Bitcoin markets to help businesses put Bitcoin capital to work. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- draper.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Jun 2021
- Companies checked
- 365
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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