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Boost VC Accelerator 1 is the first formal venture fund raised by Boost VC, the San Mateo, California-based seed and pre-seed investment firm founded in 2012 by Adam Draper, a fourth-generation venture capitalist and son of Tim Draper. Adam Draper co-founded Boost VC with Brayton Williams with a mission to invest in frontier technology companies at the earliest stages of their formation, combining structured accelerator programming with direct venture capital. The fund is now closed and achieved strong performance with a reported 4.61x DPI (Distributions to Paid-In capital), a particularly compelling result for a seed-stage fund of this vintage. Boost VC Accelerator 1 deployed capital through a combination of pre-seed investments and structured accelerator cohort placements, with the firm making initial investments in the $150,000–$500,000 range per startup in exchange for small equity stakes. The fund focused on what Boost VC calls 'sci-fi' technologies — frontier domains including cryptocurrency and blockchain, augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, space technology, robotics, nuclear energy, and biotechnology. Boost VC's accelerator model provided portfolio companies with intensive mentorship, community access, and fundraising support in addition to capital, with cohorts of 8-15 companies receiving hands-on support over structured program periods. Boost VC has since grown into one of the most prolific seed investors in frontier technology globally, managing over $300 million in assets under management across multiple fund vehicles and having backed more than 400 companies. The firm's platform has evolved to support pre-seed founders building in deep tech categories that other investors often consider too early or too unconventional. Accelerator 1 represents the foundational vehicle that established Boost VC's investment thesis and operating model, which has since been refined and scaled across successive funds including Fund II (~$75M), Fund III (~$90M), and Fund IV ($87.65M, closed September 2025), cementing Boost VC's position as a pioneering force in frontier technology investing.

Boost VC Deep Tech Fund 4 is the fourth flagship fund raised by Boost VC, a San Mateo-based pre-seed venture capital firm founded by Adam Draper and focused exclusively on deep technology and frontier science startups. The fund reached its final close in September 2025 with $87.65 million in commitments, bringing Boost VC's total assets under management to more than $300 million across all vehicles. The raise was supported primarily by family offices and high-net-worth individuals, including members of the Draper family—one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture dynasties—with Tim Draper and other family affiliates among backers. Boost VC's investment philosophy is built around what Adam Draper describes as 'sci-fi technologies': frontier technology categories that appear improbable to mainstream investors but have the potential to define the next era of human progress. Fund 4 will back approximately 150 pre-seed startups across sectors including nuclear energy, advanced genetics, space technology, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, and blockchain infrastructure. Boost VC provides founders with pre-seed capital alongside an intensive accelerator programme that includes workspace, mentorship, and access to the Boost VC network of over 700 portfolio alumni spanning multiple technology frontiers. The fund builds on Boost VC's track record across three prior vehicles, with the first fund (vintage 2013) generating a DPI of 2.15x and the second fund (vintage 2016) achieving 4.35x—returns driven in part by early exposure to Bitcoin infrastructure companies and space technology startups. These performance metrics have enabled Boost VC to attract increasing institutional interest for its fourth fund despite its non-traditional investment thesis. Boost VC Deep Tech Fund 4 is positioned to continue the firm's mission of funding technologies considered 'too early' by the broader venture community, operating at the furthest frontier of innovation.

CMT Digital Fund IV is a $136 million early-stage venture capital fund dedicated to investments in blockchain infrastructure and applications enabling the next phase of crypto adoption and decentralized finance. CMT Digital is the venture investment division of CMT Group, a quantitative trading firm founded in 1997 whose data-driven, algorithmic risk management heritage distinguishes its investment process from traditional crypto venture funds. The fund closed in November 2025 after attracting capital from family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and institutional investors across the United States, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. Fund IV targets founders building blockchain-native infrastructure for global markets, framing its thesis as the re-architecting of finance on distributed ledger technology. Investment themes span on-chain financial infrastructure, stablecoin ecosystems, tokenized asset markets, decentralized protocol development, and institutional-grade crypto tooling, with approximately 25 percent of deployed capital directed toward stablecoin-related startups. Ten investments were committed prior to the final close announcement, including FortyTwo, 1Money, D2X, Winston Artory Group, Odysseus, Zylu, Coinflow, and Andrena, reflecting an aggressive deployment pace through the fundraise. CMT Digital's track record across four successive funds represents more than $600 million in total assets under management, growing from Fund I ($25.5 million) through Fund II ($130 million) and Fund III ($100 million) to Fund IV ($136 million). The portfolio includes notable early-stage winners in Circle (IPO, +167%), Figure (Nasdaq listing, +24%), Consensys, BitGo, FalconX, and dYdX. Fund IV was launched with a $150 million target and closed slightly below that mark, though CMT ultimately turned away certain investors due to allocation constraints at final close.