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Boost VC leads Pre-Seed rounds for Deep Tech (crypto, space, bio, AI, robotics, VR, Sci-Fi).
Founders: Apply for investment: boost.vc/apply
Investors: Join demo day: boost.vc/rsvp
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Only nuclear company chosen by the Navy, Army and Air Force.
@RadiantNuclear is America's Nuclear company.
The @USNavy has selected Radiant to deploy our Kaleidos microreactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane, Indiana.
With this selection, Radiant is now the only nuclear microreactor company with partnerships across the Army, Navy and Air Force.
The Navy has more than 70 years of safe reactor operations. It wrote the playbook on reactor safety. Earning its confidence is powerful independent validation of Kaleidos.
This milestone moves us closer to our goal: reliable, resilient nuclear power wherever the mission demands. Through our work with all three branches, we’re building a clear path from military deployment to nuclear energy at scale for government and commercial customers.
Read more details here: radiantnuclear.com/news/navy…
ALT A landscape image showing a truck hauling a large container marked "Radiant" across a desert landscape at sunset. In the sky above the scene, logos for "America's Navy," "U.S. Army," and "U.S. Air Force" are prominently displayed.
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The Department of War's first operational nuclear microreactor is expected in 2028.
Built by @RadiantNuclear ☢️ (3 of them!)
All part of Radiant's recently won $750M contract through the Army's Janus Program. 💰
As part of the Army's Janus Program, Fort Benning is set to receive three next-generation nuclear microreactors. These advanced systems will deliver resilient power to critical facilities. @RadiantNuclear
army.mil/article/296206
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🚨 we're hosting live hardware demos @theresidency alongside @BoostVC.
luma.com/anim65p0
robotics, humanoids, autonomy, maritime, aerospace. no pitch decks, and if it doesn't have a nonzero velocity it's not getting in.
got hardware? apply to demo
want to be in the room? apply anyway
be there or be an equilateral quadrilateral!
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Top startups on the rise in LA.
#1 is @selenagomez
#3 is @KimKardashian
#2 is @BoostVC company @icarusjourney founded by @henicarus.
We live in the best timeline, and this is a truly great company.
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Congrats to @TuckerDordevic and the @AustinSeningCo team on their Seed round! 🚀
Today, @AustinSeningCo is excited to announce our $11 million seed round, bringing our total funding to $15 million. The round was led by Bow Capital, with participation from Bling Capital, Draper Associates, mark vc, GTMfund, Ensemble VC, and others.
Austin Sensing Company exists to build the world’s best sensors and sensor fusion. We’re a manufacturing-first company that measures success by the number of systems deployed in critical areas across the globe. We design for performance, low cost, and high-volume production, with systems as simple to use as your phone and easy to integrate into our customers’ vehicles, platforms, and networks.
Since launching this summer, we’ve deployed our systems with more than 40 police departments, fire departments, military units, universities, and professional sports teams. They’ve been deployed at wildfires, around airports, and with the U.S. military.
In addition to our funding news, we recently moved into a 20,000-square-foot factory in Austin, Texas, where we’ll develop, test, and manufacture our radar, RF, and acoustic sensors. Next year, we’ll begin high-volume production of our radar and acoustic systems, including critical components manufactured in-house.
If you want to work on extremely hard problems with exceptional people, we’re hiring across all parts of the business, including engineering, manufacturing, sales, and operations at our factory in Austin. Apply on our website or shoot me a note: [email protected].
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In Q3, @BoostVC invested in 12 (slow summer 😂) new Deep Tech companies 💰
6 of those we were the FIRST VC who said YES 🥇
Looking for more Deep Tech founders in Q4 looking for their first YES 🚀
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We live in a time where we need more founders!! And the cost of building is limited by your imagination.
Sometimes all it takes is $50k to go for it. So we launched the @BoostVC fellowship check.
Apply for the winter check now!
boost.vc/fellowship
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2 @BoostVC companies finished at the top for YC’s G2 Showcase!! Congrats to both the Axonnic and SPM teams! 🥇🥈
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Tbh so proud to be backed by @BoostVC - these guys have their finger on the pulse of America! Be the cockroach!
At @BoostVC, we aren’t afraid to back the boldest and wildest ideas. @davidhooperr and the @eldaeonuap team are a great example of that. Excited to be working with them 🌌
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Hey founders
if you’re early, they’ll have your back. @BraytonKey, @AdamDraper, @MaddieCallander & the entire @BoostVC team.
Disclosure: they backed @fairmint seven years ago. We wouldn’t be where we are today without them 🫡
The #1 reason VCs pass on great founders:
“You’re too early.”
We want @BoostVC to be the place those founders go.
First yes. First check. Nothing is too early.
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At @BoostVC, we aren’t afraid to back the boldest and wildest ideas. @davidhooperr and the @eldaeonuap team are a great example of that. Excited to be working with them 🌌
We went to the California desert with a startup building UFO detection systems.
They invited a group of psychics who believe they can communicate with UFOs.
It got weird.
Our full documentary on @eldaeonuap and America's UFO tracking industry is out now 👇
00:00 The American UFO detection industry
01:00 Inside Eldaeon, the company building a UFO detection network
02:05 Nemesis is their $500 personal radar system 02:29 What is passive radar?
03:29 Testing Nemesis at LAX
04:44 Heading out on a psychic mission
05:54 How did David become a UFO engineer?
07:58 Setting up a $25,000 UFO tracking system
09:13 US government support
09:35 How the $25,000 tracking system works
10:29 Meeting the Australian psychics who say they communicate with UFOs
11:24 What is "psionics"
13:36 UFO... or satellite?
15:32 Starting the UFO psychic mission
16:56 A sighting?
17:48 Unusual technical glitches
18:55 An intense psychic connection
20:09 Mission debrief
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Venture capital is supposed to be risky.
It’s about backing founders when most people say it's impossible. When you see a first-of-its-kind pitch, lean in.
@davidhooper is building @eldaeonuap to find aliens. 👽
Proud to be an investor. @BoostVC
Learn more 👇
We went to the California desert with a startup building UFO detection systems.
They invited a group of psychics who believe they can communicate with UFOs.
It got weird.
Our full documentary on @eldaeonuap and America's UFO tracking industry is out now 👇
00:00 The American UFO detection industry
01:00 Inside Eldaeon, the company building a UFO detection network
02:05 Nemesis is their $500 personal radar system 02:29 What is passive radar?
03:29 Testing Nemesis at LAX
04:44 Heading out on a psychic mission
05:54 How did David become a UFO engineer?
07:58 Setting up a $25,000 UFO tracking system
09:13 US government support
09:35 How the $25,000 tracking system works
10:29 Meeting the Australian psychics who say they communicate with UFOs
11:24 What is "psionics"
13:36 UFO... or satellite?
15:32 Starting the UFO psychic mission
16:56 A sighting?
17:48 Unusual technical glitches
18:55 An intense psychic connection
20:09 Mission debrief
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Still amped up from a electric @BoostVC LP Day 🔥🔥🔥
Our goal for the day: have LPs get a glimpse of the future we get to see every day.
@DougBernauer shared lessons from 12 years at @SpaceX and how he’s now finishing the multiplanetary mission w/ @RadiantNuclear (and his recent $750m contract!). ☢️
Three bio founders pitched on eliminating genetic diseases, rejuvenating the brain, and personalized cancer vaccines (and the fastest in history to do it!). 🧬
Then @TimDraper on why first-check investing, saying YES first, is the key innovation. 🥇
Will be tough to top this one next year. Thank you to everyone who came out! 🫶
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Thanks for an electric interview @JasonGrohowski
Favorite quote of mine:
"I called @brian_armstrong from the toilet, and said 'I'm in', and he said 'For how much' and I said 'I'm not sure'"
youtube.com/watch?v=kLvsTJnN…
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Radiant Nuclear just won the largest government contract for nuclear reactors.
Real money for reactors!
The @USArmy has awarded Radiant $750 million to deliver 15 Kaleidos microreactors through the Janus program, one of the largest contracts @DIU_x has issued to date.
The Army launched the Janus Program to strengthen the energy resilience of military installations and mission-critical infrastructure. Radiant was chosen after extensive evaluation of reactor design, technical maturity, manufacturing readiness, deployment strategy, and commercial viability. Radiant’s 15 microreactors will enable the Army to deploy nuclear power across multiple locations. In tandem, the operational data acquired through the Program will accelerate commercial deployments across a global footprint of commercial customers.
Learn more: radiantnuclear.com/
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Radiant just landed the largest microreactor government contract ever.
$750M from the U.S. Army for 15 reactors.
LFG ☢️🚀
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Fund 4 @BoostVC just made its 100th investment 🚀
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Sometimes when a star dies, it leaves some energy behind. Our nuclear fuel is a 5 billion year old gift from the milky way. This brings new meaning to the phrase "Thank your lucky stars!"
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I raised $100k with my best friend.
Today we’re excited to share Parde: The First Event Bank.
Banks see an event organizer and think: no assets -> no loan.
But these organizers move six figures a night. The money just runs through a ticketing platform no bank can see into.
Parde is the operating system organizers run on, and the bank that funds them.
We funded $84k of our own capital. It returned as $193k in 3 months (2.3x Return).
One ex-event organizer and one Forbes 30u30 engineer inventing the financing for the $1.2T events industry.
We're very thankful to @AdamDraper and @BoostVC for backing two 19-year-old founders.
