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Boost VC

VC
San Mateo, CAWebsite

Boost VC is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Mateo, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $50K–$500K checks and has 22 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$50K–$500K
Portfolio
22 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
AUM
$400M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
San Mateo, CA

Last verified: 2026-05-24

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$50K – $500K

AUM

$400M

Portfolio

22+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Pre-seed accelerator-style fund that writes small first checks and helps founders get to a seed round.

How Boost VC invests

Boost VC is a vc firm based in San Mateo, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Boost VC typically writes checks of $50K–$500K per investment, backed by approximately $400M in assets under management.

Boost VC has backed 22 companies in our records, including CoinList, Plays.tv, Benchmark? (N/A).

Partners & Team

AD

Adam Draper

Founder & Managing Director

Pre-seed
Accelerator
MC

Maddie Callander

Partner

DS

Danielle Sosnick

Community Manager

AA

Alex Agustin

Executive Assistant

AD

Adam Draper

Partner

BW

Brayton Williams

Partner

GD

Gus Domel

Investment team

EY

Emily Yu

Investment team

GD

Gus Domel, PhD

Partner

Robotic
Bio
Aerospace

Harvard PhD and Stanford Post Doctorate. Leads investment team. Robotic, Bio, and Aerospace work featured in National Geographic, NYT, and Syfy Network. One of Stanford's first e-sports coaches.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (22)

Other

CO

CoinList

Fintech/crypto
PL

Plays.tv

Software
BE

Benchmark? (N/A)

N/A
CO

Coinbase

Crypto
ZA

Zapier

B2B SaaS
CO

Cockpit

Marketing Tech·Seed

Platform that incubates and powers AI-native outbound and marketing agencies.

RA

Radiant Nuclear

DE

Deepgram

GR

Grid Aero

AM

Amplitude

How to pitch Boost VC
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $50K – $500K check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Adam Draper, Founder & Managing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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