Firms

Boost VC

San Francisco, California · San Mateo, California · Atherton · San Francisco Bay Area

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Signal profile (Boost VC) Boost VC cb Boost VC is an early stage venture capital firm with $200m AUM founded by Adam Draper & Brayton Williams. We lead Pre-Seed rounds for Deep Tech (crypto, space, bio, AI, robotics, VR, Sci-Fi). Founded: 2012

Founded

2012

Type

Venture capital

Team

Adam Draper Boost VC, Managing Director	$3M$500K – $7M	Atherton
Gus Domel Boost VC, Principal	$1M$200K – $2M	San Francisco Bay Area
Emily Yu Boost VC, Investor	$500K$50K – $1M	San Francisco Bay Area
Maddie Callander Boost VC, Partner	$500K$500K – $500K	San Francisco, California
Brayton Williams Boost VC, Investor (Signal team listing)	$500K$500K – $500K	San Mateo, California
Ben Lovell Boost VC, Associate	—— – —	San Mateo, California
Bill Barhydt Boost VC, Advisor	—— – —
Michael Dunworth Boost VC, Investor (Signal team listing)	—— – —

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Co-investing

Founders Fund

• Radiant Nuclear$300M · 2025-12-17
• Radiant$300M · 2025-12-17
• Bondu$5M · 2025-10-10
• Radiant$300M · 2025
• Radiant$300M · 2025

Chevron Technology Ventures

• Radiant Nuclear$300M · 2025-12-17
• Radiant$300M · 2025-12-17
• Radiant$300M · 2025
• Radiant$300M · 2025
• Radiant Industries$100M · 2024-11-14

Draper Associates

• Radiant Nuclear$300M · 2025-12-17
• Radiant$300M · 2025-12-17
• Radiant$300M · 2025
• Radiant$300M · 2025

Friends & Family Capital

• Radiant Nuclear$300M · 2025-12-17
• Radiant$300M · 2025-12-17
• Radiant$300M · 2025
• Radiant$300M · 2025

Y Combinator

• ego$6M · Unknown date
• Ego$6M · Unknown date
• Drapr$125K · Unknown date
• Storyline$— · Unknown date

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Investments

$300M2025-12-17	Radiant Nuclear	Founders Fund, Friends & Family Capital, Boost VC, Chevron Technology Ventures, Draper Associates
$300M2025-12-17	Radiant	Founders Fund, Boost VC, Draper Associates, Friends & Family Capital, Chevron Technology Ventures
$5M2025-10-10	Bondu	Founders Fund, Makers Fund, Boost VC, Samsung Venture Investment Corporation
$300M2025	Radiant	Founders Fund, Friends & Family Capital, Boost VC, Chevron Technology Ventures, European Innovation Council (EIC), Draper Associates
$300M2025	Radiant	Founders Fund, Boost VC, Draper Associates, Friends & Family Capital, Chevron Technology Ventures, European Innovation Council (EIC)
$100M2024-11-14	Radiant Industries	DCVC, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Felicis, Washington Harbour Partners, Chevron Technology Ventures, Founders Fund, Decisive Point, McKinley Alaska, Boost VC, Also Capital
$5M2021-07-20	Octane AI	General Catalyst, Boost VC, Pelion Venture Partners, Bullnet Capital, Phil Libin
$—2020-08-21	Octane AI	General Catalyst, Boost VC, Bullpen Capital, FJ Labs
$6MUnknown date	ego	Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Pioneer Fund, Accel, Boost VC, Patron
$6MUnknown date	Ego	Y Combinator, Balaji Srinivasan, Accel, Boost VC, Patron

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