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Draper Management Company, LLCFirm match from fund name (lower confidence)

Draper Associates VIII, L.P.

Open, writing first checks

Open: first sale Jul 2025, per Form D (fund age approximates vintage)

Vintage
2025
Fund size
$300.78M (Form D)
Stages
Pre-seed, Series A
Sectors
Robotics, AI applications, Crypto and Web3, Healthtech, Biotech, Space, Aerospace and defense
Regions
Global

01 · Thesis

Draper Associates VIII is the firm's eighth fund. It follows the firm's focus on AI, robotics, crypto, healthcare, and aerospace, and the firm describes its investing as funding the future.

02 · Initial check

$2.01M to $3.76M (estimated from fund size)

Estimated from Form D

03 · Who to approach

Named on this fund's Form D

  • Tim Draper, Founder and Managing Partner

04 · Deals

No deals attributed to this fund yet.

05 · Evidence

  • Draper Associates announced its eighth fund, which follows the firm's focus on AI, robotics, crypto, healthcare, and aerospace. The firm describes its investing as funding the future.

    Announcing Fund 8: Funding the Future First
    https://www.draper.vc/

06 · Sources

  1. https://www.draper.vc/
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2076041/000207604126000001/

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026