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Boost VC Deep Tech Fund 4 is an $87 million pre-seed venture capital fund managed by Boost VC, the San Mateo-based firm co-founded by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams that specializes in investing in what it calls science fiction technology. The fund reached final close in September 2025, bringing total Boost VC assets under management to $300 million across its fund series and over 400 active portfolio companies. Fund 4 targets pre-seed founders building breakthrough technologies across aerospace, nuclear energy, robotics, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, crypto, space, materials science, and ocean technology. The fund writes standardized $500,000 checks into pre-seed rounds at $3 million to $7 million valuations, leading approximately 70-plus companies per year. Boost pioneered the institutional deep-tech pre-seed model, becoming one of the first institutional investors in Bitcoin companies in 2013 before broadening to the full spectrum of science fiction technologies. Boost's first two vintage funds (2013 and 2016) delivered DPI of 2.15x and 4.35x respectively, on early bets in crypto and hard science. The firm's portfolio includes Coinbase (early investor), Deepgram ($1.3 billion valuation), Radiant Nuclear ($300 million raise), and Grid Aero ($20 million Series A). Portfolio companies have collectively raised over $5 billion in follow-on capital. Fund 4 is the latest and largest step in Boost's mission to accelerate the arrival of science fiction technologies.

Boost VC Fund I is a venture capital fund managed by Boost VC, the San Mateo-based pre-seed deep technology firm co-founded by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams. Launched with a 2016 vintage, Fund I represents the second institutional fund in Boost's series, following the firm's pioneering 2013-vintage early bitcoin vehicle. Boost's 2016 fund has delivered a DPI of 4.35x, making it one of the stronger-performing early institutional crypto and deep tech pre-seed vehicles of its era. The fund targets pre-seed founders building at the frontier of technology, applying Boost's signature $500,000 standard check into sub-$1 million rounds at $3 million to $7 million valuations. The investment mandate spans crypto and blockchain infrastructure, artificial intelligence, aerospace, robotics, biotechnology, and climate technology — the full spectrum of what Boost defines as science fiction investing. Boost has been one of the longest-running institutional pre-seed funds in the deep tech category, having backed over 400 portfolio companies across its fund series. Fund I's performance reflects Boost's early conviction in the deep tech ecosystem before institutional capital migrated en masse to the category. The firm's portfolio includes Coinbase, Deepgram, Radiant Nuclear, and Grid Aero, and Fund I's vintage and track record provided the foundation for the firm's subsequent funds, including the $87 million Boost VC Deep Tech Fund 4, which closed in September 2025 and brought total Boost AUM to $300 million across its fund platform.

CMT Digital Fund IV is the fourth venture capital fund raised by CMT Digital, the crypto and blockchain-focused investment arm of CMT Group — a Chicago-based diversified investment firm operating across exchange-traded derivatives, public and private equities, energy markets, and digital assets for more than 25 years. The fund closed in October 2025 at $136 million, slightly below its $150 million target following a challenging fundraising environment for crypto-focused venture. The close brings CMT Digital's total digital asset-focused assets under management to over $600 million across four funds since its venture practice began in 2017. Prior funds raised $25.5 million (Fund I), $130 million (Fund II), and $100 million (Fund III). Fund IV is organized around an early-stage investment thesis in blockchain infrastructure and applications. CMT Digital targets founders building the foundational technology layers of decentralized networks — encompassing settlement infrastructure, digital asset custody, cross-chain interoperability, decentralized finance (DeFi) primitives, Web3 application platforms, and the payments and tokenization layers connecting traditional finance to on-chain rails. The fund has a global mandate with offices in Chicago, APAC, and Europe, reflecting CMT Group's established presence across international derivatives and digital asset markets. CMT Digital's dual identity as both a trading firm and venture investor provides portfolio companies with institutional market access, liquidity expertise, and distribution relationships that distinguish the firm from purely financial VC managers. CMT Digital has deployed capital across more than 200 blockchain and crypto-focused businesses, protocols, and tokens through its first three funds. Fund IV's LP base comprises family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and institutional investors. The fund is currently in an active Investing phase following its November 2025 final close and will target early-stage companies positioned to benefit from the next major wave of crypto adoption across global markets.