Boost VC Crypto Fund

United States
Pre Seed
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About Boost VC Crypto Fund

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

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Deep Tech
Robotics Automation
Space
Web3 Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Mission-driven deep tech founders solving aerospace, nuclear, bio problems

deep tech
nuclear energy
aerospace
hardware
bio
AI energy
defense tech
space
robotics

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
Voted #1 most helpful deep tech VCtwitter
18 new deep tech investments in Q2twitter
5 of Q2 deals were first VC yestwitter
82 active bio investments, scaling to 1ktwitter
K2 Space partnering with Anduril Golden Dometwitter
Radiant Nuclear factory license accepted Part 70twitter
6 new investments in April across sectorstwitter
Founder cited Boost in wedding vowstwitter
Leading pre-seed rounds every weektwitter
Deepgram raised $130M at $1.3B valuationexternal
2013 Fund DPI 2.85x, TVPI 7.68xtwitter
Radiant Nuclear: $300M raised, DOE HALEU selectedexternal
70+ startups invested in every yearexternal
$5B+ follow-on capital raised by portfolioexternal

Contrarian Signals

Heavy hardware focus, long timelinesexternal
Nuclear test slots scarce bottleneckexternal
AI agents now founding portfolio companiesexternal
Bio-obsessed: 82 active investments target 1ktwitter
Backing 'Aliens' alongside energy, pets, biotwitter
Generalist but obsessed nuclear as producttwitter

Founder Do's

Build in deep tech or defense sectors
Show hardware traction early
Be first-mover in hard category
Expect high-conviction first checks
Mission-driven: make 1B lives better
Lead pre-seed rounds every week
Show energy & conviction for vision

Founder Don'ts

Avoid pure software plays
Don't expect hands-off investors
Don't pitch consensus tech themes

Key GPs & Partners

AD
Adam Draper
Managing Director
contrarianvisionarypeople-first
BW
Brayton Williams
Co-Founder & Partner
operatorhigh-convictionprolific
MC
Maddie Callander
Partner
builderoperatorfundraiser
GD
Gus Domel
Partner
scientistroboticsaerospace
EY
Emily Yu
Senior Associate
roboticistoperatortechnical

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$87M
Saves0

Key People

Adam Draper, Brayton Williams

Adam DraperManaging Director
Brayton WilliamsCo-Founder & Partner
Maddie CallanderPartner
Gus DomelPartner
Emily YuSenior Associate

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