Draper Associates — 2018 Investments
15 investments dated 2018 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery storage and solar products, and develops autonomous driving software.
Palo Alto, US
Elon Musk(Founder)inJeffrey B Straubel(Co-founder; CTO until 2019, Director since 2023)Martin Eberhard(Founder)inMarc Tarpenning(Founder)inJerome M Guillen(Executive Officer)inDeepak Ahuja(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCapital Q® Ventures Inc.DBL PartnersFuture VenturesInfinite CapitalKluz VenturesLingotto+16 more
Finless Foods develops cell-cultivated seafood alternatives, starting with Pacific bluefin tuna, aimed at consumers seeking sustainable options that reduce pressure on wild fish stocks.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTech
Brandon Chen(Co-Founder & CEO)inBrian Wyrwas(Co-Founder & CSO)inMichael Selden(Co-Founder & Advisor)in
Co-investorsAt One VenturesAurum Venture PartnersBabel VenturesBlue Horizon CorporationBlue Revolution Investments G.P.Endurance28+12 more
A mobile platform connecting shippers with truck operators for inter-city freight transportation in India.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesHyderabad, IN
Sanjay Mandava(CEO)inZJ Lin(Founder)inJ Richards(Founder)in
Co-investorsSGH CapitalSoma CapitalY CombinatorFarros CapitalThreshold Ventures
Handshake is a decentralized, peer-to-peer naming and certificate authority protocol that serves as an alternative to centralized DNS systems and certificate authorities.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Joseph Poon(Co-Founder / Protocol Developer)Andrew Lee(Co-Founder)Christopher Jeffrey(Co-Founder / CTO)Tieshun Roquerre(CEO, Namebase (leading Handshake domain registrar/exchange))
BoardMike Duboe(Venture Partner, Greylock Partners (investor listed on Greylock's Handshake portfolio page))in
Co-investors0 Venturesa16z cryptoAmentum Investment ManagementAusum VenturesD1 VenturesFounders Fund+16 more
Hint powers direct primary care organizations through an all-in-one platform that automates billing, eligibility, and practice management while facilitating care delivery and practice growth.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSBoulder, US
Zak Holdsworth(Founder)inGraham Melcher(Founder)inManish Agarwal(Director)Fred Toney(Director)Sky Kurtz(Director)
Co-investorsBanneker PartnersChicago VenturesFrist Cressey VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalMeridian Street CapitalSPRINGROCK VENTURES+7 more
Keep is a privacy-focused infrastructure project in the crypto sector that enables secure computation and data privacy for blockchain applications.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Corbin Pon(Founder)Matt Luongo(Founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBlockchain CoinvestorsCoinbase VenturesDigital StrategiesFenbushi CapitalMulticoin Capital+7 more
Pointy was a service that let brick-and-mortar retailers automatically add their in-store inventory to Google Search and Maps; it is now integrated into Google as the Local Inventory app.
Retail TechSaaS
Charles Bibby(Founder)Mark Cummins(Founder)
Co-investorsFrontline VenturesPolaris Capital Group
Local Inventory app (formerly Pointy, now integrated into Google) lets brick-and-mortar retailers automatically add their in-store products to Google Search, Maps, and Shopping so nearby customers can see what a store stocks.
Marketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsFrontline VenturesPolaris Capital Group
SoLo Funds operates a community lending marketplace where individual members lend to and borrow from each other for short-term needs, with optional lender protection.
ConsumerFintechInsurTechMarketplacesCincinnati, US
Travis Holoway(Executive Officer, Director)inRodney Williams(Director)in
Co-investors100 Black Angels & Allies FundACME CapitalAlumni VenturesBackstage CapitalBregal InvestmentsBregal Sagemount+12 more
San Francisco, US
Jordan Fisher(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Suswal(Executive Officer, Director)Anthony Lutz, Jr.(Executive Officer)Angela Westbrock(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Arnold(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid Woollard(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsG SquaredLocus VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)EQT VenturesInitialized CapitalY Combinator
Utility Profit is a utility setup platform for property managers that automates tenant utility connections and generates referral revenue when tenants activate services through integrated partnerships with utility providers.
B2B MarketplacesPropTechSaaSAustin, US
Ben Doherty(Founder)in
Co-investorsNextGen Venture PartnersBoost VCCapital FactoryFounders FundGigafundGokul Rajaram
Whiplash Merchandising provides e-commerce software combining order management and warehouse management functions, along with fulfillment and labor management services.
Logistics & Supply Chain
James Marks
Co-investors500 Global
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.


















































