Draper Associates

Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm investing globally in innovative teams building transformative companies across industries such as new media, gaming, SaaS, cloud, fintech, IoT, and mobile. Founded in 1985, the firm encourages entrepreneurs to drive business growth, create jobs, and generate wealth through disruptive technologies.

Sahir Ali

Limited Partner

Maxime Bucaille

Investor

Zachary Cefaratti

Venture Partner

Tim Draper

Partner

Daniel Sangyoon Kim

Analyst

Megan Kurohara

Investor

Tyrone Lee

Venture Partner

Siri Srinivas

Investment Team

James Walker

Principal

Past deals in Crowdfunding

Myco

Venture Round in 2025
Myco develops a decentralized video streaming platform that integrates various content types such as sports, movies, documentaries, and influencer content. It empowers users and creators by enabling live monetization, crowdfunding, non-fungible token (NFT) gating, and fractional ownership of content.

mogul club

Seed Round in 2023
Mogul Club operates a blockchain-based real estate investment platform designed to facilitate direct investments in cash-generating properties. Founded by individuals with extensive experience in the finance sector, particularly at Goldman Sachs, the company aims to streamline real estate investing for both investors and property owners. The platform offers innovative solutions that help property owners reduce costs and unlock equity while connecting them to potential investors. Users can enjoy daily cash flow from rental income based on their ownership percentage, making real estate investments more accessible and efficient. By creating this platform, Mogul Club addresses the challenges faced by investors seeking low-touch ways to deploy capital in real estate.

Funderbeam

Venture Round in 2023
Funderbeam is a platform connecting companies seeking investment with potential investors, facilitating equity stake transactions. Founded in 2013, it offers services including funding management, legal support, and investor networking.

mogul club

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Mogul Club operates a blockchain-based real estate investment platform designed to facilitate direct investments in cash-generating properties. Founded by individuals with extensive experience in the finance sector, particularly at Goldman Sachs, the company aims to streamline real estate investing for both investors and property owners. The platform offers innovative solutions that help property owners reduce costs and unlock equity while connecting them to potential investors. Users can enjoy daily cash flow from rental income based on their ownership percentage, making real estate investments more accessible and efficient. By creating this platform, Mogul Club addresses the challenges faced by investors seeking low-touch ways to deploy capital in real estate.

Fairmint

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2018, Fairmint develops a cloud-based platform that facilitates equity crowdfunding for companies. Its application enables businesses to raise funds from investors through Continuous Securities Offering, expanding the potential investor pool beyond traditional sources.

Crowdcube

Venture Round in 2021
Crowdcube Limited is an equity crowdfunding platform based in Exeter, United Kingdom, with an additional office in London. Founded in 2009, the company allows entrepreneurs of start-ups and growing businesses to raise funds from a diverse network of investors, including friends, family, and the general public. Through Crowdcube, individuals can invest in small companies in exchange for equity or an annual return, thereby democratizing access to investment opportunities that were once primarily available to corporate investors. Since pioneering equity crowdfunding in 2011, Crowdcube has facilitated over £300 million in investments from more than 390,000 investors, supporting over 520 successful fundraising campaigns. Notable businesses that have utilized the platform include Monzo, River Cottage, and the Eden Project, among others.

Kickfurther

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2014, Kickfurther operates a marketplace that connects businesses with customers for crowdfunding working capital. It enables businesses to create offers based on inventory needs and supporters to pledge towards these offers, receiving a portion of the revenue once products are sold.

DIBS Capital (Registered as SDIB Inc), Formerly SolidBlock

Pre Seed Round in 2021
SolidBlock Ltd is a company that offers a comprehensive platform designed for real estate developers and fund managers to facilitate fundraising through digital securities. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel, SolidBlock focuses on the intersection of finance and real estate, providing innovative solutions in tokenization and fintech. The platform enables users to efficiently connect with investors, streamlining the process of raising capital for various real estate projects.

Funderbeam

Series A in 2019
Funderbeam is a platform connecting companies seeking investment with potential investors, facilitating equity stake transactions. Founded in 2013, it offers services including funding management, legal support, and investor networking.

EquityZen

Series B in 2017
EquityZen Inc. is a New York-based company that operates a marketplace designed to connect shareholders of private companies with accredited investors seeking alternative investments. Founded in 2013, EquityZen provides a platform that facilitates the buying and selling of shares in private technology firms, thereby delivering liquidity to early shareholders while granting investors access to private markets. The marketplace enables venture capital investors, family offices, hedge funds, and individual investors to participate in pre-IPO investments through pooled investment vehicles. With over 37,000 private placements completed across more than 400 companies, EquityZen has established itself as a leader in providing opportunities for investment in the private sector.

Kickfurther

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2014, Kickfurther operates a marketplace that connects businesses with customers for crowdfunding working capital. It enables businesses to create offers based on inventory needs and supporters to pledge towards these offers, receiving a portion of the revenue once products are sold.

Funderbeam

Venture Round in 2016
Funderbeam is a platform connecting companies seeking investment with potential investors, facilitating equity stake transactions. Founded in 2013, it offers services including funding management, legal support, and investor networking.

GoPillar

Venture Round in 2016
GoPillar is a web-based platform that connects individuals and businesses seeking architectural ideas with architects worldwide. The company facilitates contests where users can post renovation or construction projects, set monetary rewards, and select winners from submitted designs. This model benefits both homeowners and companies in the real estate market by providing cost-effective solutions for design projects. Additionally, GoPillar offers opportunities for young architects to showcase their talents and gain exposure.

Crowdcube

Venture Round in 2015
Crowdcube Limited is an equity crowdfunding platform based in Exeter, United Kingdom, with an additional office in London. Founded in 2009, the company allows entrepreneurs of start-ups and growing businesses to raise funds from a diverse network of investors, including friends, family, and the general public. Through Crowdcube, individuals can invest in small companies in exchange for equity or an annual return, thereby democratizing access to investment opportunities that were once primarily available to corporate investors. Since pioneering equity crowdfunding in 2011, Crowdcube has facilitated over £300 million in investments from more than 390,000 investors, supporting over 520 successful fundraising campaigns. Notable businesses that have utilized the platform include Monzo, River Cottage, and the Eden Project, among others.

Crowdfunder

Series A in 2014
Crowdfunder, Inc. operates Crowdfunder.com, an online equity crowdfunding platform that connects entrepreneurs with investors to facilitate business funding on a global scale. Founded in 2011 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company offers a structured process and a comprehensive investor network to assist entrepreneurs in raising capital. It primarily targets small businesses, technology startups, social enterprises, and the film and entertainment sectors, among others. With a community of over 130,000 entrepreneurs and investors, Crowdfunder enables both direct investments in individual ventures and access to a diversified portfolio of early-stage startups through its VC Index Fund, which is supported by leading venture capital firms and private investors.

Indiegogo

Series B in 2014
Founded in 2007, Indiegogo is an online platform that facilitates crowdfunding for various projects. It enables users to create campaigns to raise funds and offers benefits to contributors in return. The platform also provides advice to individuals and startups seeking guidance on campaign creation and management.

Puddle

Seed Round in 2013
Puddle is a San Francisco-based credit creation application that facilitates a social peer-to-peer lending marketplace. It enables individuals to pool their resources, establish interest rates, and access funds without relying on traditional credit scores. Instead, the platform is built on the trust within communities, allowing users to borrow and lend money based on personal relationships. By offering a user-friendly environment for financial transactions, Puddle empowers its members to manage their borrowing and saving needs in a supportive and trusted setting.
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