Draper Esprit
Draper Esprit is a venture capital firm, with offices in London, Cambridge and Dublin. Investing in high growth technology companies with global ambitions. Founded in 2006 as Esprit Capital, the company was renamed Draper Esprit in 2015 after joining Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper and the Draper Venture Network (DVN), a global community of 24 independent funds. DVN has collectively backed businesses such as Baidu, Tesla, Cambridge Silicon Radio, Graphcore, PrimaryBid and Revolut.
Type | Public limited company |
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LSE: GROW Euronext: GRW | |
Industry | Venture capital |
Founded | 2006 |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom[1] |
Key people | Karen Slatford (Chairman), Martin Davis (CEO), Stuart Chapman (Chief Portfolio Officer), Ben Wilkinson (CFO)[2] |
Products | Venture capital, growth capital |
Total equity | £ 659.6 million (March 2020)[3] |
Website | www.draperesprit.com |
In June 2016 Draper Esprit went public, becoming the first European VC to be publicly listed (LSE:GROW).
The company invests across four sectors: Consumer, Digital Health & Wellness, AI, Deeptech & Hardware & Cloud, Enterprise & SaaS, Draper Esprit has also developed a FinTech investment thesis as the company invests in the future of financial services.
Investments
The firm's investments include:
ConsumerTech
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Digital Health
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DeepTech & Hardware
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SaaS & Enterprise
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References
- "Draper Esprit backs Aircall in £10m deal". UK Business Angels Association. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- "Venture capitalist firm Draper Esprit has managerial reshuffle". City A.M. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- "Draper Esprit plc Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Draper Esprit. Retrieved 30 June 2020.