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Boost VC Crypto Fund

Geography: United States
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $87M
Focus: AI/ML, Deep Tech, Robotics & Automation and Space
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Boost VC Crypto Fund

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

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Deep Tech

Robotics & Automation

Space

Web3 Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

active

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

Grid Aero raised $20M for autonomous cargo dronesexternal

Fund 4 raised $87M for next stageexternal

Lead pre-seed with $500k checks standardexternal

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

Demonstrate social/technical/regulatory pressure

Founder Don'ts

Avoid pure software plays

Don't expect hands-off investors

Don't pitch consensus tech themes

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$87M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Adam Draper, Brayton Williams

Adam DraperManaging Director

Brayton WilliamsCo-Founder & Partner

Maddie CallanderPartner

Gus DomelPartner

Emily YuSenior Associate

Danielle SosnickPortfolio Support

Derek BrownHead of Finance

Troy KanjiAnalyst

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