Draper Associates

Austin, Texas
Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming companies. They invest globally, in great teams of people creating revolutionary companies in new media, gaming, SaaS, cloud, new finance, IOT, and mobile. Their portfolio companies disrupting markets in the tens of billions and are on a clear path tolater rounds of fundraising. Draper Associates encourages entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness, to transform industries with new technologies, and to build platforms for extraordinary growth, jobs, and wealth creation. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA, USA.
Founded:2015
Firm Location:Austin, Texas • San Francisco, California • Redwood City, California • Menlo Park, California • San Francisco Bay Area • United Kingdom
Draper Associates Team
Photo of Tim Draper, Partner at Draper Associates
Tim Draper
Sweet spot: $1.5M
Range: $500K - $5.0M
Investors in Redwood City (CA), Investors in San Mateo (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in Space (Series B), Investors in Space (Series B), Investors in Messaging (Series B), Investors in Space (Pre-seed), Investors in Space (Pre-seed), Investors in Local Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Messaging (Series B), Investors in Local Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Local Services (Series B), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in Messaging (Series A), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in Messaging (Pre-seed), Investors in Local Services (Series B), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Messaging (Pre-seed), Investors in Local Services (Seed), Investors in Messaging (Series A), Investors in Payments (Pre-seed), Investors in Payments (Series B), Investors in Local Services (Series A), Investors in Messaging (Seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Local Services (Seed), Investors in Payments (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Pre-seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B), Investors in Payments (Pre-seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Series B), Investors in Messaging (Seed), Investors in Local Services (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Pre-seed), Investors in Media/Content (Series B), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in Payments (Series A), Investors in Social Commerce (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series B), Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Social Commerce (Seed), Investors in Payments (Seed), Investors in AI (Series B), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Series A), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Health (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Media/Content (Series A), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Media/Content (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists (Other Lists), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Matt Harris
Sweet spot: $1.5M
Range: $500K - $5.0M
Investors in Austin (TX)
Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Austin (Other Lists), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed)
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Daniel Sangyoon Kim
Sweet spot: $1.5M
Range: $500K - $5.0M
Investors in SF Bay Area (CA)
Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in Web3/Crypto (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists), Investors in FinTech (Seed)
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Lord Aamer Sarfraz
Draper Associates·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $1.5M
Range: $500K - $5.0M
Investors in United Kingdom
Investors in Impact (Series A), Investors in Logistics (Series A), Investors in Impact (Seed), Investors in Logistics (Seed)
Photo of Siri Srinivas, Principal at Draper Associates
Siri Srinivas
Sweet spot: $1.5M
Range: $500K - $5.0M
Investors in San Mateo (CA)
Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in IoT (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series B), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Series A), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Gaming/eSports (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Series B), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series B), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series B), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)
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Andy Tang
Sweet spot: $1.5M
Range: $500K - $5.0M
Investors in San Mateo (CA), Investors in Menlo Park (CA)
Investors in EnergyTech (Series A), Investors in EnergyTech (Series A), Investors in EnergyTech (Seed), Investors in EnergyTech (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series A), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Series A), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Series A), Investors in ClimateTech/CleanTech (Seed), Investors in Web3/Blockchain (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Series A), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in San Francisco Bay Area (Other Lists)