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Draper Associates

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Draper Associates is Tim Draper's flagship seed-stage venture capital firm, founded in 1985 and based in San Mateo, CA. Across 40+ years of frontier-tech investing, the fund has backed 400+ transformative companies — including Tesla, Skype, Baidu, Hotmail, SpaceX, Coinbase, Robinhood, Twitch, DocuSign, Ancestry, and Twitter — with 60+ unicorns across AI, crypto & blockchain, space, biotech, and consumer internet. Distinct from other Draper-network funds (DFJ, Draper Dragon, Draper Athena, Boost VC) and run directly by Tim and Billy Draper with Andy Tang.

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Kamau Therapeutics

Programmable stem cells for curative medicines.

Artificial intelligence and machine learningHealthcareLife Sciences
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Sats Terminal

Bitcoin DeFi aggregation protocol built to optimize your trades, swaps, and staking to help you generate more sats.

FintechBlockchainCryptocurrency
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OpenGov

Modern government software platform for cities, counties, and state agencies

Citizen ServicesCommunityAI
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ICEYE

SAR satellite imagery and Earth observation for defense and intelligence

Irvine
TechnologyAerospaceDefense
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Form Bio

AI-driven platform for genetic medicines and genome engineering

Est. 2022

Artificial intelligence and machine learningHealthcareGenetics & Genomics
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Ping Identity (NYSE: PING)

Identity security platform for digital enterprises

CloudEnterpriseCybersecurity
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Stacks

Native cryptocurrency of the Stacks network that enables Bitcoin smart contracts

Cryptocurrency/BlockchainWeb3Infrastructure
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NAORIS

Post-quantum distributed trust and compliance layer for critical infrastructure

CryptographyDeep TechQuantum
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Instapath Inc.

Digital pathology imaging platform for immediate tissue analysis

Houston
HealthcareMedical DevicesDigital health
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Etherscan

Blockchain explorer for Ethereum, providing access to detailed blockchain data and analytics.

InnovationCommunityAnalytics
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Crowdcube

Equity crowdfunding platform for businesses.

InnovationCommunity
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Syntax Bio

Syntax Bio's discovery platform overcomes the longstanding challenges in stem cell-derived therapies by directly contro…

TechnologyPharmaceuticals & MedicineManufacturing
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NCC-1701-D Inc (Prev. Stonks)

Stonks is building an online platform that allows startups to pitch and raise money in real time from anyone.

Real-timeInvesting
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Mogul

mogul is the world's leading real estate investment platform. The company provides all investors direct access to high…

Real EstateCommunityInvesting
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AIsa

Building the "Visa" for AI, AI Agent payment network powered by blockchains. AI, Robotics & Automation

ManufacturingAutomationAI
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Aladdin

The global exclusive deal-making platform

TechnologyBig DataAI
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Beltways

The world’s fastest, smartest, and safest walkways AI, Robotics & Automation

TechnologySafetyAutomation
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NeuroVigil

Brain activity monitoring technology for diagnosing neurological conditions.

HealthcareTechnology