Draper Associates

Full circle as @webflow, which we built our new website on, is a Draper Associates company.

We just launched our new Draper Associates website. This isn’t just a redesign. It’s a reintroduction. For decades, we’ve backed the bold: founders building rockets, reprogramming cells, rewiring money, and reshaping the world. After 40 years of investing in world-changing…

While you were sleeping… @Coinbase killed traditional payments. Stablecoins are already moving trillions, but commerce platforms haven't caught up. But now, merchants can accept payments without becoming crypto experts. Coinbase Payments is an infrastructure stack that lets…

This question is why we just led a $1.2M round in Solo… How do you prove you're human online without giving up your privacy? Every day, millions of fake accounts are created. And we have no way to stop them. Solo is solving the impossible problem of Credible Anonymity. You…

Think ostriches, but 12-feet tall and without wings. They were called MOAs and lived in New Zealand 600 years ago. And they’re coming back. Colossal Biosciences ( @colossal ) isn't bringing back the MOAs just for the "cool factor." But to be clear… it IS pretty cool. Steps…

When you look at the AI lifecycle, general AI hype is cooling down, valuations have stalled and the secondary markets are flooded with offers. We're not at internet bubble levels yet, but most of the current AI companies won’t survive. The current opportunities are in the…

Ethereum developers are panicking. Bitcoin just became programmable. @Torram_xyz just launched their 3M Token Developer Challenge and it's about to change everything we know about Bitcoin DeFi. For the first time ever, developers can build native DeFi applications directly on…

Huge thanks to Scott Becker, Founder of Realm Cellars, for hosting the DA team during our offsite this week. The wine was stellar, but Scott's founder story stole the show. Scott bought Realm out of bankruptcy, then rebuilt it, fruit by fruit, barrel by barrel, into one of…

The future of research has a wide lens, intelligent targeting and verifiable results - all supplemented by AI. Consensus has been delivering on that formula for years, and Deep Research is the next generation of their fantastic platform. Thrilled to be a part of their journey.

We went up in the sky to celebrate the new Bitcoin ATH 🟠🚀

Instead of humans managing systems, Logic ( @logicpallet ) has built systems that manage themselves. Logic lets cargo command itself. Each pallet has a digital twin that knows its mission, learns from the real world, and rewrites the playbook as conditions change. With no human…

My son beat me to the best investment of the decade. @Brian_Armstrong walks into my office to pitch @Coinbase. My son, @AdamDraper was there and we love the pitch and love Brian. I want in immediately, but I'd already invested in @CoinLab (a startup with a similar premise).…

This company just automated 70% of their marketing with AI... While most publishers are still debating how to use AI (or whether or not to even use AI) TNL Mediagene ( @TNLmediagene ) went full send. ✅ 5,000+ articles translated with <1 hour human editing each ✅ 70%…

The security nightmare that keeps Web3 developers awake at night… Just got solved. @SolidityScan, powered by @CredShields, has officially integrated with @Soneium - @Sony's Ethereum-based Layer 2 blockchain. This means real-time security scores, real-time insights into…

Firehawk Aerospace ( @FirehawkAero ) is breaking ground on a cutting-edge rocket motor manufacturing facility near Fort Sill, OK. With a massive 320-acre land grant and $22 million in backing, this project will revolutionize U.S. defense production capabilities. What makes this…

Mars is all carbon dioxide. → Could we put plants there first to generate oxygen so humans can colonize? I think that growing plants on Mars will be easier that sustaining human life for a while. Climate change is fundamentally shifting our environment. → One of our…

86% of Americans don’t directly own any stock. Not because they don’t care, but because investing has always felt intimidating, complex, and out of reach. @grifinapp is changing that. We're thrilled to be part of Grifin's $11M Series A funding round and supporting their…

The agent economy just went from $0 to billions overnight. AI agents just became… paying customers? AI agents, which now generate over half of all web traffic, were basically digital freeloaders. Until today. Agents couldn't sign up for accounts and they couldn't pay for…

AMBOSS ( @ambosstech ) just launched Rails. It’s a self-custodial Bitcoin yield service that will transform how we think about Bitcoin infrastructure and returns. Users maintain full custody of Bitcoin while earning yield. The Lightning Network needs liquidity to function…

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