Seven bitcoin startups pitch for funding at Boost VC demo day
The summer 2013 class of seventeen startups pitched to a crowd of over 100 investors at Boost VC's demo day in Menlo Park last week. Seven of the startups in the incubator's most recent class were bitcoin-focused. To help educate investors on the concept of digital currency, an explanation of bitcoin was included on the back of the demo day's program for the event. Each startup was given four minutes to present a pitch to investors and try to raise money. This demo day gave credence to the rise of bitcoin-based businesses as each startup offered some compelling reasons why it thought they....
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Over 100 investors gathered in Menlo Park, California, on Tuesday night (11th February) for the Winter Demo Day organized by incubator Boost VC. At the event, 17 hopeful startups were pitching their business ideas to the group in order to raise venture capital that would hopefully get the fledgling companies off to a flying start. Among the startups were three new companies with a focus on bitcoin, each with just five minutes to pitch their concept to the potential investors. Before the demos, Boost founder Adam Draper made a short welcoming speech. He told the audience that the startups....
It's the final day of Tribe 4's tenure in Boost VC's startup accelerator, and things have been busier than ever. The accelerator, perhaps most famous for its CEO Adam Draper's promise to fund 100 bitcoin startups by the end of 2017, has been housing 16 bitcoin startups in its San Mateo, California, headquarters since the beginning of July. The group, colloquially referred to as Tribe 4, has been gearing up for the startup world's equivalent of a graduation ceremony: Boost's Demo Day. Today, each of the startups will present a 3-4 minute pitch of their company to a room filled with hundreds....
Featuring 25 startups, 22 of which are focused on bitcoin or its open ledger, the blockchain, Boost VC's Tribe 5 Demo Day showcased a flurry of early-stage companies, all bidding for coveted investor interest. As stated by event emcee and Boost VC CEO Adam Draper, this particular demo day promised more bitcoin startups on one stage "than there have ever been in history", meaning the task of standing out, and making progress on funding goals, was no small feat for those involved. Packed into three-minute bursts, many pitches sought to illustrate user growth and the utility of the given....
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, a well-known accelerator among startups and the bitcoin community recently had a demo day for its latest cohort. Boost VC gained the attention of the bitcoin community after it started focusing only on bitcoin and blockchain based startups for a couple of programs. Since then, the accelerator has distributed its focus between two emerging technologies - Bitcoin and Digital Reality. The digital reality segment includes startups and entrepreneurs who are working on augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. October 8, 2015 saw the graduation of the 6th batch of startups....