# Draper Richards

> Draper Richards is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and Mobile. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.draperrichards.com

Draper Richards is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage technology companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2M–$11M |
| Series B | $4M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 46% |
| Mobile | 5 | 18% |
| Internet | 5 | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 5 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 14% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 32% |
| Series B | 6 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 14% |
| Series C | 3 | 11% |
| Seed | 2 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 22 | 79% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cynthia Lam | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cynthia-lam |
| Don Plaisted | Senior Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-plaisted |
| William Draper | Founder and Co-Chair | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-h-draper |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reboot Rx | Reboot Rx is a nonprofit health tech startup dedicated to fast-tracking the development of affordable cancer treatments using repurposed generic drugs, AI technology, and innovative funding models. | $1M | Grant | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| AuditFile | AuditFile is an information technology company that offers cloud-based auditing solutions for CPA firms.AuditFile's cloud-based solution for CPA firms that enables unparalleled management of the audit process. AuditFile automates key parts of the audit process, from uploading the trial balance to generating financial statements. They'vealso developed proprietary algorithms that help auditors identify potential fraud.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. | $3M |  | Aug 13, 2014 |  |
| AuditFile | AuditFile is an information technology company that offers cloud-based auditing solutions for CPA firms.AuditFile's cloud-based solution for CPA firms that enables unparalleled management of the audit process. AuditFile automates key parts of the audit process, from uploading the trial balance to generating financial statements. They'vealso developed proprietary algorithms that help auditors identify potential fraud.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. | $3M |  | Dec 01, 2013 |  |
| RichRelevance | RichRelevance is the global leader in omnichannel personalization and is used by more than 240 multinational companies to deliver the most relevant and innovative customer experiences across web, mobile and in store. RichRelevance drives more than one billion decisions every day, and has generated over $20 billion in sales for its clients, whichinclude Office Depot, Costco, Darty, and Marks & Spencer. Headquartered in San Francisco, RichRelevance serves clients in 42 countries from 9 offices around the globe.For more information, please visit www.richrelevance.com. | $20M | Series E | May 01, 2012 |  |
| PowerReviews | PowerReviews is a leading provider of ratings, reviews, questions and answers technology. Used by more than 1,000 brands and retailers, the PowerReviews Consumer Engagement Engine helps companies engage with consumers everywhere at the moment of purchase. A true multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service platform, the Consumer Engagement Engine is easyto implement and customize, and provides customer review and Q&A capabilities that are proven to drive sales, improve customer experience and create actionable insights. PowerReviews delivers content origination capabilities and a syndication network that includes nearly every major retailer and search engine, making reviews - proven to be the most effective tool for increasing purchases - widely available. PowerReviews metrics, analytics and expert services help brands and retailers continually improve efforts to get consumers engaged. PowerReviews was acquired by | $4.9M |  | Dec 16, 2009 |  |
| Blue Vector Systems | Blue Vector Systems provides asset tracking and supply chain visibility solutions to pharmaceutical, retail, distribution, and manufacturing industries. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. |  | Series C | Nov 02, 2007 |  |
| PowerReviews | PowerReviews is a leading provider of ratings, reviews, questions and answers technology. Used by more than 1,000 brands and retailers, the PowerReviews Consumer Engagement Engine helps companies engage with consumers everywhere at the moment of purchase. A true multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service platform, the Consumer Engagement Engine is easyto implement and customize, and provides customer review and Q&A capabilities that are proven to drive sales, improve customer experience and create actionable insights. PowerReviews delivers content origination capabilities and a syndication network that includes nearly every major retailer and search engine, making reviews - proven to be the most effective tool for increasing purchases - widely available. PowerReviews metrics, analytics and expert services help brands and retailers continually improve efforts to get consumers engaged. PowerReviews was acquired by | $15.1M | Series B | Sep 01, 2007 |  |
| Jaxtr | In the past year, jaxtr has introduced a number of additional services in the attempt to monetize the company's 10 million users:-Jaxtr helps users bypassexpensive international phone charges by giving them free local numbers in the countries that they're calling to and charges a nominal fee for connection and the ability to call from a mobile phone. As a marketing ploy, the company permits free calls to other members.-Jaxtr uses cafe jaxtr, a social network in which people call one another to discuss similar interests, and free global SMS to attract activity on its website and generate advertising revenue.The company maintains an advantage over competitors such as | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 01, 2007 |  |
| Kyte | Kyte is the online and mobile video platform for media and entertainment. The Kyte Platform combines the real-time, interactive and community building capabilities of the social web with the analytics, control, and monetization features of professional video platforms, enabling companies to converge online and mobile audiences, build community, andmonetize. | $2.3M | Series A | Jul 01, 2007 |  |
| Jott | Seattle based Jott offers a novel and convenient service that lets users speak messages; those can be sent to themselves or others as transcribed emails or voice messages.Jott has also begun to offer a new service called Jott links. Jott Links are Web pages that receive HTTP posts and write out a text response. They are called Jott Linksbecause they are used to “link” Jott with other services, such as blogging and social networking sites. Jaiku, Blogger, Twitter, Zillow, tumblr, and Amazon.com are some of the Jott Links available. For example, you can call Jott, say the name of the link (“Twitter!”), speak out loud your blog post, and have the message sent to Twitter. Jott can also read back any responses and send them to you via email or text message.Companies offering similar services include SpinVox and SimulScribe. | $5.4M | Seed | May 11, 2007 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Draper Richards invest in?

Draper Richards invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 28 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 Richards's check size?

Draper Richards typically joins rounds of $2M–$11M at Series A and $4M–$15M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Draper Richards participates in.

### How do I contact Draper Richards?

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### Who are the partners at Draper Richards?

The team at Draper Richards includes Cynthia Lam (CFO), Don Plaisted (Senior Associate) and William Draper (Founder and Co-Chair). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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