James Walker
Associate Counsel and Investments @ Draper Associates
San Francisco, United States
James Walker is an Associate Counsel and Investments at Draper Associates. He was a Business Development Intern at Brex. He attended Columbia Business School.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries James Walker invests in
Stages James Walker invests in
Countries James Walker invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 1 (100%)
- Legal Tech 1 (100%)
- Intellectual Property 1 (100%)
- Artificial Intelligence 1 (100%)
- Natural Language Processing 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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NLPatent
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NLPatent is a leading AI-based natural language patent search platform used by many Am Law 100 Firms and several Fortune 500 companies. The platform, built from a proprietary fine-tuned Large Language Model, allows users to describe inventions in full sentences, and generates results that are conceptually relevant to the query. NLPatent not onlygenerates results very quickly (seconds vs. hours), but it consistently outperforms human experts. It's an excellent resource for quickly evaluating patentability and conducting more in-depth freedom-to-operate and invalidity searches, often uncovering critical references missed by traditional approaches. NLPatent also offers "AI +Human" outsourcing services through their partnership with Arizona-based search firm, Global Patent Solutions, which can be ordered directly through the NLPatent app. This unique offering combines the expertise of professionally trained searchers with the speed and accuracy of the AI platform, which each analyst is trained to use as part of every search. | $3M / Seed / Nov 11, 2025 |
Co-Investors
Mighty Capital
1 deal together
Storytime Capital
1 deal together
The 51 Ventures
1 deal together
The LegalTech Fund
1 deal together
About Draper Associates
Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in industry-transforming companies. They invest globally, in great teams of people creating revolutionary companies in new media, gaming, SaaS, cloud, new finance, IOT, and mobile. Their portfolio companies disrupting markets in the tens of billions and are on a clear path tolater rounds of fundraising.Draper Associates encourages entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness, to transform industries with new technologies, and to build platforms for extraordinary growth, jobs, and wealth creation. It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA, USA.
Draper Associates Contacts
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Daniel Sangyoon Kim
Analyst
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Aamer Sarfraz
Venture Partner
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Andrew Tang
Partner
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James Walker
Associate Counsel and Investments
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Kasha Akrami
Director of Scouts
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FAQ
What does James Walker invest in?
James Walker invests primarily in SaaS, Legal Tech and Intellectual Property startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did James Walker last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for James Walker closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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