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Draper Associates
Venture capital firm · Founded 2015 · Active in 2026
Draper Associates is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2015. The page below shows 21 Power Law outcomes from Draper Associates's portfolio — 19 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Other B2B Software · Energy; top portfolio geographies are USA · UK · France. Draper Associates ranks #217 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Draper Associates’ biggest exits.
Draper Associates portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
The 21 Draper Associates Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA15
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UK2
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France1
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Canada1
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Finland1
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Sweden1
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Fintech7
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Other B2B Software3
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Energy2
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AI2
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Transportation1
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eCommerce & Marketplaces1
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Robotics1
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Edtech1
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Other1
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Biotech & Life Sciences1
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Space1
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Series B+11
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Series A6
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Seed4
Draper Associates's 21 Power Law outcomes.
How does Draper Associates stack up?
Draper Associates in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 609 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by selected outcome stageSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsBeyond Unicorns — how the portfolio compounds
% of each investor's unicorn portfolio that later crossed $10B, $25B and $50B. Pick a sort tier and entry stage.Where Draper Associates' portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
40 founders across the 21 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Draper Associates.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Draper Associates
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Draper Associates on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
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In the news
Latest news about Draper Associates
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