Boost VC, a San Mateo, California-based startup accelerator, closed an oversubscribed $6.6m fund.
Backers included:
– Marc Andreessen (individual),
– Ben Davenport (individual),
– Barry Schuler (individual),
– Rothenberg Ventures,
– Maven II,
– Kilowatt Capital,
– Tim Draper (individual), and
– Bill Draper (individual).
It now aims to invest in 200 companies over the next three years, with a 50% focus on Bitcoin.
Founded by Adam Draper and Brayton Williams in 2011, Boost provides:
– 3-months program
– mentorship services
– Scheduled time with industry influencers and investors
– team building exercises
– General legal counsel
– Seed funding for a percentage of the company
To date, the accelerator has hosted 69 companies and aims to have 250 companies in their portfolio by 2017.
The Demo day for the fourth batch took place on October 30th. It included:
Akasha Games: Learn to program without writing code
BlockScore: The intelligent ID verification system
Blossom: Peer-to-peer investment marketplace for Muslims
CareerDean: Q&A for career advice
Critica: A twist on discussions
Electroloom: A 3D printer for fabrics
Gun: Realtime distributed graph database
Hashed: Smart search for social media
Seeds: TOMS Shoes for gaming
Transcense: Empowering deaf/hearing group conversations
Trending Music: Music player for the mobile generation
Willow: Moneyball for trial lawyers
Align: Making global payments local
Atlas Card: US Bitcoin debit card
BlockCypher: AWS for block chains
CoinHako: Easiest way to buy, sell and secure Bitcoin in Asia
Coinmotion: Easiest and fastest way to buy Bitcoin in Europe
Follow The Coin: The leading media video news platform in Bitcoin
HashRabbit: Monitoring & management software for Bitcoin miners
Hedgy: Smart derivative contracts on the Bitcoin block chain
Honeybadgr: Building teams at VC-backed Bitcoin startups
Orboros: Palantir for Bitcoin
Palarin: Transforming remittance using Bitcoin technology, starting in the Philippines
Plutus: Stealth
Pylon: Borrowing from anyone, anywhere
SFOX: Bitcoin trading
ZapChain: Bringing the value of a great conference online
FinSMEs
03/11/2014