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Draper Associates VIII, L.P.
Fund· Delaware
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
Newly closedEvergreen or indefinite offeringADV: Venture Capital Fundmanager not yet resolved
As of · the latest observation of this vehicle; each figure below carries its own filing date
3 additional placement agents
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What matters now
- $301Msold at the filing
Latest Form D filed on 4 Jun 2026: $301M sold of $301M offered, 56 investors. A Form D amount is what was sold at the filing, never a final close.
A new or amended Form D means the vehicle is taking money now.
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Amounts, each with its basis
- Vintage
- 2025basis: form d first sale
- Target
- unknownnot announced
- First close
- unknownnever inferred from a Form D
- Final close
- unknownonly from an announcement or an LP disclosure
- Announced size
- unknown
- Form D offering
- $301Mwhat may be sold, not what was raised; file 021-552404, sworn by the adviser or filed under this vehicle
- Form D sold
- $301Mas of the filing of Jun 4, 2026, 56 investors
- First sale
- Jul 15, 2025
- Reported GAV
- $230Mon the Form ADV filed Mar 31, 2026; the fund's assets, never its size or dry powder
- Owners (ADV)
- 48
- Reported on ADV
- unknown
Fundraising evidence
What counts as raisingA Form D offering is permission to sell, not a fund in market; an amount sold is never a close; an evergreen offering amended every year is not a raise.Evergreen or indefinite offering
Form D filed or amended 2026-06-04: offering indefinite, sold $300.8M (fr-1)
evidence dated Jun 4, 2026.
Lifecycle
Newly closed
Lifecycle
first sale within 24 months; Form D sold out or quiet
first sale: Jul 15, 2025vintage year: 2025adv gav as of: Mar 31, 2026vintage basis: Form d first saleform d sold: $301Mform d offering: $301Mform d latest filed at: Jun 4, 2026
The fund's own reporting through time
1 Form ADV filings
| Filed | Type | Gross asset value | Owners | Min. investment | Adviser-owned | Audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | Venture Capital Fund | $230M | 48 | $250,000 | 46% |
Principals and agents
2 principals on Form D, 0 placement agents
- Draper Associates VIII, LLC Director
- Timothy Cook Draper Director
Service providers
6 named on Form ADV Schedule D and Form D
- AuditorBDO · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianCOINBASE · SAN FRANCISCO, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
- CustodianFirst Citizens Bank · SANTA CLARA, California, United StatesForm ADV filed Mar 31, 2026 reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Limited partners and their reported performance
Whose numbers these areEach row is the LP’s own number: its cash flows and its valuation policy as of its reporting date, not the fund’s. Net IRR is printed only when the LP prints one. The vintage is the LP’s definition (CalPERS: year of its first cash flow; WSIB: year of its initial investment).0 public LP reports
No public LP has reported this vehicle. The LP tape is read from public pension disclosures (see Limited partners); a fund appears here only when an LP’s report names it.
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areA commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the date of the report that listed it. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value on its return, never a commitment.0 relationships, public pensions and the allocator graph, each counted once
No allocator names this vehicle in a public disclosure DFX holds: pension reports, foundation 990-PF returns or endowment disclosures.
Investments attributed to this vehicle
0
No investment attributed to this vehicle. The firm’s investments sit on the firm; a fund gets one only when a source names the vehicle.
Timeline
4 events
- Jun 4, 2026Draper Associates VIII, L.P.: the Form D filed 2026-06-04 reports the offering fully sold ($300.8M of $300.8M, 56 investors); a final close is inferredFund close inferred Inference
- Jun 4, 2026Draper Associates VIII, L.P. filed Form D/A: $300,780,000 sold of $300,780,000, Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
- Mar 31, 2026Draper Associates Viii, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Draper Management Company, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $230,253,777Fund first reported on Form ADV Inference Form ADV
- Jul 22, 2025Draper Associates VIII, L.P. filed Form D: $200,000,000 sold (indefinite offering), Venture Capital FundForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
32 observations
Every observation on this vehicle
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Limited Partnership Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Form D fund type: Venture Capital Fund Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Pooled Investment Fund Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Amendment: true Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $301M Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $200M Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $301M Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b, 3C, 3C.1, 3C.7 Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2025-07-15 Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2025-07-15 Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Indefinite offering: true Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 56 Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 37 Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: pooled Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2025 Jun 4, 2026 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2025 Jul 22, 2025 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
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Across the graphs
Draper Associates VIII, L.P. is the same institution as 1 record in RIA and Wealth.
RIA and Wealth1
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Record history
3 dated events on the change ledger, latest event first
- Form D filed2026-06-04source on record
- Fund first reported on ADV2026-03-31source on record
- Form D filed2025-07-22source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.