Draper Associates

Venture Capital

Venture capital firm founded by Tim Draper, investing in early-stage transformative companies.

Profile

Founded
1985
Headquarters
San Mateo, US
Investments
15
Companies
9

Capital

Total Deployed
$607M
Lead Rounds
2

Portfolio

9 companies
Carta $1.2B
Private San Francisco, United States

Carta is an ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership. The company provides cap table management, 409A valuations, fund administration, and equity plan management, serving over 35,000 startups and 200+ venture funds.

Fivetran $725M
Private Oakland, US

Automated data movement platform that reliably moves data from 700+ sources including SaaS applications, databases, and files to data warehouses, data lakes, and other destinations.

Radiant Industries $519M
Private El Segundo, United States

Radiant Industries develops portable nuclear microreactors designed to replace diesel generators with clean, zero-emissions power. The company's flagship product, Kaleidos, is a 1 MW reactor that fits inside a shipping container. Founded by former SpaceX engineers, Radiant plans to mass-produce microreactors from its factory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Benchling $412M
Private San Francisco, US

Benchling is a cloud-based life sciences R&D platform that helps biotech and pharmaceutical companies manage experiments, track data, and accelerate research and development. The platform replaces physical lab notebooks and spreadsheets with collaborative, AI-ready digital tools used by over 1,200 customers worldwide.

Webflow $335M
Private San Francisco, US

Visual web development platform that lets designers and developers build professional, custom websites without writing code, generating clean HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in real time. Bootstrapped for five years before raising venture capital.

Twitch $43M
Acquired San Francisco, US

Live streaming platform for gamers and creators, originally launched as Justin.tv in 2007. Spun off its gaming vertical as Twitch.tv in June 2011, becoming the world's leading live video platform for gaming content before Amazon's acquisition.

NODA AI $28M
Private Austin, US

AI-native defense company developing AI-powered orchestration for autonomous systems. Creates the cognitive layer enabling autonomous defense systems to work together across different vendors and platforms. Builds novel algorithmic weapons and tactics orchestration for all-domain, cross-vendor systems serving Department of War and UK Ministry of Defense.

Waymark $7M
Private Detroit, Michigan, United States

AI-powered video production platform that creates broadcast-ready TV commercials and video ads in minutes using a brand's existing web content. The company partners with major media groups including Scripps, Fox TV Stations, and Spectrum Reach, covering over 90% of US TV markets. Formerly known as Stik.

Oklo $6M
Public Santa Clara, US

Oklo is an advanced nuclear technology company designing and deploying next-generation fast fission power plants. The company's Aurora powerhouse uses metal-fueled fast reactor technology to generate clean energy, while also pioneering nuclear fuel recycling.

Investment data is compiled from multiple independent sources including company announcements, press coverage, and regulatory filings. While we strive for accuracy, amounts and dates may reflect reported figures at time of announcement.