# Dean Drako (slim)

> Dean Drako's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, SignalWire, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dean-drako/index.md (~450 tokens) · this version ~380 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dean-drako/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dean-drako/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **SignalWire**, Series B, June 2021
  - [SignalWire Voice API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/signalwire-voice.md), graded B, 67.2/100
  - Source: https://signalwire.com/blog/signalwire-secures-30-million-series-b-led-by-prosperity7-ventures-to-build-infrastructure-for-telecom-2-0

## Where they invest

- Phone calling & voice transport, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Anthony Minessale II](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anthony-minessale-ii/), SignalWire
- [Anthony Minessale](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anthony-minessale/), SignalWire

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Dean Drako invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists SignalWire backed by Dean Drako.

### How are Dean Drako's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, SignalWire Voice API (B, 67.2).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.