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Draper Associates portfolio

Draper Associates has 36 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 10 investments in the last 12 months.

Website: draper.vc.
Type: Venture capital.
Portfolio on Recent Funding: 36.
Deals, last 12 months: 10.
Rounds led: 9 of 22.
Capital in their rounds: $832.97M.
Latest deal: Gama · Nov 12, 2026.
About this page

It is a venture capital firm based in San Mateo, US, founded in 1985. It led 9 of the 22 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Gama's $16.62M funding round in November 2026, alongside Transition, Manta Ray Ventures and Planet A Ventures. By category, its portfolio leans toward Robotics and hardware (8) and Health and bio (7). It has co-invested with Gaingels, Boost VC and Alumni Ventures, most often Gaingels (3 rounds).

About Draper Associates

Firm type: Venture capital.
Headquarters: San Mateo, US.
Founded: 1985.
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
Sectors: AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Fintech, Healthtech, Longevity, Medical Devices, Robotics, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
Check size: $500K to $5M.
Leads rounds: Yes.
Portfolio companies: 497.
Exits: 22.
Rounds led: 29.

Funds raised

FundFund #SizeAnnounced
DDraper Associates
Bay Area
-$190Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list
DDraper Associates
Bay Area
-$50Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list

What Draper Associates invests in

Draper Associates recent investments

CompanyRoundDateAlongside
GGamaround · $16.62MTransition, Manta Ray Ventures, Planet A Ventures
WWisecutSeed · leadnone named
Mmogul clubSeries A · $15.5M · leadVentures Together, Alex Jovanovich, Gaingels +4
AAvarraSeries A · $17MAlumni Ventures, GTMfund, Duration Ventures (lead) +2
HheXem bioSeed · $2M · leadKorea Investment Partners, SOSV, Happiness Capital +2
CCloverleaf BioSeed · $33M4BIO Capital (lead), AbbVie, BrightEdge - American Cancer Society +3
AAurelius LasersSeries A · $40M · leadKAS Venture Partners (lead)
AAlsaSeedTribe Capital, Alibaba Group, Onigiri Capital

How Draper Associates invests

StageDealsCapital in rounds
Series A 9 41%$210.35M
Series B+ 6 27%$561M
Seed 5 23%$42.5M
round 1 5%$16.62M
Pre-seed 1 5%$2.5M
YearDealsCapital in rounds
2012 1 5%undisclosed
2021 1 5%$7.5M
2022 4 18%$208.85M
2023 2 9%$81M
2024 1 5%$2.5M
2025 4 18%$381M
2026 9 41%$152.12M

Draper Associates portfolio companies

CompanyRound with Draper AssociatesTotal raisedLatest raise
GGama
Robotics and hardware
 round · $16.62M$16.62MNov 12, 2026
round
WWisecut
Commerce and retail
 Seed · lead$1MOct 14, 2026
Seed
Mmogul club
Real estate and construction
 Series A · $15.5M · lead$15.5MOct 13, 2026
Series A
AAvarra Series A · $17M$17MOct 6, 2026
Series A
HheXem bio
Health and bio
 Seed · $2M · lead$2MSep 15, 2026
Seed
CCloverleaf Bio
Health and bio
 Seed · $33M$33MSep 8, 2026
Seed
AAurelius Lasers
Robotics and hardware
 Series A · $40M · lead$40MAug 14, 2026
Series A
AAlsa
AI agents
 Seed$6.5MJul 13, 2026
Seed
NNatilus
Health and bio
 Series A · $28M · lead$28MFeb 16, 2026
Series A
RRadiant
Climate and energy
 Series B+ · $300M · lead$616.2MDec 17, 2025
Series B+
VVermeer
Robotics and hardware
 Series A · $10M · lead$10MOct 23, 2025
Series A
FFirehawk
Robotics and hardware
 Series B+ · $60M$62MSep 24, 2025
Series B+
GGrifin
Fintech
 Series A · $11M$11MJun 18, 2025
Series A
AArk Labs Pre-seed · $2.5M · lead$7.7MMar 12, 2026
Seed
PPrecision Neuroscience
Health and bio
 Series B+ · $41M$303MSep 24, 2026
Series B+
SSlingshot Aerospace
Climate and energy
 Series A · $40.85M$76.85MDec 6, 2022
Series A
CCryptoys
Gaming
 Series A · $23M$30.5MJun 24, 2022
Series A
WWebflow
Sales and marketing
 Series B+ · $120M$120MJul 1, 2026
Seed
AAerospike
Data and analytics
 Series B+$152MApr 4, 2024
Series B+
FFeltsense
AI agents
 backer · source$5.1MFeb 5, 2026
Seed
PPoseidon Aerospace
Robotics and hardware
 backer$13MSep 8, 2026
Series A
AApoha
Health and bio
 backer$36MJul 21, 2026
Series A
NNear Space Labs
Robotics and hardware
 backer$6MOct 22, 2025
Seed
BBitrefill
Stablecoins
 backerundisclosedJul 31, 2025
Seed
CCognitive Space
Manufacturing and industrial
 backer$4MJan 20, 2025
Seed
JJetPack Aviation
Robotics and hardware
 backerundisclosed—
AAllia Health
Health and bio
 backer$500K—
SStayQrious
Education
 backerundisclosedMay 2, 2024
Seed
VViewabo
AI agents
 backerundisclosed—
TTNL Media
Media and content
 backerundisclosed—
LLawtrades
Legal and compliance
 backerundisclosed—
GGopillar
Education
 backerundisclosed—
EEquityzen
Real estate and construction
 backerundisclosed—
UUnstoppable Domains
Fintech
 backer$65.73MJul 27, 2022
Series A
AAIsa
AI agents
 backer$15.5MOct 19, 2026
Seed
WWhelix
Health and bio
 backerundisclosedNov 4, 2026
Seed

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Robotics and hardware).

How this is counted

Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Venture funds Draper Associates raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.

Share is of the 22 rounds on Recent Funding that name Draper Associates. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Draper Associates, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/draper-associates (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.

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