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Draper Associates

Menlo Park, CAEst. 1985$2.00B AUM

Check Size

$500K – $5M

Stage

Pre-Seed – Series B+

AUM

$2.00B

Founded

1985

About Draper Associates

Draper Associates is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA founded in 1985. Draper Associates: 40+ years backing transformative companies from Tesla to Skype. We invest in AI, blockchain, biotech, and frontier tech. $2B AUM, 60+ unicorns. The firm focuses on Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ investments across sectors including Aerospace & Defense, Other, Consumer, Fintech, Climate. The firm manages $2.00B in assets under management. Invests in early-stage technology companies with disruptive potential across various sectors including fintech, consumer internet, and emerging technologies.

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage technology companies with disruptive potential across various sectors including fintech, consumer internet, and emerging technologies.

Sector Focus

Aerospace & DefenseOtherConsumerFintechClimate

Investment Stage

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+

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