Startup Accelerator Boost. VC Ends Bitcoin Focus And Diversifies Into VR Tech
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.....
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California-based startup accelerator Boost VC is continuing its "all-in" dive into the bitcoin space with an announcement of a new fund, Boost Bitcoin Fund 2, which promises each company in its upcoming Tribe 5 startup batch an investment of 300 BTC upon completion of the program. The fund, which was backed by Draper Associates, is one of many recent announcements to come from Boost VC. In November, the accelerator closed a $6.6m funding round led by Marc Andreessen and Ben Davenport and announced that its next cohort would feature only companies working with bitcoin and blockchain....
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....
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....
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....
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,....