Bitcoin-Friendly Accelerator Boost VC Raises $6.6 Million in Funding
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.....
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After raising a $6.6 million fund from premier investors, including Marc Andreessen, Ben Davenport and others last November, Boost. VC announced its next batch of startups would all be bitcoin-related. But recently, the accelerator announced its next batch, "Tribe 6," will be split equally between bitcoin, virtual and augmented reality startups. Boost. VC founder and CEO Adam Draper told TechCrunch why they made the shift: "We're good at building communities around early tech sectors. We bring together investors, entrepreneurs and builders, and by focusing investments on a category over....
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Boost VC, which is known for funding bitcoin startups and fintech companies, is now accepting new entries for its 3-month program. Entries can be submitted through this page until the November 30 deadline for its Tribe 7 February start date. According to its About page, Boost VC is the "Before-the-Chasm" startup accelerator. The company has been around since 2012 and has been busy finding and funding passionate entrepreneurs who are using emerging technologies to build great ideas. The sectors they pay close attention to are digital reality and bitcoin technology, which they believe to....
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Boost VC, the startup accelerator and immersive mentorship program co-founded by Adam Draper, will accept only bitcoin companies for its next round, known as 'Tribe 5'. Boost VC will include 20-30 bitcoin companies for its next three-month entrepreneurship course starting early 2015. The startups enrolled live in shared housing while they work on growing their companies and meet regularly with key Silicon Valley figures and investors. According to a message posted on Medium, Boost VC is looking for startups working in the fields of "payments, exchanges, blockchain technology, sidechains,....