Draper Associates

@DraperVC

Funding the future first, before the world catches up. Early-stage VC firm.

California, USA

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Draper Associates
@DraperVC
Sep 14
Our portfolio company Vincere Biosciences just received a $2.7 million NIH SBIR Phase II award to advance its USP30 inhibitor through IND-enabling studies for AKI. Over 13 million people suffer acute kidney injury every year. Zero approved therapies directly modify the disease.
Draper Associates
@DraperVC
Sep 10
We’re excited to announce that our portfolio company Cloverleaf Bio just closed a $33 million seed round. We’re proud to be backing the team for the first time alongside an incredible group of investors. @4biocapital, @abbvie Ventures, @EliLillyandCo, and @Boehringer Ingelheim
Draper Associates
@DraperVC
Sep 9
Our portfolio company @poseidonaero just closed a $60M Series A, led by @TQVentures. We backed them early and doubled down in this round. Autonomous cargo planes, designed and built from the ground up. Air logistics is one of those categories that sounds too hard until someone
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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
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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