Boost VC

Boost VC is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2012 by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams. The firm specializes in investing in technology sectors such as cryptocurrency, virtual reality, healthcare, augmented reality, space, robotics, artificial intelligence, and biotech. Boost VC operates a three-month accelerator program that occurs biannually, investing in over 20 startups each cycle and providing them with housing and office space in Silicon Valley. Since its inception, the firm's portfolio has grown to include more than 150 companies, which have collectively raised over $200 million following their participation in the program. Boost VC's mission is to turn science fiction concepts into reality through strategic early-stage investments.

Maddie Callander

Partner

Gus Domel

Principal

Brayton Williams

Co-Founder and Partner

Emily Yu

Associate

Past deals in Real Time

Alta

Seed Round in 2022
Alta Pty Ltd, based in Broken Head, Australia, specializes in developing multiplayer virtual reality (VR) games. Established in 2008, the company creates immersive online universes where players can either collaborate or compete to achieve specific goals in various settings, including fantasy and medieval themes. The flagship game, A Township Tale, allows players to explore a magical town set in the mountains, where they can take on various roles such as blacksmith, miner, fisherman, and lumberjack to gather resources and craft tools and weapons. Alta's games are designed for high-end VR devices, providing engaging experiences that cater to gaming enthusiasts across multiple platforms, including smartphones, laptops, and computers.

Teleporter

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Teleporter Realities, Inc. is a company that develops and operates a social virtual reality platform specifically designed for gamers. Established in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an additional office in Istanbul, Teleporter creates immersive 3D environments where users can engage in various activities. The platform allows gamers to play built-in games, watch live game streams, and connect with like-minded individuals, fostering a sense of community. Teleporter's vision draws inspiration from popular MMORPGs, aiming to build a digital universe that enhances the gaming experience through technology and creativity. By combining gaming and social interaction, Teleporter provides a unique space for gamers to socialize and enjoy shared experiences in virtual reality.

Mega Particle

Seed Round in 2018
Casino VR is a multiplayer casino platform for virtual reality. Casino VR merges the social and psychological elements of real life poker with the ease and accessibility of online casinos. Anyone (with a VR hardware) can immerse themselves in a stunning casino and play texas hold'em poker with their friends. Every user sees each other's body language as well as talk to each other while they are sitting around the poker table. Casino VR launched a beta version featuring a multiplayer poker game for Oculus Rift in November 2015 and on Gear VR in March, 2016. In Casino VR you can observe the body language of other players (inverse kinematics) and talk to other players at the poker table. According to their early adopters, body language and the immersiveness of the game already helps in reading social tells in Poker (which was never possible before in an online casino).

GUN

Seed Round in 2018
GUN is an open source, real-time graph database platform designed for web applications. The company's opensource software focuses on merge conflicts and offline changes, using websockets to efficiently stream data and progressively enhance connections between domains for seamless data synchronization, providing users with fast, scalable and stable functionality.

Alta

Seed Round in 2017
Alta Pty Ltd, based in Broken Head, Australia, specializes in developing multiplayer virtual reality (VR) games. Established in 2008, the company creates immersive online universes where players can either collaborate or compete to achieve specific goals in various settings, including fantasy and medieval themes. The flagship game, A Township Tale, allows players to explore a magical town set in the mountains, where they can take on various roles such as blacksmith, miner, fisherman, and lumberjack to gather resources and craft tools and weapons. Alta's games are designed for high-end VR devices, providing engaging experiences that cater to gaming enthusiasts across multiple platforms, including smartphones, laptops, and computers.

Mega Particle

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Casino VR is a multiplayer casino platform for virtual reality. Casino VR merges the social and psychological elements of real life poker with the ease and accessibility of online casinos. Anyone (with a VR hardware) can immerse themselves in a stunning casino and play texas hold'em poker with their friends. Every user sees each other's body language as well as talk to each other while they are sitting around the poker table. Casino VR launched a beta version featuring a multiplayer poker game for Oculus Rift in November 2015 and on Gear VR in March, 2016. In Casino VR you can observe the body language of other players (inverse kinematics) and talk to other players at the poker table. According to their early adopters, body language and the immersiveness of the game already helps in reading social tells in Poker (which was never possible before in an online casino).

Hyprsense

Seed Round in 2016
Hyprsense provides real-time facial motion capture technology to light up the creation of live animation.

Poker VR

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Poker VR is a social application for playing multiplayer poker in virtual reality. The company claims that the application focuses on social engagement by allowing users to chat with other players, use voice commands, stream via Twitch, and play with props such as card protectors, flare guns, fireworks, pet ducks, and donkeys, among others. Users can use motion controllers to can handle chips and cards and the application hosts a number of environments including Macau 2050, The Macau Suite, The Showdown Saloon, Monte-Carlo Yacht, and The Void. The application is available on Steam, the Oculus Store, and Viveport.

Realities.io

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Realities.io Inc. is a company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2015, that specializes in virtual reality software. The company's platform allows users to explore a diverse library of captivating real-world locations through immersive virtual reality experiences. Utilizing advanced photogrammetry tools, Realities.io captures and reconstructs large-scale environments with high-quality, photo-realistic detail. The software is compatible with popular virtual reality systems such as HTC VIVE and Oculus, enabling users to interact with and explore stunning places that might otherwise be inaccessible.

QuarkXR

Seed Round in 2016
QuarkXR is a technology company focused on developing advanced compression and streaming solutions for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (XR) applications. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, QuarkXR offers products such as the Quark VR SDK, a development tool that facilitates the creation of virtual reality applications and games, as well as Intugame VR, which allows users to experience computer games in a virtual environment. The company is also working on an XR Cloud Platform designed for 5G and edge computing, aimed at enabling immersive computing experiences on mobile devices.

SurrealVR

Seed Round in 2015
Surreal is a virtual world for the real you.

Pixel Ripped

Seed Round in 2015
Pixel Ripped Inc. is a video game development company based in the United States, known for creating nostalgic virtual reality experiences that celebrate the history of video gaming. Founded in 1989 and originally named Pixel Rift, the company rebranded in April 2015 to its current name. Its flagship product, Pixel Ripped 1989, immerses players in a unique blend of retro gameplay and modern virtual reality technology, allowing them to experience the evolution of video games in an engaging manner.

GUN

Seed Round in 2014
GUN is an open source, real-time graph database platform designed for web applications. The company's opensource software focuses on merge conflicts and offline changes, using websockets to efficiently stream data and progressively enhance connections between domains for seamless data synchronization, providing users with fast, scalable and stable functionality.

Sunsama

Seed Round in 2014
Sunsama is the World's Time Network. Share your time with colleagues, mentors, friends and your professional network without worrying about scheduling.
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