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Boost VC is a high-velocity deep‑tech venture fund that bills itself as the most active deep‑tech investor—averaging one deal per week—and leads pre‑seed rounds with $500K checks while offering $50K Fellowship grants to founders. Founded in 2012 and run by partners Adam Draper, Brayton Williams, and Maddie Callander, Boost backs frontier, hard‑tech startups at the edges of the map—from space and biotech to climate and robotics—helping ambitious teams turn audacious ideas into companies.
Invests In
Pre-Seed
Seed
Pre-Seed
Seed
Avg Check sIZE
$50k - $500k
Fund Size
Location
San Mateo, CA
Leads Rounds?

What they Invest In

Robotics
Aerospace
Health / Bio
Energy
AI
Transportation
Climatech
Cybersecurity
Software

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Larsen
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What's common Advice that Founders receive that is flat out wrong?

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Larsen Jensen
GP, Harpoon Ventures

What's common Advice that Founders receive that is flat out wrong?

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Larsen Jensen
GP, Harpoon Ventures

What's common Advice that Founders receive that is flat out wrong?

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip"

Larsen Jensen
GP, Harpoon Ventures

What's common Advice that Founders receive that is flat out wrong?

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip"

Larsen Jensen
GP, Harpoon Ventures
Boost VC
Invests In
Pre-Seed
Seed
aVG. cHECK sIZE
$50k - $500k
lEADS ROUNDS?
lOCATION
San Mateo, CA
Notable Investments
Radiant
Colossal Biosciences
Coinbase
Venus Aerospace