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Boost VC
Venture capital firm/accelerator; participated in Solideon's oversubscribed $5M+ pre-seed round (July 2024).
Boost VC is a San Mateo, California-based pre-seed venture firm and accelerator founded in 2012 by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams, investing broadly across deep tech, including aerospace, biotech, AI, robotics, and nuclear. The firm closed an 84.5 million dollar Fund IV in September 2025, bringing total AUM to roughly 300 million dollars.
Overview
- Firm
- Boost VC
- Headquarters
- San Mateo, CA
- Founded
- 2012
- AUM
- ~$300 million
- Stages
- Pre-Seed
- Thesis
- Boost VC backs generalist deep-tech founders with 500K dollar checks at the pre-seed stage, requiring only that a company aim to make 1 billion lives better.
- Website
- www.boost.vc/
Portfolio companies3
- CompanySolideonBuilds Aperture, an autonomous multi-robot manufacturing system for large aerospace structures.
- CompanyVenus AerospaceUS rotating-detonation rocket engine developer pivoting toward defense and space propulsion.
- CompanyRadiant IndustriesPortable microreactor (Kaleidos) developer for defense installations and data centers.
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Frequently asked
- What is Boost VC?
- Boost VC backs generalist deep-tech founders with 500K dollar checks at the pre-seed stage, requiring only that a company aim to make 1 billion lives better.
- How much does Boost VC manage?
- Boost VC manages ~$300 million in assets, and was founded in 2012.
- What stages does Boost VC invest at?
- Boost VC invests at Pre-Seed.
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