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Adam Draper

A weekly newsletter championing the peak of Human Endeavor and discussing the business of Venture Capital. Written by Adam Draper, Founder and MD of Boost VC. A PreSeed Fund for Deep Tech.

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A quick note about my grandmother and the author of this essay. Her name was Phyllis Draper and she had Parkinson’s Disease for 40 years. She wrote this in 2006, but as you read - it will feel very applicable to today. It is long, but I hig...

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Request for Startups: Longevity/Bio

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2026 Predictions (Trends, Triggers and Timing)

The psychology of the investor and markets are driven by Trends, Triggers, and Time… just came up with that, right now, sounds brilliant right… the three ‘Ts’ of market psychology. You are watching me write this real time.

For all intent a...

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My Hilariously Incomplete Summary of 2025.

Before giving predictions on 2026, I wanted to summarize 2025 in my own way. As I said yesterday in my blog post, 2025 was awesome for Boost VC, but let me chat about this on a Macro perspective.

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Boost VC's 2025 was Awesome!

Best I could get out of ChatGPT for a celebration pictrure.

Boost VC had an incredible year. 13 years of compounding feels like the ball is starting to roll down hill.

Boost VC 2025

  • 63 new investments

  • New $87m Fund 4

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