Jesse Draper
General Partner @ Halogen Ventures
Santa Monica, United States
Jesse Draper is a seed investor at Halogen Ventures in Santa Monica focused on Fashion and E-Commerce. Jesse Draper joined Halogen Ventures as General Partner in 2016. Jesse Draper is founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and host of 2015 Emmy nominated television series,“The Valley Girl Show”. Draper is a 4th generation venture capitalist focused on early stage investing in female founded consumer technology. Her portfolioincludes Laurel & Wolf, Carbon38, Naya Health, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Company & Sugarfina. Through her show she’s helped pioneer the way in digital media and has an initiative to interview 50% women in technology. Previously a Nickelodeon star, Draper has used her comedic talents to bring an approachable feel to the technology world, has produced and distributed over 300 interviews with some of the greatest minds in technology and beyond (including; Ted Turner, Mark Cuban, Sheryl Sandberg, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Jessica Alba, MC Hammer and Eric Schmidt) and was listed by Marie Claire magazine as one of the ‘50 Most Connected Women in America’. USA Today called the show “Must see startup TV”. Draper is a contributor to Marie Claire, SV Magazine, Mashable, Forbes.com, and is a regular investor and tech personality on shows including ‘The Katie Couric Show’, Fox’s ‘Good Day LA’, CNBC’s ‘Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Inventor?’ & Freeform’sStartup U. She proudly sits on the board of directors of Werk, the advisory board of Bizworld and is on the Chairman’s board of SurfAir. Draper supports the Parkinson’s Institute and is very involved with growing UCLA’s female entrepreneurship community. She is a new mom, a graduate of UCLA and a Kappa Kappa Gamma.
- Total investments:
- 34
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
Last updated:
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Industries Jesse Draper invests in
Stages Jesse Draper invests in
Countries Jesse Draper invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Fashion 6 (18%)
- E-Commerce 6 (18%)
- Retail 4 (12%)
- Marketplace 3 (9%)
- Internet 2 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 18 (53%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (12%)
- Funding Round 4 (12%)
- Series A 1 (3%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Skyfire AI
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Skyfire AI develops autonomous drone systems that use artificial intelligence for mission planning, data analysis, and aerial coordination. Its platform enables object detection, real-time tracking, and adaptive flight control for use in public safety, defense, and infrastructure. The technology supports tasks such as surveillance, inspection, andsearch and rescue by providing AI-driven insights and automated mission execution, including multi-drone deployments. | $11M / Seed / Apr 28, 2026 | |
Nyad
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Nyad is an AI-powered software platform that assists wastewater treatment plants in more efficiently testing and treating conditions. It helps treatment operators maintain microbiological balance, allowing to eliminate wastewater pollutants as effectively as feasible. | $1.3M / Seed / Mar 10, 2026 | |
Rasa Legal
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Rasa Legal provides software solutions to help individuals expunge their criminal records in a simple and affordable manner. The company offers services in Utah and Arizona, utilizing an eligibility app to analyze court records and determine if a record can be cleared. Rasa Legal is committed to being a second chance employer, working with peoplewho have records to design better products. The company aims to make the process of clearing a criminal record straightforward and accessible for everyone. | $6M / Seed / Mar 10, 2026 | |
Auditocity
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Auditocity is a B2B and Enterprise human resource auditing company providing compliance tools for business customers in the form of an annual subscription-based SaaS. It allows business customers to curate custom human resource compliance and best practice audits for at least 15 different HR competencies. Customers simply answer simple questions onthe platform and receive a findings report that shows what the company is doing right and areas in need of improvement. Lastly, it provides a plan to get the company compliant. The company aims to become the singular human resources auditing platform in the competitive HR space, providing solutions to both business customers and HR service providers who don’t have compliance auditing capabilities. Auditocity’s HR platform provides the structure for audits of the most misunderstood and compliance error-prone areas of human resources. | Seed / Mar 04, 2026 | |
Croux
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An online marketplace connecting reliable talent with flexible work opportunities in hospitality and events. | Seed / Mar 04, 2026 | |
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Moxi
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Seed / Mar 04, 2026 | ||
KrillPay
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There are more than 300 million unbanked in Sub-Saharan Africa. What this means is that when their relatives in the United States sent them money, it cost them more money to receive it. Due to several factors, the Sub-Saharan African corridor is one of the most expensive regions in the world to send remittances to. Lack of access to basic bankingservices often a delay for the recipient to access the funds sent to them. And when they finally do access the funds, it value had reduced. KrillPay is solving this problem with a mobile payment application that leverages blockchain technology to facilitate peer-to-peer and cross-border instant money transfers. An end-to-end delivery of funds between the send and receiver. The way it works is that a KrillPay user in the US can send cross-border instant money transfer to another KrillPay user in Africa. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 04, 2026 | |
Doctours
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Provider of an online healthcare information exchange platform designed to connect patients with internationally based, US-educated doctors. The company's platform facilitates users to search exactly what they are interested in receiving by either procedure or a destination they would like to travel to, compare doctor profiles as well asfurther filter findings based on costs, locations, ratings and travel preferences providing each patient with access to negotiated rates on flights and hotels along with specific amenities according to their medical needs, enabling patients to discover the benefits of medical tourism and receive the medical care they desire at affordable prices. | Seed / Mar 04, 2026 | |
Yard Robotics
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Yard Robotics provides lawn care services that are built with robots. | $500K / Seed / Mar 04, 2026 | |
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Skyfire AI
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Skyfire AI develops autonomous drone systems that use artificial intelligence for mission planning, data analysis, and aerial coordination. Its platform enables object detection, real-time tracking, and adaptive flight control for use in public safety, defense, and infrastructure. The technology supports tasks such as surveillance, inspection, andsearch and rescue by providing AI-driven insights and automated mission execution, including multi-drone deployments. | Seed / Mar 04, 2026 | |
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Co-Investors
Luma Launch
3 deals together
SOSV
3 deals together
TEN13
3 deals together
Alpha Edison
2 deals together
AngelList
2 deals together
Draper Associates
2 deals together
About Halogen Ventures
Halogen Ventures is a Los Angeles, California-based Venture Capital fund focused on investing in early-stage consumer technology startups with a female on the founding team. Halogen Ventures invests in pre-seed, seed, and series A companies creating groundbreaking technologies and products in the consumer space. It is hands-on and supports foundersthrough their full lifecycle. The firm helps them build their networks, get brand exposure, hire great talent, raise follow-on rounds and find their path to acquisition or IPO.
Halogen Ventures Contacts
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Jesse Draper
General Partner
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What does Jesse Draper invest in?
Jesse Draper invests primarily in Fashion, E-Commerce and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Jesse Draper last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jesse Draper closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 34 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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