Draper Associates
Draper Associates is Tim Draper's flagship seed-stage venture capital firm, founded in 1985 and based in San Mateo, CA. Across 40+ years of frontier-tech investing, the fund has backed 400+ transformative companies — including Tesla, Skype, Baidu, Hotmail, SpaceX, Coinbase, Robinhood, Twitch, DocuSign, Ancestry, and Twitter — with 60+ unicorns across AI, crypto & blockchain, space, biotech, and consumer internet. Distinct from other Draper-network funds (DFJ, Draper Dragon, Draper Athena, Boost VC) and run directly by Tim and Billy Draper with Andy Tang.
CyberSwarm, Inc.
AI Hardware
Est. 2017
Logic
Intelligence and Automation for Global and Interplanetary Supply Chains
Est. 2022
Glīd
Synchronizing Road and Rail with Atoms and Bits
Est. 2024
NATILUS
RESHAPING THE SKIES WITH THE MOST EFFICIENT AIRCRAFT EVER DEVELOPED
Est. 2021
ICON
Technology for Humanity's Future
Est. 2017
CoachTube
The Platform to Teach and Learn Sports
Est. 2015
Arcatar
Trust Infrastructure for the internet
Est. 2023
Outpost
To Space & Back
Est. 2021
TRAXyL
Here to Anywhere
Firehawk Aerospace
Revolutionizing propulsion systems for the future of space travel and defense.
Est. 2019
Purecode AI
AI-Powered Frontend Development Tool
Est. 2022
Colossal Biosciences
At Colossal Biosciences, we endeavor to jumpstart nature’s ancestral heartbeat
Slingshot Aerospace
Slingshot Orbital optimizes and expedites dynamic decision-making throughout your space system’s lifecycle, from design through operations and service.