About This Fund
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.