# Draper Venture Network

> Draper Venture Network is a VC fund backing Aerospace and Marketplace. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DraperNetwork
- Website: http://www.drapernetwork.com

Draper Venture Network is a robust venture collective bringing together experienced investors and innovative entrepreneurs from around the globe to share strategies, source opportunities, and create greater value.Started in 1990, Draper Venture Network has since grown into a self-governed organization of independent venture funds on fourcontinents who cooperate on investment diligence, marketing intelligence, corporate relationships and co-investments.All member funds are independent, raise their own capital and manage their own investment decisions.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$2M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 2 | 29% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |
| Rental | 1 | 14% |
| Travel | 1 | 14% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| Spain | 1 | 14% |
| South Korea | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sid Mofya | Director of Partnerships | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sid-mofya |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longshot Space Technologies | Longshot Space focuses on developing hypersonic launch technologies. The company aims to reduce the cost of hypersonic development in the short term and significantly lower the cost of space launches in the long term. The team consists of experts from aerospace, defense, and Silicon Valley tech sectors. Longshot Space is involved in manufacturingand is backed by venture capital. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 21, 2023 |  |
| Novo Space | Novo is bringing the pace of commercial innovation to space. To put it simply, we make lego computers for satellites. Customers can plug and play our products to make their own high-performance subsystem.​ We focus on delivering affordable and high-performance satellite electronics to enable your mission. |  | Seed | May 01, 2021 |  |
| BitRobot | BitRobot is a blockchain security startup established by financial security experts from the Korea Financial Clearance Service. Through the refined and deep experience accumulated over a long period of working with traditional financial companies such as banks, securities, and credit card companies, they help customers meet the technical,administrative, and institutional requirements required when introducing blockchain technology. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2020 |  |
| Funderbeam | Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies. | $4.5M | Series A | Jun 12, 2019 |  |
| Boatjump | Boatjump is the easiest and most complete online platform for renting boats Worldwide. With a database of over 20.000 boats, users can search, compare and book their boats in just 3 clicks at the best rates available.This challenging entrepreneur project was set up in 2016 and since that more than 25.000 users have sailed with Boatjump.Boatjumpsolves the following problems: 1. The process for searching, comparing and booking a boat on the Internet is slow and complex. 2. Most of websites don't show real time availability. 3. The client hardly knows the final price and the real location of the boat.This market place connects people that want to rent a boat with boat owners and boat agencies, brokering in between. Our adding value is connecting these people on a quick, simple and intuitive way, always presenting final and comparable price with real time availability. At the moment, the main source markets for Boatjump are USA and Spanish speaking countries and the main destinations are Caribbean, Spain Croatia, Greece, Turkey and Italy. Boatjump has been growing 3 digits since it was funded.Head offices in Valencia (Spain) & Miami (USA)For more info, please see www.boatjump.com | $1.2M | Series A | Aug 01, 2018 |  |
| Boatjump | Boatjump is the easiest and most complete online platform for renting boats Worldwide. With a database of over 20.000 boats, users can search, compare and book their boats in just 3 clicks at the best rates available.This challenging entrepreneur project was set up in 2016 and since that more than 25.000 users have sailed with Boatjump.Boatjumpsolves the following problems: 1. The process for searching, comparing and booking a boat on the Internet is slow and complex. 2. Most of websites don't show real time availability. 3. The client hardly knows the final price and the real location of the boat.This market place connects people that want to rent a boat with boat owners and boat agencies, brokering in between. Our adding value is connecting these people on a quick, simple and intuitive way, always presenting final and comparable price with real time availability. At the moment, the main source markets for Boatjump are USA and Spanish speaking countries and the main destinations are Caribbean, Spain Croatia, Greece, Turkey and Italy. Boatjump has been growing 3 digits since it was funded.Head offices in Valencia (Spain) & Miami (USA)For more info, please see www.boatjump.com | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 01, 2018 |  |
| Joinery | Joinery connects apartment seekers to outgoing tenants instead of brokers. | $2M | Seed | Jun 13, 2018 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Athos Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/athos-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Capitana Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitana-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Draper B1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-b1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SpaceFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spacefund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [10X Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10x-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Draper Venture Network invest in?

Draper Venture Network invests primarily in Aerospace, Marketplace and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Draper Venture Network's check size?

Draper Venture Network typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$2M at Seed and $1.2M–$4.5M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Draper Venture Network participates in.

### How do I contact Draper Venture Network?

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### Who are the partners at Draper Venture Network?

The team at Draper Venture Network includes Sid Mofya (Director of Partnerships). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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