Boost VC

Boost VC's mission, unchanged since its 2012 founding, is to "make sci-fi a reality by investing in startups." The firm invests into emerging and frontier categories — including robotics, AI, bio, health, materials, space tech, computing, crypto, ocean tech, AR/VR, climate, and energy — at the moment when a big idea goes from "possible" to "inevitable" through a technical breakthrough or social movement. Boost VC leads or co-leads pre-seed rounds with $500k checks (and $50k Fellowship checks for the earliest founders), targeting bold, non-consensus startups with the potential to unlock something big for billions of people. The firm looks for "cockroaches" — resourceful founders who survive no matter what — and focuses on teams with energy, authenticity, and intelligence tackling the hardest challenges. With $400M AUM across four funds and 400+ active portfolio companies, Boost VC positions itself as the most active deep tech investor on the planet, averaging one deal per week and having helped its portfolio raise over $5B in follow-on capital.