Boost VC is an accelerator in California that focuses on Sci-Fi technologies. Founded 2012 in San Mateo, California, United States by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams, it invests in seed, series A, initial coin offerings, and pre-seed rounds. Its portfolio companies include Yac, Virtuleap, Elektra Labs, The Sun Exchange, and 3DLOOK. As of March 2020, Boost VC has made 174 investments. Their most recent investment was on November 12, 2019, when Elektra Labs raised $2.9M. Boost VC has had 17 exits, the most notable of which include Down, Pillow, and Favor.The company has raised two funds, their latest being Boost VC Fund III. This fund was announced on February 7, 2017 and raised a total of $38.6M.
Portfolio companies
Abra
Tribe 4
Airenvy
Tribe 3
Align Commerce
Tribe 4
Arbiter
Tribe 2
Atlas Card
Tribe 4
Ava
Tribe 4
Bagaveev Corporation
Tribe 3
BitBox
Tribe 2
BitPagos
Tribe 2
BitProof
Tribe 5
BitQuick
Tribe 5
BlockCypher
Tribe 4
BlockScore
Tribe 4
Timeline
Funded Companies
A biotechnology company, founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, with a platform that enables viruses to be engineered for use as therapeutics against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Company building "quantum accelerators” a type of computing system that work in conjunction with classical computers to solve problems that are impractical or impossible to solve on classical computer alone.
Unocoin is a cryptocurrency service company focused on serving people living in India.
AuditFile is a San Francisco-based company founded by Steven Bong, Kevin Bong and Gary Bong.
A satellite software company improving developer productivity and flight software quality.
Swiftly is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2014 by Jonathan Simkin, Will Dayton and Mike Smith.
Tamarin Health is a developer of digital health tools for Caregivers to create remote patient support networks.
InterVenn is a medical diagnostics company developing artificially intelligence driven mass spectrometry platform for discovery and validation.
Kite & Lightning is a Seattle-based company founded in 2013 by Ryan Hickner, Jason Hickner and William Hickner.
Associated investment funds
Accelerator batches
People
Adam Draper
Founder
Adam Ludwin
Mentor
AJ Forsythe
Mentor
Ajay Singh
Mentor
Alexander Wong
Employee
Amos Ben-Meir
Investor
Andrew Flachner
Mentor
Andrew Ogawa
Investor
Andrew Simon
Investor
Ankit Agarwal
Mentor
Ben Davenport
Investor
Ben Lovell
Employee
Bill Barhydt
Mentor
Blake Commagere
Mentor
Brad Stephens
Investor
Brayton Williams
Founder
Collin R West
Mentor
Daniel Neukomm
Investor
Dave Strigler
Investor
David Chen
Mentor
Frank Willemsen
Investor
Grant G.
Investor
Hrach Simonian
Mentor
Jeff Wasson
Investor
Jens Christensen
Mentor
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Amun
Aquaai
BehaviorMe
Elektra Labs
Fairmint
Guesser
New Culture
Unstoppable Domains
Yac
YUR
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