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Draper Associates

@DraperVC
Funding the future first, before the world catches up. Early-stage VC firm.
California, USA
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  • @DraperVC
    Draper Associates
    @DraperVC
    Aug 28
    Radiant just landed a $750 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver 15 Kaleidos microreactors, one of the largest contracts the Defense Innovation Unit has issued to date. Five years ago this was a pitch deck. We and @BoostVC backed it when portable nuclear power sounded
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    Draper Associates
    @DraperVC
    Aug 27
    Draper Associates likes being first to the game. Here's the list of firsts across forty years: First fund to advertise. First to invest in the internet. First to build an affiliate model, domestic and international. First into Eastern Europe. First into viral email
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  • @DraperVC
    Draper Associates
    @DraperVC
    Aug 25
    We backed @colossal when de-extinction sounded like science fiction. Now? It looks like a fertilized chicken egg, cracked open, moved into an artificial shell, and hatched into a healthy chick without ever touching a natural eggshell again. The shell took 14 engineering
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  • @DraperVC
    Draper Associates
    @DraperVC
    Aug 20
    Draper Associates has been named to @TIME's America's Top Venture Capital Firms 2026 list. We’re proud to be included. Our formula hasn't changed in four generations: back missionaries, not mercenaries. Fund the wacky and weird before the world understands it. Let the founders
    America's Top Venture Capital Firms of 2026
    From time.com
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    Draper Associates
    @DraperVC
    Aug 18
    If other VCs have called you “too fringe”, “too crazy”, “too weird” Call us.
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