Boost VC

Quick read

Boost VC is a pre-seed venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams, headquartered in San Mateo, California. It leads $500K pre-seed checks into deep tech startups across crypto, AI, robotics, biotech, space, and VR — self-described as 'the most active Deep Tech investor on the planet,' with 454 portfolio companies and roughly one deal per week. In September 2025, Draper closed a new fund at over $87 million, with the firm's FAQ citing $400M in total fund size.

Key facts

Founded

2012

Founders

Adam Draper, Brayton Williams

Employees

1-10

Sectors

hardware, ai, crypto, biotech, generalist

Website

www.boost.vc

Investment thesis

Boost VC leads $500K pre-seed rounds in frontier deep tech — crypto, AI, robotics, biotech, space, and VR — targeting founders working on ideas that seem like science fiction. The firm also deploys $50K fellowship investments and runs an accelerator program to support founders before conventional venture interest arrives.

Recent activity

• Jun 2026press
  Adam Draper spoke with Infinite Frontiers about Boost VC's pre-seed model, explaining the firm's approach of writing first checks in categories others avoid — crypto, American dynamism, and new bio — and its origin story from a crowdfunding platform called Boost Funder. infinitefrontiers.io
• May 2026investment
  Boost VC made its most recent recorded investment on 12 May 2026 in Prospera, a company in the Commercial Services industry, per PitchBook. pitchbook.com
• Apr 2026investment
  As of April 2026, Boost VC had invested in 459 companies total, with 13 new investments in the prior 12 months, per Tracxn. tracxn.com
• Feb 2026investment
  Boost VC led a $2.1M Pre-Seed round in Armatrix, the most recently tracked deal in StartupIntros' database. startupintros.com
• Sep 2025fundraise
  Boost VC closed Fund 4 at $87.65 million. deep-tech-week.com
• Jun 2026press
  Adam Draper spoke with Infinite Frontiers about Boost VC's pre-seed thesis, covering the firm's history from Boost Funder to its current focus on deep tech categories that other investors avoid. infinitefrontiers.io
• Jun 2026investment
  Boost VC participated in the $5M seed round for CodeIntegrity, which builds policy-enforcement guardrails for agentic AI workflows. SYN Ventures led the round; Antler also participated. tipranks.com
• Jun 2026press
  Boost VC is hosting VC office hours at Tech Weekend on June 18 in Menlo Park, with analyst Troy Kanji representing the firm for pre-seed founders across bio, energy, robotics, and aerospace. linkedin.com
• May 2026press
  Boost VC and 2048 Ventures co-hosted a Deep Tech Pitch Competition in Boston during TECH WEEK by a16z, offering a combined $100K investment as the prize. linkedin.com
• Feb 2026investment
  Boost VC led a $2.1M pre-seed round in Armatrix, the most recent tracked deal per Startup Intros data. startupintros.com
• Nov 2025leadership
  Gus Domel, PhD was promoted to Partner at Boost VC. Domel joined the firm as a scientist and engineer and has been on the investment team for multiple years. linkedin.com
• Nov 2025investment
  Boost VC participated in the $3.5M seed round for 0xbow, a crypto and blockchain company. tipranks.com

Notable investments

• ProsperaUnknownMay 2026pitchbook.com
• ArmatrixPre-Seed ($2.1M)Feb 2026startupintros.com
• CodeIntegrityPre-Seed/Seed2025leadiq.com
• RotostitchPre-Seed/Seed2025leadiq.com
• ArtifactPre-Seed/Seed2025leadiq.com
• Nunu.aiSeed2025leadiq.com
• AstrobeamPre-Seed/Seed2025leadiq.com
• ShapesXRPre-Seed/Seed2025leadiq.com
• CodeIntegritySeedJun 2026tipranks.com
• ArmatrixPre-SeedFeb 2026startupintros.com
• 0xbowSeedNov 2025tipranks.com
• Athenic AISeedJan 2025tipranks.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Adam Draper · Founder & Managing Director
  LinkedIn
• Brayton Williams · Co-Founder & Partner

Sources

• Boost VC: PreSeed Investors | $500k Rounds
• Adam Draper raises over $87 million for new Boost fund | Fortune
• Boost VC - 2026 Investor Profile | Tracxn
• Boost VC: Funding, Team & Investors
• Boost VC FAQ: $400M Fund, Investment & Founder Support
• Boost VC | LinkedIn
• https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/57017-26
• https://www.tipranks.com/private-companies/investor/boost-vc
• https://www.zoominfo.com/c/boost-vc/371812822
• https://www.venturecapitaljournal.com/boost-vc-closes-on-84-5m-for-deep-tech-fund-4-beating-75m-target/
• https://infinitefrontiers.io/conversations/backing-the-sci-fi-future-with-boost-vcs-adam-draper/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/maddiecallander
• https://f4.fund/firms/boost-vc
• https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/boost-vc/__VHwVQx-gqUC6yT87RQAv3rNw1-a2L_d35OQSnCyhD0A
• https://www.deep-tech-week.com/organizations/boost-vc

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