Active: new fund Oct 2026 Verified 4 Nov 2026
Draper Associates
Venture firm investing since 1985 at the earliest stages in themes including life, freedom, intelligence, and land, sea and space. Based in San Mateo, CA.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- San Mateo, California, United States
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
- Backs
- B2B software
- Sectors
- AI, Fintech, Healthtech and life sciences, Mobility, Crypto, Biotech, Generalist, Space
- Fund size / AUM
- $300.8M Draper Associates VIII (Form D offering, 2025)
- Latest fund or filing
- 29 Oct 2026
- Portfolio mix
- B2B software 55%; Deep tech 8%; Crypto and web3 8%; Biotech and pharma 8%; Medtech and digital health 8%; Fintech 4%; Climate and energy 4%; Hardware 4%; Consumer apps 2% (n=25)
- Website
- draper.vc
Fund filings (SEC Form D)
- Latest fund on file
- Draper Dragon Frontier Fund
- Filed
- 29 Oct 2026 (new notice)
- Fund size
- $40M (total offering)
- Fund vehicles filed in the last 12 months
- 5 (includes feeder and parallel vehicles)
See this fund's filings on SEC EDGAR
Contacts on file
For Draper Associates, the paid file holds: 8 named decision-makers with roles; LinkedIn page.
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Notable investments
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Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2161776/000216177626000001/
- adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/333106
- www.draper.vc/
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2076041/000207604126000001/
- www.draper.vc/team
- www.draper.vc/investment-philosophy
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