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.

Tim Draper

Partner

Megan Kurohara

Investor

Tyrone Lee

Venture Partner

Andrew Tang

Partner

Past deals in Technical Support

Team Wildfire

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Team Wildfire is a company dedicated to developing innovative technologies aimed at wildfire suppression and environmental protection. It manufactures specialized jet engine sprays designed to effectively suppress fires, capture embers, and defend structures while also hardening evacuation routes. The company's advanced engineering and tactics address various environmental challenges, including wildfire mitigation, reforestation, dust control, oil spill cleanup, and protection against nuclear and biological threats. Through its cutting-edge solutions, Team Wildfire enables organizations to safeguard people, property, and the environment.

Team Wildfire

Seed Round in 2023
Team Wildfire is a company dedicated to developing innovative technologies aimed at wildfire suppression and environmental protection. It manufactures specialized jet engine sprays designed to effectively suppress fires, capture embers, and defend structures while also hardening evacuation routes. The company's advanced engineering and tactics address various environmental challenges, including wildfire mitigation, reforestation, dust control, oil spill cleanup, and protection against nuclear and biological threats. Through its cutting-edge solutions, Team Wildfire enables organizations to safeguard people, property, and the environment.

TRAXyL

Seed Round in 2022
TRAXyL is a fiber deployment company that has developed FiberTRAX, a system that applies optical fiber directly to road surfaces to distribute broadband without trenching. The approach enables municipalities, internet service providers, and other organizations to extend connectivity quickly and cost-effectively to campuses, hospitals, military bases, and other challenged areas, supporting 5G rollout and efforts to close the digital divide. Founded in 2014 and based in Warrenton, Virginia, TRAXyL's technology aims to accelerate fiber deployment by painting fiber on pavement rather than burying cables.

TRAXyL

Seed Round in 2022
TRAXyL is a fiber deployment company that has developed FiberTRAX, a system that applies optical fiber directly to road surfaces to distribute broadband without trenching. The approach enables municipalities, internet service providers, and other organizations to extend connectivity quickly and cost-effectively to campuses, hospitals, military bases, and other challenged areas, supporting 5G rollout and efforts to close the digital divide. Founded in 2014 and based in Warrenton, Virginia, TRAXyL's technology aims to accelerate fiber deployment by painting fiber on pavement rather than burying cables.

Viewabo

Seed Round in 2022
Viewabo is a company that specializes in cloud-based customer support solutions designed to enhance remote assistance for businesses. Its innovative software allows support agents to request access to customers' smartphone cameras, enabling them to see real-time video of the issues customers are facing without the need for any app installation. This functionality streamlines the diagnosis and resolution process, allowing customer service teams to address problems more efficiently. By providing a clearer view of customer issues, Viewabo reduces friction in the support experience, leading to faster turnaround times and improved overall satisfaction for both businesses and their clients.

webBASIS

Series B in 2000
webBASIS, Inc. is an internet-based telecommunications company based in Bakersfield, California. Originally founded as EdgeMail Technologies, Inc. in 1996, the company rebranded to webBASIS in 2000. It specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of services designed to enhance communication and business operations over the internet. webBASIS offers Digital Desktop, which combines e-mail, instant messaging, calendaring, document tracking, data management, and IP telephony into a single interface. The company also provides unified communications solutions that integrate various communication devices, along with voice over Internet protocol telephony for corporate clients seeking virtual PBX applications. Additionally, webBASIS delivers managed hosting services, system design, networking, custom integration, security solutions, application maintenance, data storage, product installation, and graphics services. By catering to businesses of all sizes, educational institutions, and government organizations, webBASIS plays a vital role in facilitating online communication and e-business infrastructure.
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