Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.
New Fund
Draper Associates launched Fund 8 (DA8), its 12th year since relaunching the brand with outside investors. Tim Draper's 41st year in VC. Strategy remains backing iconoclastic founders early with deep technology.
Led HexemBio's $10.4M seed round to rejuvenate aging blood stem cells using a proprietary synthetic niche, without gene editing. First clinical target is blood cancer.
Led Natilus's $28M Series A. Natilus builds blended-wing-body aircraft (KONA freighter, Horizon passenger model). Order book of 570+ aircraft worth ~$24B.
Led Vermeer's $10M Series A extension. Vermeer builds visual positioning systems for drones that work when GPS is jammed, deployed with Armed Forces of Ukraine. Partners include US Army, USAF, Lockheed Martin.
Led Ryder's $3.2M seed round. Ryder builds a hardware wallet that replaces the crypto seed phrase with TapSafe NFC tag recovery system for self-custody.
Led Mappa's $3.4M seed round. Mappa analyzes 30+ vocal signals from short conversations to measure communication, ownership, empathy for hiring. Serves 100+ employers in US and Latin America.