Draper Associates | 9,775 followers on LinkedIn. Funding the future first, before the world catches up. Early-stage VC firm. | Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm, funding the future first. Founded in 1985 by Tim Draper, we’ve been the first believers in companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Robinhood, Baidu, Twitch, Cruise, and Coinbase—long before they became household names. We invest from pre-seed to Series A and remain industry-agnostic and opportunistic, while gravitating toward transformative ideas in AI, robotics, biotech, robotics, defense, crypto, space, and deep tech.