Jesse Draper
Founder & General Partner, Halogen Ventures
Built a 100% female-founded portfolio worth a combined $15B+ from inside one of venture capital’s best-known family names.
Jesse Draper founded Halogen Ventures in 2015, building a portfolio that is now entirely female-founded, 85% female-CEO-led, and includes six companies valued above $1B — Babylist, Everlywell, HopSkipDrive, Flex, Upwards and Metropolis among them.
A 2026 fund added a dedicated "Future of Family" mandate covering childcare and family-support technology — a thesis extension built directly on where Halogen’s existing portfolio, including Upwards (formerly WeeCare), was already concentrated.
Halogen’s portfolio carries a combined valuation reported above $15 billion across six unicorns.
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