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| 04.12.2025 | Lyric Bio: $6.6 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Donor-Derived Therapeutics | Lyric Bio, a San Carlos–based biomanufacturing startup spun out of Prellis Biologics, has raised $6.6 million in oversubscribed seed financing to scale its next-generation production platform for donor-derived therapeutics. The round was le... |
| 12.11.2025 | Webflow expands beyond design with new AI tool for building full-stack web applications
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| 23.10.2025 | Американо-украинский стартап Vermeer привлек $10 млн на системы навигации дронов | Американско-украинский оборонно-технологический стартап Vermeer завершил раунд финансирования Series A, привлекший $10 миллионов. Раунд возглавила венчурная компания Draper Associates, а также в нем приняли участие AeroX Ventures, Boscolo I... |
| 23.10.2025 | Vermeer Reaches $10M in Total Series A Funding | Vermeer, a NYC-based vision navigation and autonomy defense tech startup, closed a $10m Series A funding.
The round was led by Draper Associates and joined by AeroX Ventures, Boscolo Intervest, High Point Ventures, Rockaway Ventures, along ... |
| 23.10.2025 | Vermeer: $10 Million Series A Raised To Advance GPS-Free Drone Navigation Technology | Vermeer, an American-Ukrainian defense technology startup specializing in vision navigation and autonomy systems, has announced the close of its $10 million Series A funding round. The funding was led by Draper Associates, with participatio... |
| 21.10.2025 | Acelab Raises $13.5M in Series A Funding | Acelab, a NYC-based developer of an AI-powered platform for researching, selecting, and documenting building materials, raised $13.5M in Series A funding.
The round, which brings Acelab’s total funding to over $25m, was led by Navitas Capit... |
| 17.10.2025 | Deals in brief: Tim Draper invests in Ryder, Verta raises seed funding, Xendit acquires Payex, and more | Tim Draper leads seed investment in Ryder
Ryder, a crypto technology company, has raised USD 3.2 million in seed funding led by Tim Draper, founder of Draper Associates and an early investor in Facebook, Tesla, and SpaceX. The round also sa... |
| 10.10.2025 | A trio of CEO transitions and more leadership moves to note as fiscal 2026 arrives | Accelint
Brian Morrison, a two-decade national security veteran and most recently an AeroVironment/BlueHalo executive, has joined the information gathering and analysis software maker as CEO.
Morrison succeeds Mike Betzer, who previously le... |
| 25.09.2025 | Firehawk Aerospace Secures $60M for 3D Printed Rocket Fuel, Bolstering European Defense | Firehawk Aerospace raised $60 million in Series C funding. It pioneers 3D printed rocket propellants. This technology radically transforms munitions production. European fund Presto Tech Horizons strategically invested. The move aims to str... |
| 25.09.2025 | Firehawk Aerospace raises $60M to scale 3D-printed rocket propellants | Firehawk Aerospace has closed an oversubscribed $60 million Series C funding round, securing a strategic European investor as it looks to scale its breakthrough 3D-printed energetics technology. The raise, led by 1789 Capital, whose partner... |
| 24.09.2025 | Presto Tech Horizons Steps In as Sole European Backer of Firehawk’s Over €50M Round | Company:
Firehawk Aerospace, a developer of advanced energetics and propulsion systems, has secured a strategic investment from Presto Tech Horizons (PTH), a defense and resilience-focused fund created by European VC Presto Ventures in part... |
| 24.09.2025 | Firehawk Aerospace: $60 Million Raised For Advanced Energetics And Propulsion Technology | Firehawk Aerospace, a leading defense technology company focused on advanced energetics and propulsion, has recently secured a significant investment from Presto Tech Horizons (PTH). PTH is a unique defense and resilience technology fund es... |
| 10.09.2025 | Aurelius Systems: $10 Million Raised For Advancing Autonomous Laser Defense Against Drone Threats | Aurelius Systems, a defense technology startup based in San Francisco, has secured $10 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its autonomous laser platform designed to neutralize drone threats. The round was co-led by Gene... |
| 03.09.2025 | Aurelius Systems Raises $10M in Seed Funding | Aurelius Systems, a San Francisco, CA-based defense technology company, raised $10M in Seed funding.
The round was led by General Catalyst and Draper Associates.
The company intends to use the funds to scale operations and accelerate develo... |
| 26.08.2025 | Alef flying car starts operations at Silicon Valley airports | Alef begins operations at Half Moon Bay and Hollister airports
Alef will test operations in common air traffic with other aircraft
Alef to operate both as a car and as an aircraft
Both airports may serve as a future base for Alef flying car... |
| 15.07.2025 | Decile Group Raises $14M in Seed Funding | Decile Group, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of a software platform for vc fund managers to set up, operate, and raise money, raised $14m in seed funding.
The round was co-led by Draper Associates, Javelin Venture Partners, and Geek Venture... |
| 15.05.2025 | SignalRank Marks Two-Year Milestone with Strong Performance, Announces v4 of Investment Selection Model | Palo Alto, United States/California, May 15th, 2025, FinanceWire
SignalRank, the Palo Alto-based technology-driven venture investment platform, today announced several key milestones, including:
Two years of performance data for The SignalR... |
| 19.04.2025 | Navigating the Future of Insurance: AI and Strategic Acquisitions Shape the Landscape | The insurance industry is at a crossroads. Two recent developments highlight this transformation: the rise of AI-driven platforms and strategic acquisitions. These changes promise to reshape how businesses, especially small ones, secure cov... |
| 17.04.2025 | This AI startup just raised $7.5m to fix commercial insurance for America’s 24m underprotected small businesses | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
1Fort announced today a $7.5 million seed funding round to improve how small businesses obtain commercial insuran... |
| 24.01.2025 | The Digital Frontier: Innovations in Property and Brand Protection | In the fast-paced world of technology, two companies are carving out new paths in their respective fields. Landeed and MarqVision are at the forefront of innovation, each tackling significant challenges in property title searches and brand ... |
| 23.01.2025 | Property Title Search Innovator Landeed Raises USD 5 Mn Funding Led by 10x Founders The fresh capital will be utilised to enhance the company's AI and machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities, which have... | Property title search engine platform Landeed has raised USD 5 million in its Series X funding round, led by 10x Founders Fund. Notable investors, including Oliver Jung, Paradigm Shift, Pioneer Fund, Jeffrey Epstein, Founder of Onboard, and... |
| 16.01.2025 | Colossal: $200 Million (Series C) Raised At $10.2 Billion Valuation For De-Extinction Technology | De-extinction company Colossal Biosciences announced $200 million in a Series C funding round by TWG Global, jointly led by Mark Walter and Thomas Tull. And Colossal’s additional strategic investors include funds such as USIT, Animal Capita... |
| 14.01.2025 | Donald Trump Jr’s VC Leads New $60M Firehawk Aerospace Investment | Dallas-based aerospace startup Firehawk Aerospace has received $60 million in a series C investment round led by 1789 Capital, which recently named Donald Trump Jr as a Partner.
Based in Palm Beach, Florida, the roughly $150 million venture... |
| 11.10.2024 | Dreamwell AI Raises $3.1M in Funding | Dreamwell AI, a Toronto, Canada-based provider of an influencer marketing automation platform, raised $3.1M in funding.
The round was led by Tim Draper (via Draper Associates).
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its growth, ... |
| 02.09.2024 | Skyfire Systems: Pioneering the Future of Autonomous AI Transactions | In the bustling heart of San Francisco, a revolution is brewing. Skyfire Systems has emerged as a trailblazer in the realm of AI commerce, raising $8.5 million in funding to launch the world’s first payment network designed for fully autono... |
| 01.09.2024 | Skyfire Systems: AI-Based Financial Stack Company Raises $8.5 Million | Skyfire Systems has launched the world’s first payment network built to enable fully autonomous transactions across AI Agents, LLMs, data platforms, service providers, and other goods and services. The company has also announced $8.5 millio... |
| 22.08.2024 | Skyfire: The Dawn of AI-Driven Payments | In the bustling tech landscape of San Francisco, a new player has emerged, promising to revolutionize the way artificial intelligence interacts with money. Skyfire, a startup that recently launched with $8.5 million in seed funding, aims to... |
| 22.08.2024 | Google’s Search Engine Fails Users: A Fraudulent Phone Number Crisis | In the digital age, trust is a fragile thing. Google, the titan of search engines, is facing a storm. Users are falling prey to fraudsters who exploit its platform. The result? A staggering loss of $100,000 for one unsuspecting victim. This... |
| 22.08.2024 | Consensus: AI-Based Scientific Research Search Engine Raises $11.5 Million (Series A) | Consensus, an AI-based search engine for scientific research, announced that it raised $11.5 million in new Series A funding. This funding round was led by Union Square Ventures, whose previous Series A investments include Twitter, Coinbase... |
| 21.08.2024 | Skyfire launches to let autonomous AI agents spend money on your behalf | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
A new San Francisco startup, Skyfire, is launching today in beta with $8.5 million in seed round funding to becom... |
| 09.04.2024 | Bitcoin Layer 2 Mezo Emerges From Stealth With $21M Raise Led by Pantera
Bitcoin ETFs Are Not the 'Dominant Narrative' Driving BTC's 2024 Rally: VanEck CEO | Venture studio Thesis is announcing Mezo, a bitcoin layer 2 network, out of stealth.
Mezo closed a $21 million fundraising led by Pantera Capital.
The blockchain allows bitcoin owners to hold their tokens while earning yield.
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| 04.05.2023 | Estonian-founded platform Funderbeam secures ＄40M round led by VentureWave | Estonian-founded platform Funderbeam secures ＄40M round led by VentureWave
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| 04.05.2023 | VentureWave laps up Funderbeam as it leads a $40 million investment deal - a 'game-changer' for venture markets | Irish-based venture private equity group VentureWave, and Estonia's investment trading platform Funderbeam, have announced they’ve agreed a 'game-changing' deal as the dynamic funding entities join forces to offer a plethora of funding oppo... |
| 21.04.2023 | Consensus raises $3M, partners with OpenAI to revolutionize scientific web search | Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More
Boston-based Consensus, an AI-powered search engine aimed at scientific research, announced today ... |
| 24.01.2023 | Proptech startup Landeed raises $8.3M led by Draper Associates, YC, Bayhouse Capital | Advertisment
Prior to the current round, Landeed raised $2.3 million in 2022 in a pre-seed round from Justin Hamilton (Clutterbot), Goodwater Capital, Olive Tree, Manmohan Chandolu, Chris Maurice (Yellow Card), Christian Kaczmarczyk (Third... |
| 23.01.2023 | Tech's ultimate nepo babies: Meet the Drapers, the first family of Silicon Valley | Tim Draper and his family members have been venture-capital icons for decades. Danny Moloshok/Reuters.
The billionaire Tim Draper is part of a lineage often lauded as Silicon Valley's premier VC family.
His grandfather founded the VC firm D... |
| 23.01.2023 | Tech's ultimate nepo babies: Meet the Drapers, the first family of Silicon Valley | The billionaire Tim Draper is part of a lineage often lauded as Silicon Valley's premier VC family.
His grandfather founded the VC firm Draper, Gaither, and Anderson.
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| 19.12.2022 | Rosotics raises $750,000 in the pre-seed round for a novel approach to heavy industry 3D printing | Metal additive manufacturing company Rosotics, announced that it raised $750,000 in pre-seed funding led by Draper Associates.
Rapid Induction Printing, the company’s proprietary 3D printing process, requires considerably less energy and ma... |
| 13.10.2022 | TRAXyL Raises $5 Million in Oversubscribed Seed Round Led by Draper Associates | GAINESVILLE, Va., Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TRAXyL, Inc., an industry disrupter in the optical fiber installation industry, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed $5 million series seed funding round led by Draper Associat... |
| 08.08.2022 | London-based Old Street Digital bags €2.7M to build a range of crypto funds for institutional investors | London-based Old Street Digital (OSD), a crypto asset advisor that claims to be building a range of active, fundamental research-driven, investment funds for institutional investors, announced on Monday that it has raised $2.8M (approximate... |
| 07.06.2022 | Cryptio chronicles crypto for corporates, counts $10 million in cool new capital | A Paris-based back-office platform for crypto management, Cryptio has raised $10 million in a Series A investment round. The new funds are slated to be used to bolster the team size and help the firm further develop its product lineup, and ... |
| 07.04.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Umiami grabs $30m for alt-chicken, funding for forest tech grows | France’s Umiami took a step closer to commercializing its whole-cut vegan chicken breast this week with the close of an Astanor Ventures-led Series A round.
Elsewhere, two startups raised funds for their reforestation-focused tech, while th... |
| 01.03.2022 | Stämm Biotech raises $17M to develop desktop 3D printed bioreactor | Argentinian biotechnology firm Stämm Biotech has reportedly closed a $17 million Series A funding round which will help the company accelerate the development of its next-generation 3D printed bioreactor.
The firm is developing its microflu... |
| 11.02.2022 | Virtual stocks, commodites, and currencies DeFi app Morpher raises $6 million in Draper Associates-led round | Decentralised finance app for trading virtual stocks, commodities, and currencies on the Ethereum blockchain, Morpher has raised $6 million in a Series A round. With the new funding, the Vienna-based startup plans to add new markets, furthe... |
| 30.12.2021 | Космические стартапы — не Маском единым | Космические стартапы — не Маском единым |
| 30.11.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Aanika Biosciences raises $12m to boost food traceability with edible microbial tags | US synthetic biology startup Aanika Biosciences has made a $12 million initial close of its Series A round led by Jon Cholak, managing director at Adit Ventures, along with existing investors Draper Associates and SOSV.
The company will use... |
| 24.11.2021 | Draper Associates Closes Sixth Fund, at $230M | Draper Associates, a San Mateo, Calif.-based global venture capital firm investing in industry transforming companies, closed its sixth fund, at $230M.
Launched in February 2020, Draper Associates VI will back technology startups poised for... |
| 15.09.2021 | Lab-grown woolly mammoths could walk the Earth in six years if geneticist’s new start-up succeeds | Tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm is helping to fund a project by Harvard geneticist George Church to revive the woolly mammoth.
The project, called Colossal, aims to create a calf in as little as six years, Church told CNBC.
Proponents also say r... |
| 03.02.2021 | Cipher Skin Lands $5M for Mesh Network of Sensors to Capture Movement | What You Should Know:
– Denver-based data startup, Cipher Skin, today announced its $5 million Series A, led by the Boyett Group with participation from Draper Capital, Tribe Capital and TKC Capital to grow its product line and expand into ... |
| 15.07.2020 | Noteworth Lands $5M to Expand All-in-One Care Delivery Platform | What You Should Know:
– Noteworth, a first-of-its-kind Digital Healthcare platform for modernizing Digital Medicine delivery operations, secured a $5 million oversubscribed seed funding round led by Laconia Capital Group
– With this investm... |
| 28.04.2020 | Billionaire Tim Draper Invests $1.1M into a Startup that is Changing the Way People Network | - |
| 28.08.2018 | 10 Supremely Successful Entrepreneurs Share the Secrets to Having More Money | August 28, 2018 10 min read
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Most people hide an uncomfortable truth: They need more money. These 10 accomplished entrepreneurs and advisors from The Oracles share their tried-an... |
| 28.06.2018 | Top Blockchain Venture Capital Firms | Back in January, we put together a list of some of the hottest blockchain startups to watch in 2018. In this post, we want to take a look at the some of the top blockchain venture capital firms. The folks at CryptoFundResearch did an excell... |
| 25.06.2018 | Cultured fish co Finless Foods raises $3.5m, predicts “rapid commercialization within years, not decades” | In a post on medium, Selden said the round – led by Silicon Valley-based VC firm Draper Associates - had been completed “a few months ago,” and was supported by Softmatter VC in New York, Starlight in Florida, The U-Start Club in Italy, ... |
| 20.06.2018 | Finless Foods Raises $3.5m Seed Round to Culture Bluefin Tuna | Finless Foods, a San Francisco-based startup working on culturing tuna using cellular agriculture, has closed a $3.5 million seed round led by California tech VC Draper Associates.
Finless is one of a growing group of startups attempting to... |
| 11.01.2018 | Budapest-based AImotive just raised $38 million in Series C funding | AImotive, formerly called AdasWorks, the full-stack autonomous vehicle technology company announced the closing of its $38 million Series C funding round, led by B Capital Group and Prime Ventures, with participation from Cisco Investments,... |
| 28.12.2017 | 4 Ways to Get Your Time Back | December 28, 2017 4 min read
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The more successful you are, the more in demand your time is. Five moguls and members of The Oracles share how they decide whom to give their time t... |
| 13.11.2017 | Draper Associates Adds Siri Srinivas to The Investment Team | Siri Srinivas (LinkedIn)
According to a post, Draper Associates, a San Mateo, CA-based early stage venture capital firm, added Siri Srinivas to the investment team.
Srinivas will join as an Investment Analyst working on deal flow (filtering... |
| 21.09.2017 | Pointy raises $6 million to bridge the gap between physical stores and online | Dublin-based Pointy has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by Frontline Ventures with participation from Vulcan Capital, Draper Associates, and several angel investors.
Pointy has developed a piece of hardware called the Pointy Box t... |
| 07.09.2017 | 5 Successful Dealmakers Share Their Top Tips on Raising Capital | September 7, 2017 6 min read
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Bootstrapping will only take your startup so far. Many businesses underestimate how much money they really need to keep going and growing, and they ... |
| 18.07.2017 | EquityZen Raises $6.5 Million; Draper Associates Leads $3M Infusion | EquityZen Inc., a New York-based FinTech firm that operates a secondary marketplace for company-approved transactions in pre-IPO stock, today announced the closing of a new financing round led by Draper Associates, bringing the company's ou... |
| 30.01.2017 | BitPesa closes a $2.5M round to expand digital payments business beyond Africa | Share this:
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| 19.01.2017 | Security startup CryptoMove fragments data and moves it around to keep it secure | CryptoMove, a new security startup emerging from stealth today, has a different view of data security. Instead of simply encrypting, monitoring or recording it; the early-stage startup breaks the data into pieces and continually moves it ar... |
| 12.01.2017 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Otto Robotics Raises $1.5m, Organic Chicken Processor Raises $2.7m, Diet to Go Raises $500k, more | AgriMetis, a crop protection spin-off from healthcare innovation firm Acidophil, closed a $23.5 million Series B in an oversubscribed round led by Anterra Capital. Learn more about the round and the healthcare VC that joined it in our recen... |
| 03.01.2017 | BitPagos, now Ripio, lands $1.9M to promote financial inclusion in South America using bitcoin | BitPagos, a bitcoin and digital payments startup that was a Battlefield finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2016, has closed a $1.9 million Series A round to expand its services in its native South America.
The round was led by China-ba... |
| 10.05.2016 | BitPagos uses the blockchain to enable credit for online payments in emerging markets | The world is familiar with bitcoin being used for many things. Online payments, long-distance remittance, even a substitute for gold. But what about credit? Not so much — and that’s where BitPagos, a startup competing in the Battlefield pit... |
| 11.04.2016 | Tim Draper and “Associates” close $190M seed fund | Early investor in Baidu, Hotmail, Tesla, and Twitch raises new capital for early-stage startups
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| 11.04.2016 | Tim Draper has raised $190 million for his newest venture fund | In late 2013, Tim Draper left the decades-old firm he’d co-founded, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, but he suggested he might be back some day.
Specifically, he told this reporter, “I am not leaving DFJ. Ever. I am just skipping a fund to do some ... |
| 11.04.2016 | Draper Associates Closes $190M Early Stage Venture Capital Fund | San Mateo, CA-based venture capital firm Draper Associates closed a $190m early stage fund.
Draper Associates has historically been a personal investment vehicle for Tim Draper, founder of DFJ and the Draper Venture Network and early invest... |
| 03.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 3, 2016 | TravelStart secured $40M; GeoFeedia received $17M; DisputeBills raised $400k funding
DisputeBills, provider of a medical bill reduction solution for individuals and businesses, closed a $400,000 seed round led by Chicago angel investor Step... |
| 16.09.2015 | San Francisco’s luxury bus startup finally folds, selling off last 3 vehicles | Here's what the on-board bus manager sees when I ordered my coconut water.
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| 17.03.2015 | A $6 commute with Wi-Fi, USB ports, and coconut water | This is the back of a Leap bus, when bathed in cool blue lighting.
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| - | Virtual stocks, commodites, and currencies DeFi app Morpher raises $6 million in Draper Associates-led round | Decentralised finance app for trading virtual stocks, commodities, and currencies on the Ethereum blockchain, Morpher has raised $6 million in a Series A round. With the new funding, the Vienna-based startup plans to add new markets, furthe... |
| - | Here are 49 Black women who raised $1 million or more in VC funding last year | Ami Colé founder Diarrha N'Diaye Katherine Pekala This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Fewer than 200 Black women have ever raised $1 million or more in venture-capital funds.
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| - | Лучшие крипто-венчурные фонды и проекты в 2022 году | Инфраструктура Web3
И платформы смарт-контрактов, и экосистемы DeFi являются разновидностями инфраструктурных решений для Web3. Web3 — это открытый, не требующий разрешений, децентрализованный Интернет, где все пользователи могут создавать,... |
| - | Startup Lithuania Roadshow 2017 in San Francisco: what has been done
| Startup Lithuania Roadshow 2017 participants just got back from their inspiring and significant second stop – San Francisco.
There Veleza, Whatagraph, Tellq, Hunters, Pixevia, Tipi, and Elinta Motors represented their companies in Lithuania... |
| - | Cryptio chronicles crypto for corporates, counts $10 million in cool new capital | A Paris-based back-office platform for crypto management, Cryptio has raised $10 million in a Series A investment round. The new funds are slated to be used to bolster the team size and help the firm further develop its product lineup, and ... |
