Boost VC to Accelerate 100 Bitcoin Companies Over Next Three Years
Boost VC, the first incubator to focus on accelerating bitcoin companies in Silicon Valley, has announced an ambitious plan to help grow the bitcoin industry. Adam Draper, founder and CEO of Boost VC, told CoinDesk: "We are actually, over the next three years, going to be accelerating 200 companies. And 100 of those are going to be bitcoin companies. That's our big stake in the ground." So far, Boost has accelerated 10 bitcoin startups: seven companies in last year's summer session and three in its latest class. "We're just excited about the space," said Draper. "We're going to launch 10....
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Boost VC, a technology startup accelerator program that accepts startups in groups called "tribes" has announced that it will be going 100% Bitcoin for the foreseeable future. In March, Adam Draper first stated his intention to help 100 Bitcoin companies through Boost VC in the next three years. Now, Boost VC CEO Adam Draper has publicized his decision to refocus Boost VC solely towards the Bitcoin ecosystem, at least for the next few years. Draper hinted that Boost VC may still expand to non-Bitcoin ventures as long as they are similarly bleeding edge. Boost VC has previously helped....
Boost VC announced today that it has closed a $6.6m funding round to accelerate 200 companies over three years, half of which will be focused on bitcoin. Marc Andreessen, Ben Davenport, former American Online CEO Barry Schuler, Rothenberg Ventures, Maven II, Kilowatt Capital are among those that invested in the fund. Boost founder and chief Adam Draper told CoinDesk that the fund's investors are evidence of a trend of quality investors becoming drawn to the bitcoin space. "Our goal is always to provide the companies with the best network to make their company the best it can be," he said.....
Adam Draper is the founder and CEO of Boost VC, a California-based startup accelerator that focuses on bitcoin related companies. Draper sat down with CoinDesk last week at Inside Bitcoins NYC to discuss the evolution of Boost VC, his interests in bitcoin, and his role in the digital currency industry. It's a bold statement to make: Back in March, Adam Draper told CoinDesk that Boost VC planned to accelerate 100 bitcoin companies in the next three years. While there's certainly no shortage of entrepreneurs looking to enter the digital currency space, Draper's commitment to focus on bitcoin....
We had recently reported on the demo day organized by Boost VC, the blockchain and virtual reality startup accelerator. The demo day was held on the 8th of last month which saw the accelerator's sixth batch of startups graduating from the program. The last batch or tribe as Boost VC prefers to call them has 21 bitcoin and digital currency technology based startups. READ MORE: Boost VC's Tribe 6, Now out in the Wild to Make a Killing. As a line in one of the famous songs by the British rock band Queen goes... 'The show must go on'. Graduation of a batch of startups doesn't mark the end of....
Boost VC, the first startup accelerator to accept bitcoin companies in Silicon Valley, will host a bitcoin hackathon to run from 25-27th April. The event will be held at the Boost offices in San Mateo with enough space for 100 participants. Ross McKelvie, the lead engineer for Boost, told CoinDesk that the organisation is looking for next-generation bitcoin companies to form out of the weekend session. Said McKelvie: "We're looking to find the next bitcoin ideas that take it to the next stage." Boost has committed to funding 100 bitcoin startups within the next three years. Hosting a....