Boost VC Crypto Fund

About Boost VC Crypto Fund

Deep Tech, Crypto, AI, Robotics, VR, Sci-Fi, Space focused fund

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUSA

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Deep Tech

Robotics Automation

Space

Web3 Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Contrarian deep tech founders in aerospace, nuclear, or defense

deep tech

nuclear energy

defense tech

aerospace

hardware

Bullish Signals

Portfolio co Grid Aero at Series Aexternal

Backing autonomous flight hardware startupsexternal

19 new deep tech investments in Q1external

7 Q1 deals as first VC inexternal

8 portfolio term sheets in 30 daysexternal

Radiant Nuclear backed by Lockheed Martinexternal

Fund 1 (2016) at 4.61x DPIexternal

Starfish Space: first investor in 2020external

Ranked top 5 VC by deal qualityexternal

Contrarian Signals

Heavy hardware focus, long timelinesexternal

Nuclear test slots scarce bottleneckexternal

AI agents now founding portfolio companiesexternal

Founder Do's

Build in deep tech or defense

Show hardware traction early

Be first-mover in hard category

Expect high-conviction first checks

Be Bay Area or mission-driven

Founder Don'ts

Avoid pure software plays

Don't expect hands-off investors

Don't pitch consensus tech themes

Key GPs & Partners

Adam Draper

Partner

contrarianvisionarypeople-first

Brayton Key

Partner

operatorhigh-convictionprolific

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$87M

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Key People

Adam Draper, Brayton Williams

Adam DraperPartner

Brayton KeyPartner