# Tim Draper

> Tim Draper is a seed investor at Bancor (San Francisco) backing Software and FinTech. See 300 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bancor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bancor-protocol)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 300
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothydraper
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TimDraper
- Website: https://x.com/TimDraper
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tim.draper

Tim Draper is a seed investor at Bancor in San Francisco focused on Software and FinTech. Tim Draper is the Founding Partner of Draper Associates. He attended Harvard Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $356k–$6.5M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$25M |
| Series B | $3M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 41 | 14% |
| FinTech | 35 | 12% |
| Financial Services | 25 | 8% |
| SaaS | 22 | 7% |
| Mobile | 22 | 7% |

262 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 100 | 33% |
| Series A | 49 | 16% |
| Series B | 27 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 24 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 22 | 7% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 140 | 47% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 3% |
| Canada | 7 | 2% |
| India | 6 | 2% |
| Singapore | 5 | 2% |

29 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| illumicell AI | illumicell AI combines patented AI algorithms and proprietary microscopy technology to test 50x faster, 20x more effectively, empowering every healthcare provider at the point of care – not just fertility clinics – with accessible, scalable fertility diagnostics. | $500K |  | Jun 19, 2026 |  |
| SignalRank | SignalRank Corporation is a FinTech company in the Venture space. It focuses on the seed stage asset class and uses data analytics to allocate capital to the best seed fund managers for their top performing companies. GPRank and CompanyRank are two proprietary algorithms it leverages to automate capital allocation. The company invests from balancesheet. Its customers are seed stage investors with outstanding companies in their portfolio. | $26.5M | Series A | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| AIsa | AIsa is the capability layer for the Agentic Economy. Everything AI agents need to reason, act, and transact. Pay per call. | $5M | Seed | May 31, 2026 |  |
| CASIMIR |  | $12M | Seed | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Exobiosphere | Exobiosphere is a cutting-edge company operating at the intersection of space exploration and biotechnology. | $1M | Seed | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| heXem bio | heXem bio specializes in recording solutions for the early development of humans for longevity. | $10.4M | Seed | Mar 28, 2026 |  |
| MightyFly | MightyFly is enabling worldwide access to goods with fast, on-demand delivery services for businesses and consumers. We’re putting the infrastructure in place to connect remote locations together with long range, heavy cargo aircraft. Many areas in the world today suffer from an inability to obtain critical and often urgently needed goods andsupplies at an affordable cost. Our goal at MightyFly is to solve this problem through express, customized aerial drone delivery services. MightyFly drones will transport cargo to multiple locations in a single flight across hundreds of miles of remote terrain that is difficult if not impossible to cross with trucks or other ground vehicles. We are developing vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) drones that fly more than 300 miles, and carry payloads in excess of 50 pounds at a fraction of the cost of helicopters. Featuring automated cargo loading and unloading, and requiring no launch or recovery infrastructure, MightyFly drones will accommodate ad-hoc deliveries to undeveloped sites as well as servicing locations along established routes. | $10M | Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Natilus | Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ftdrone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019. Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+. | $28M | Series A | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Seagate Space | Seagate Space is an aerospace company that provides offshore rocket launch solutions for the space industry. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Seagate Space | Seagate Space is an aerospace company that provides offshore rocket launch solutions for the space industry. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |

10 of 300 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Boost VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boostfunder) — VC Fund, 17 deals together
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [Draper Dragon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-dragon) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [EPIC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epic-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

## About Bancor

VC Fund · Zug, Switzerland

Bancor Protocol™ is a standard for the creation of Smart Tokens™, cryptocurrencies with built-in convertibility directly through their smart contracts. Bancor utilizes an innovative token “Connector” method to enable formulaic price calculation and continuous liquidity for all compliant tokens, without needing to match two parties in an exchange.Smart Tokens™ interconnect to form token liquidity networks, allowing user-generated cryptocurrencies to thrive. For more information, please visit the website and read the Bancor Protocol™ Whitepaper.

5 contacts available at Bancor.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brock Pierce | Adviser | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brock-pierce |
| Eyal Hertzog | Product Architect | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eyal-hertzog |
| Galia Benartzi | Co-Founder, Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galia-ben-artzi |
| Guy Ben-Artzi | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guy-ben-artzi |
| Ilana P. | VP Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilana-p |

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## FAQ

### What does Tim Draper invest in?

Tim Draper invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 300 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 Tim Draper's check size?

Tim Draper typically joins rounds of $356k–$6.5M at Seed, $2.5M–$25M at Series A and $3M–$50M 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 Tim Draper participates in.

### When did Tim Draper last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tim Draper closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 300 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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