About Draper Athena
Draper Athena is a venture capital firm founded in 1997. It is primarily based out of San Mateo, United States. As of Apr 2016, Draper Athena has invested in 12 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Enterprise Infrastructure and High Tech.
Overall, Draper Athena portfolio has seen 5 IPOs and 4 acquisitions including key companies like Oracle, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Forge Global. A lot of funds co-invest with Draper Athena, with names like Alsop Louie Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Draper Athena has team of 4 people including 4 partners.
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Draper Athena's List of Top Investments
Draper Athena has a portfolio of 12 companies. Their most notable investments include Oracle and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.Their portfolio spans across United States, South Korea and Sweden. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, High Tech听补苍诲 7 other sectors, across stages such as Series A stage. Here is the list of top investments by Draper Athena:1. Oracle
Hybrid cloud infrastructure platform. It provides hybrid cloud solutions that enable businesses to manage different cloud solutions and collaborate within cross-functional teams. Features include storage, cloud application management, cloud cost management, content management, networking, integration, security, product management tools, database management, and more. It caters its solution to industries such as automotive, finance, healthcare, and more.
Key facts about Oracle
- Founded Year: 1977
- Location: Austin (United States)
- Annual Revenue: 鈧�6,720Cr as on Mar 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $50K
- Employee Count: 172 as on Sep 30, 2024
- Investors: Glynn Capital, Greyrock Investments and 30 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Dec 09, 2021, $19.4K
- Highlight: Public
Platform offering HPC solutions. It provides a supercomputer that supports liquid cooling of components in a bladed configuration. It provides an HPC storage solution that includes a file storage system, data management framework, and more. Its offerings include HPC software, AI and ML solution, HPC as a service, servers, hybrid cloud, and more. It caters to industries such as manufacturing, energy, life sciences, and more.
Key facts about Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Houston (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 62,000 as on Oct 31, 2023
- Investors: Kleiner Perkins, Draper Athena and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Nov 01, 2023, $273M
- Highlight: Public
3. Forge Global
Investment platform for private equities. It is a private market investment platform for shareholders, investors, companies, and institutions. It is a marketplace for angel investors, accredited investors, asset managers, venture capitalists, wealth managers, and family offices. It also offers the liquidity, administration, and buyback solutions to startups and other private companies.
Key facts about Forge Global
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $250M
- Employee Count: 165 as on Dec 31, 2023
- Investors: Wells Fargo, Temasek and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 04, 2021, $150M
- Highlight: Public
4. Intel
Provider of semiconductor ICs and microprocessors. It designs and manufactures semiconductor ICs and microprocessors. Its product portfolio includes SRAMs, DRAM, supercomputers, quantum computers, solid-state drives, mobile Linux software, and server chips. It caters to multiple enterprises. In 2023, the company recorded annual revenues of $56.42B and a net loss of $2.86B.
Key facts about Intel
- Founded Year: 1968
- Location: Santa Clara (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $53.1B as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 124,800 as on Dec 31, 2023
- Investors: Herald Investment Management, Venrock and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Mar 18, 2025, $25M
- Highlight: Public
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AI based solutions for predictive analytics. It delivers big data predictive analytics software in the cloud. The features of the product include decision making, commodity price forecasting, purchasing optimization, product mix optimization, capacity optimization, pricing, promotion optimization, etc. Industries using the solutions are mining and natural resources, and meal and agricultural industries.
Key facts about DecisionNext
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14.1M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Draper Athena, Azure Capital Partners and
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 06, 2023, $5.09M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Draper Athena's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Its most recent first time investment was in Mixed Dimensions.
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Draper Athena's Investments by Stage
Draper Athena has made 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $4M.Draper Athena's Investments by Sector
Draper Athena has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech and Industrial Goods and Manufacturing. Notably, it has invested in 11 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 11 Tech companies, 6 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Tech hardware.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 1 |
Draper Athena's Investments by Geography
Draper Athena has made most investments in United States (1).
Draper Athena's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Draper Athena:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 19, 2016 | United States | Series A | $4M | Alsop Louie Partners [+2] |
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Here are Draper Athena's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 11, 2020 | - | - | - | |
Oct 23, 2015 | - | - | - | |
Mar 15, 2000 | - | - | - | |
Mar 14, 1986 | - | - | - | |
Jan 06, 1978 | - | - | - |
Acquired companies in Draper Athena's Portfolio
Here are Draper Athena's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 04, 2011 | - | - | - | |
Nov 02, 2010 | - | - | - | |
Dec 21, 2005 | - | - | - | |
Jul 28, 2005 | - | - | - |
Team profile of Draper Athena
Draper Athena has a team of 4 members听including 4 Partners听located in China, South Korea and . Draper Athena's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Draper Athena:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Hong Kong | - | ||
Partner | Menlo Park | - | ||
Partner | Seoul | - | ||
Partner | - | - |
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Over the past 9 years, 5 investors have co-invested in Draper Athena's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Draper Athena:听Silicon Badia, Alchemist Accelerator and 1 other have invested in rounds before Draper Athena. There are 1 company where Silicon Badia has invested before Draper Athena and 1 company where Alchemist Accelerator has invested before Draper Athena.
- Top Co-investors of Draper Athena:听2 investors entered a company along with Draper Athena. These include investors like Alsop Louie Partners (1 company).
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