DFX Intelligence
Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Draper Management Company, LLC
Draper Management Company, LLC
Institutional venture firmSan Mateo, CAdraper.vcSEC venture capital fund adviserone firm, 2 filing advisers
This firm files as 2 advisers on draper.vc: Draperdragon Management Company II, LLC. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
Draper Associates: 40+ years backing transformative companies from Tesla to Skype. We invest in AI, blockchain, biotech, and frontier tech. $2B AUM, 60+ unicorns.
venture manager, reported GAV $749M across 7 vehicles
Importance
50
elevated
Active deployment
55
elevated
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
69
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
22
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- San Mateo, CAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- 55 EAST 3RD AVENUE, San Mateo, CA, 94401adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- (650) 599-9000adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- HTTP://WWW.DRAPER.VC
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 9 (9 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $1.3Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- The Timothy Draper Living Trust (Member), E
- business email
- deals@draper.vcdraper.vcpublished by the subject
- business email
- andy@draper.vcdraper.vcpublished by the subject
- business phone
- (650) 599-9000adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
88 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, fintech, healthcare, biotech, medtech, climate, energy, hardware, robotics, space, crypto, cybersecurity
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- global, texas, worldwide
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
- Self-described
- venture capital
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 89%Other Technology 7%Other 3%Other Energy 1%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 88
Funds and vehicles
7 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draper Associates Rhino Ledger, LLC | Fund | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $15.7M May 7, 2024 | 7 | unknown | unknown |
| Draper Associates Rhino Spv III, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2024 adv first reported | Early deployment | $2.0M May 7, 2024 | 2 | $0 | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Draper Associates VII, LP | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $51.9M May 7, 2024 | 40 | $152M | Jul 31, 2023 |
| Draper Associates Rhino Spv II, LLC | SPV or co-invest vehicle | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $3.9M May 7, 2024 | 3 | $2.0M of $2.0M | Jan 27, 2022 |
| Draper Associates VI, L.P. | Fund | 2020 form d first sale | Mature | $295M May 7, 2024 | 30 | $82.6M of $170M | Aug 28, 2020 |
| Draper Associates V, L.P. | Fund | 2015 form d first sale | Harvest | $280M May 7, 2024 | 23 | $119M of $150M | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Draper Associates Partners V, LLC | Fund | 2015 form d first sale | Harvest | $100M May 7, 2024 | 7 | $50.0M of $50.2M | Sep 14, 2015 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
20 current, 0 departed
Asra Nadeem
Board or advisoryStartup Education Advisor
Timothy Cook Draper
Board or advisoryTrustee · since Apr 1, 1988
Tim Draper
Managing partnerFounder and Managing Partner
Addie Bonifas
OtherChief of Staff
Tatiana Chau
OtherChief of Staff - Andy Tang
Unconventional Ideas
OtherINVESTMENT THESIS
Vicky Kuang
OtherInvestment
Andy Tang
PartnerPartner
Collin West
Platform and operationsData Advisor
Karina Armstrong
Platform and operationsAssistant Controller
Rose Yip
Platform and operationsCFO
James Walker
PrincipalPrincipal
Maxime Bucaille
PrincipalPrincipal
Megan Kurohara
PrincipalPrincipal
Michelle Kwok
PrincipalPrincipal
Sarika Batra
PrincipalSarika is the Showrunner and Director of Meet the Drapers.
Lord Aamer Sarfraz
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Matt Harris
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Tyrone Lee
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Zachary Cefaratti
Venture partnerVenture Partner
Investments on record
88 edges, 88 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
40 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Union Square Ventures 3 shared · recurringPA Capital Management LLC 3 shared · recurringArtisanal Ventures, LLC 2 shared · recurringMenlo Ventures 2 shared · recurringPascal Capital, L.L.C. 2 shared · recurringNelstone Ventures Advisors 2 shared · recurringGlynn Capital Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringNext Legacy Management, LLC 2 shared · recurringFirstmark Capital, LLC 2 shared · recurringAnthemis 2 shared · recurringChampion Hill Labs, LLC 2 shared · recurringPropel Venture Partners Management Co. 2 shared · recurringSapphire Ventures, LLC 2 shared · recurringFJ Labs 2 shared · recurringMastry 2 shared · recurringTeamworthy Group LLC 1 shared · one timeGlasswing Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeProject a 1 shared · one timeStillmark Management LLC 1 shared · one timeTarget Global Selected Opportunities LP 1 shared · one timeAccess Ventures 1 shared · one timeImpellent Ventures 1 shared · one timeLUX Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timePrime Movers Lab LLC 1 shared · one timeWestriver Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeTIA Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timePoint Nine 1 shared · one timeLightshed Ventures Group, LP 1 shared · one timeMighty Capital Management LLC 1 shared · one timeParadigm Operations LP 1 shared · one timeValor Ventures 1 shared · one timeBase Venture Management, Inc. 1 shared · one timeAT One Ventures Opco, LLC 1 shared · one timeActivant Capital Group LLC 1 shared · one timeGrit Ventures LLC 1 shared · one timeOCA Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeONE Way Ventures Management Pbc, Inc. 1 shared · one timeScout Vc, LLC 1 shared · one timePruven Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeParade Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
8 dated events
- Mar 28, 2024Draper Associates Rhino Ledger, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Draper Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $15,705,292Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDraper Associates Rhino Ledger, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2024Draper Associates VII, LP first reported on Form ADV by Draper Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $51,904,028Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDraper Associates VII, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2024Draper Associates Rhino Spv II, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Draper Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $3,930,621Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDraper Associates Rhino Spv II, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 28, 2024Draper Associates Rhino Spv III, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Draper Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $1,985,183Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDraper Associates Rhino Spv III, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 31, 2021Draper Associates VI, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Draper Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $36,289,712Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDraper Associates VI, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Aug 25, 2017Draper Management Company, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Aug 25, 2017Draper Associates V, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Draper Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $136,558,878Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDraper Associates V, L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Aug 25, 2017Draper Associates Partners V, LLC first reported on Form ADV by Draper Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $50,379,567Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDraper Associates Partners V, LLCSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $749M across 7 vehicles
Evidence
54 observations from 3 sources