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Draper Esprit

Founders Simon Cook Stuart Chapman

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Total investments 217
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$28M
Portfolio companies 123
Rounds per year 12.06
Lead investments 60
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.43
Exits 38
Key employees 13
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Financial Services
  • Semiconductor
Summary

Draper Esprit is the famous VC, which was founded in 2006. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the London. The company was established in Europe in United Kingdom.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Social Media, Machine Learning. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Revolut, Graphcore, Trustpilot. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The average startup value when the investment from Draper Esprit is 500 millions - 1 billion dollars. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 18 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. Opposing the other organizations, this Draper Esprit works on 6 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The top activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2016.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Draper Esprit, startups are often financed by Index Ventures, Atlas Venture, Amadeus Capital Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Index Ventures, Foundation Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Amadeus Capital Partners, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Future Fifty.

This organization was formed by Simon Cook, Stuart Chapman, Tim Draper. Besides them, we counted 13 critical employees of this fund in our database.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Aktiia

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
Personal Health
Wearables
$29M27 Feb 2024 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

IMU Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$15M24 Jan 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Morressier

Analytics
Event Management
Events
Information Technology
Market Research
Meeting Software
Software
Video Conferencing
$17M23 Jan 2024 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Pliant

$9M16 Jan 2024 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sweepr

Computer
Electronics
Home Services
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Software
$4M16 Nov 2023 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Binalyze

Cyber Security
Information Technology
Law Enforcement
Software
$19M12 Sep 2023 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

Oliva Therapy

Health Care
mHealth
Personal Health
Therapeutics
Wellness
$5M22 Jun 2023 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Satellite Vu

Aerospace
Analytics
Geospatial
$17M24 May 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Riverlane

Computer
Information Technology
Quantum Computing
Software
$20M24 Apr 2023 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
News
SimScale Raises €25M Series C Extension

– SimScale is a SaaS platform making high-fidelity simulation technically and economically accessible to engineers worldwide.
– The company raised an additional €25M as an extension to its Series C funding.
– The round was co-led by Draper Esprit and Insight Partners, with participation from Earlybird, June, Vsquared and USV.
– The new investment will be used to expand into new industries and add simulation capabilities.

CoachHub Raises $80M in Series B2 Funding

– CoachHub is a Berlin, Germany-based digital coaching platform.
– The company raised $80m in Series B2 funding.
– The round was led by Draper Esprit, RTP Global, HV Capital, Signals Venture Capital, Partech, and Speedinvest.
– The new investment will be used to fund the company’s global expansion.

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Total investments 217
Average round size 28M
Rounds per year 12.06
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 60
Follow on index 0.43
Exits 38
Group Appearance index 0.91

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Aktiia

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
Personal Health
Wearables
$29M27 Feb 2024 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

IMU Biosciences

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
$15M24 Jan 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Morressier

Analytics
Event Management
Events
Information Technology
Market Research
Meeting Software
Software
Video Conferencing
$17M23 Jan 2024 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Pliant

$9M16 Jan 2024 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sweepr

Computer
Electronics
Home Services
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Software
$4M16 Nov 2023 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Binalyze

Cyber Security
Information Technology
Law Enforcement
Software
$19M12 Sep 2023 Tallinn, Harju maakond, Estonia

Oliva Therapy

Health Care
mHealth
Personal Health
Therapeutics
Wellness
$5M22 Jun 2023 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Satellite Vu

Aerospace
Analytics
Geospatial
$17M24 May 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Riverlane

Computer
Information Technology
Quantum Computing
Software
$20M24 Apr 2023 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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