Draper Associates
Draper Associates last closed a fund in June 2026 — 5 months ago.
Closed Draper Associates Venus, L.P in June 2026. No due call while it has fresh capital, whatever any one line's rhythm says.
This firm closed a fund in the last 18 months, so it has money to put to work now.
- Funds on file
- 5
- Capital raised
- $609M
- Latest close
- June 2026
- Based in
- CA
Vehicles on file
| Vehicle | First close | Amount | Filings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draper Associates Venus, L.P. | June 2026 | $6M | 0002136851 ↗ |
| Draper Associates VIII, L.P. | July 2025 | $301M | 0002076041 ↗ |
| Draper Associates VII, L.P. | June 2022 | $152M | 0001936140 ↗ |
| Draper Associates VI, L.P. | July 2020 | $83M | 0001822547 ↗ |
| Draper Associates V, L.P. | July 2015 | $68M | 0001637718 ↗ |
Each row links to that vehicle’s Form D filings on EDGAR — the name, date and amount above should match what is filed there.
Named on filings
Timothy Draper
What Draper Associates invests in
- Typical fund
- $83M median, early stage, Series A-B scale
- Says it invests in
- AI · health/bio · crypto/web3 · space/defense · deeptech
- Says it invests at
- pre-seed · seed · Series A
- Website
- draper.vc
Sector and stage are quoted from the firm’s own website, not inferred, and dated.
Service providers
- Fund administrator
- None reported — the adviser answered “no administrator” for 4 of 4 funds
- Auditor
- BDO (4 funds)
From Form ADV filed by DRAPER MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC CRD 289448 ↗, latest filing March 2026, covering 4 funds linked to this firm by Form D file number. Form ADV is filed once a year, so a provider may have changed since. How this is matched.
What this is. Every figure on this page comes from Form D filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — public records, reproduced here as filed. Service providers, where shown, come from the adviser’s Form ADV and are dated.
What it is not. Single-deal SPVs, feeder vehicles and GP or employee commitment funds are listed but excluded from fund counts and capital totals: an SPV is one investment, a feeder holds the same capital as its master, and a “Principals” or “Entrepreneurs” fund closes alongside a main fund rather than being raised in its own right. Capital deployed from a family office, a corporate balance sheet or an evergreen structure never arrives as a fund close, so a firm doing that looks quiet here. Amounts are as of the last amendment and go stale. Dates are the date of first sale — a fund's first close, not its final one. Funds filed as “Indefinite” are excluded from totals rather than counted as zero, so a total is a floor.
“No recent fund” is a statement about filings. It is not a statement about whether a firm is solvent, investing, or still in business.