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About Draper Associates

Investor type

VC firm

First check

$100k to $1M

Lead

Sometimes

Themes

military
digital-health
space tech
weapons
army
GPS
computer vision
aviation
dual-use
geospatial
healthtech
ehealth
wellbeing
newspace
space-tech
ML
healthier living
well-being
health-tech
defense
connected health
longevity
cryptocurrency
space
connected-health
defensetech
spacetech
genAI
tech-enabled health
machine learning
deep learning
machine vision
dual use
mental health
crypto
generative AI
agents
data science
telehealth
neural network
artificial intelligence
satellites
big data
rocketship
LLM
defence
health
wellnessAI robotics
e-health
aerospace
healthcare
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Funding Stages

1. Idea or Patent2. Prototype3. Early Revenue

Countries of investment

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Who we are

Draper Associates: 40+ years backing transformative companies from Tesla to Skype. We invest in AI, blockchain, biotech, and frontier tech.

Funding Requirements

We invest in AI, robotics, crypto, defense, aerospace, and healthcare

Value add

We backed Tesla when electric vehicles were seen as niche, SpaceX when privatized space travel was unheard of, and Coinbase when crypto was dismissed as a fad. Our job isn’t to follow trends; it’s to see what others don’t, to make early, high-conviction bets on companies and founders that will fundamentally reshape the world.

Locations

55 E. 3rd Avenue, 94401 San Mateo, CA, California, US HQ

Draper Associates Team

Mick Makky

Mick Makky

Sr Associate

"I invest in Frontier builders. Currently focused on Bio, Space, AI, Defense, Bitcoin/Crypto"

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