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Draper Associates

Venture Capital · Founded 2015 · San Mateo, United States

#217 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 2% of investors worldwide

A seed stage venture fund in Menlo Park, CA

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316 Portfolio companies+57% in 5 years
19 Unicorns
5 Decacorns
426 Investments
Aug 2026 Last investment
01 · Knowledge graph
News Aurelius raises $40M Series A for laser counter-drone systems Aug 5, 2026 News Alsa raises $6.5M seed to build the "Amazon for agents" Jul 3, 2026 News Syntax Bio expands Series A to $14.4M for cell therapy platform Jun 21, 2026
02 · Biggest holdings

Draper Associates’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Draper Associates still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has no parsed shareholder register for Draper Associates, so the size of each stake isn’t shown.

#CompanyValuation
  1. 1 PolymarketDecacorn · Fintech · USA $15.0B
  2. 2 ICEYEDecacorn · Space · Finland $11.0B
  3. 3 ColossalDecacorn · Health · USA $10.3B
  4. 4 CartaUnicorn · Legal · USA $7.4B
  5. 5 WebflowUnicorn · Media · USA $4.0B
  6. 6 ThumbtackUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $3.2B
  7. 7 ICON TechnologyUnicorn · Real Estate · USA $1.8B
  8. 8 Radiant IndustriesUnicorn · Energy · USA $1.8B
  9. 9 LedgerUnicorn · Security · France $1.4B
  10. 10 ZopaUnicorn · Fintech · UK $1.1B
  11. 11 SplashtopUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.0B
  12. 12 Unstoppable DomainsUnicorn · Hosting · USA $1.0B

Unicorns and thoroughbreds Draper Associates has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Draper Associates’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 316 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA306
  2. UK12
  3. Canada11
  4. India8
  5. Singapore7
  6. UAE4
  7. Argentina3
  8. Cayman Islands3
  9. China3
  10. Germany3
  11. Israel3
  12. Spain3
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech86
  2. Enterprise Software60
  3. Health45
  4. Transportation27
  5. Robotics26
  6. Security26
  7. Media23
  8. Marketing16
  9. Real Estate16
  10. Energy15
  11. Food14
  12. Education13
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed177
  2. Series A95
  3. Series B+38
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth240
  2. Breakout Stage113
  3. Late Growth43
  4. Mature2
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Draper Associates’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 316 tracked.

Cruise
Robotics
$850M
Polymarket
Fintech · Decacorn
$15B
ICEYE
Space · Decacorn
$11B
Carta
Legal · Unicorn
$7.4B
Zopa
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Shmoody
Health · Unicorn
$3.5B
Thumbtack
Real Estate · Unicorn
$3.2B
Colossal
Health · Decacorn
$10B
Radiant Industries
Energy · Unicorn
$1.8B
Ledger
Security · Unicorn
$1.4B
ICON Technology
Real Estate · Unicorn
$1.8B
Xanadu
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$3.6B
Coinbase
Fintech · Decacorn
$38B
Webflow
Media · Unicorn
$4.0B
Precision Neuroscience
Health
$408M
Aerospike
Enterprise Software
$545M
Numerion Labs
Health
$492M
Tempo Automation
Semiconductors
$19M
Nutmeg
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.0B
Verge Genomics
Health
$392M
Goldbelly
Food
$400M
Proximie
Health
$320M
7shifts
Food
$320M
Wellfound
Jobs Recruitment
$400M
Scopio Labs
Health
$250M
Meta Co.
Home Living
$200M
Firehawk Aerospace
Security
$240M
SpotHero
Transportation
$250M
Slingshot Aerospace
Space
$161M
Scout AI
Security
$400M
Splashtop
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Venus Aerospace
Transportation
$364M
The Bouqs Company
Marketing
$92M
Terra Bella
Space
$280M
Instructure
Education · Unicorn
$3.9B
Rosotics
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment
$3.0M
Prolacta Bioscience
Health
$36M
Yik Yak
Media
$248M
Otter.ai
Media
$160M
Unstoppable Domains
Hosting · Unicorn
$1.0B
Cryptio
Fintech
$180M
alviere
Fintech
$200M
Pebble
Sports
$23M
aiMotive
Transportation
$200M
Hint Health
Health
$180M
Lemon
Fintech
$139M
Picnic
Food
$82M
Crowdcube
Fintech
$185M
pebble.com
Sports
Ripio
Fintech
$200M
Darkhive
Security
$120M
Skytran
Transportation
$60M
Sign
Legal
$102M
SourceDay
Fintech
$126M
AZA Finance
Fintech
$140M
Tripping
Travel
$140M
Cyber Swarm
Security
$200M
Aurelius Systems
Robotics
$160M
Waymark
Media
$7.2M
Paperless Post
Event Tech
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Draper Associates’ portfolio founders come from.

160 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States111
  2. United Kingdom11
  3. Argentina7
  4. France5
  5. Canada2
  6. Finland2
  7. Germany2
  8. India2
  9. Israel2
  10. Kenya2
UniversityCount
  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology9
  2. Harvard University6
  3. Stanford University6
  4. Duke University5
  5. Texas A&M University5
  6. University of California, Berkeley5
  7. University of Michigan5
  8. Yale University5
  9. Georgia Institute of Technology4
  10. University of Southern California4
Previous companyCount
  1. Alphabet | Google4
  2. BU Today4
  3. Microsoft4
  4. Goldman Sachs3
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
  6. NASA3
  7. Stanford University3
  8. ABC Family2
  9. Actian2
  10. Bandwidth2
06 · Similar investors

Similar investors.

Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.

Y Combinator
Accelerator · San Francisco
#62 rank 7,127 companies $1.9T portfolio
Techstars
Accelerator · New York City
#855 rank 2,278 companies $249B portfolio
Sequoia
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#3 rank 1,921 companies $23T portfolio
500 Global
Venture Capital · Palo Alto
#431 rank 2,321 companies $284B portfolio
Plug and Play
Venture Capital · Sunnyvale
#410 rank 1,576 companies $290B portfolio
Bpifrance
Sovereign Wealth Fund · Maisons-Alfort
#94 rank 1,363 companies $165B portfolio
Andreessen Horowitz
Venture Capital · Menlo Park
#2 rank 1,188 companies $4.4T portfolio
Bessemer Venture Partners
Venture Capital · San Francisco
#56 rank 849 companies $1.9T portfolio
07 · Key people

Key people at Draper Associates.

Tim Draper
Tim Draper
Founding Partner
Andy Tang
Partner
Tyrone Lee
Venture Partner
Matt Harris
Venture Partner
Lord Aamer Sarfraz
Venture Partner
Zachary Cefaratti
Venture Partner
James Walker
Principal
Maxime Bucaille
Principal
Source: Curated from official investor team pages and verified public profiles.