Draper Associates

Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm, funding the future first. Founded in 1985 by Tim Draper, we’ve been the first believers in companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Robinhood, Baidu, Twitch, Cruise, and Coinbase—long before they became household names.

We invest from pre-seed to Series A and remain industry-agnostic and opportunistic, while gravitating toward transformative ideas in AI, robotics, biotech, Biocures, robotics, defense, crypto, space, and deep tech.

We're especially excited by the wild, the weird, and the unconventional—world-changing ideas that seem impossible today but will be inevitable tomorrow. The firm’s partners are Tim Draper and Andy Tang. Our mission is simple: Fund the people crazy enough to change the world.