Adam Draper founded Boost VC to back pre-seed founders building ambitious science and technology companies. He previously co-founded Xpert Financial, a marketplace for private securities.

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Adam Draper founded Boost VC to back pre-seed founders building ambitious science and technology companies. He previously co-founded Xpert Financial, a marketplace for private securities.

Career

Adam Draper studied at University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., English (2009)).

Managing Director at Boost VC until Present
Board Member at Radiant until Present
Board Member at Skybound until Present
Co-Founder and VP of Business Development at Xpert Financial until 2012Co-founded a marketplace for private securities and led business development.

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Cosigns Received

Anastasia MarchenkovaQuantum Physicist, Founder & Deep-Tech Investor
First Cosign
Adam and Maddie … protected me and the team
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Matt SchlichtFounder of Moltbook; building at Meta Superintelligence Labs
Third Cosign
Then @AdamDraper and @BraytonKey massively supported $YNE and @yesnoerror
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Joris🤗Co-founder & CEO at Fairmint | General Director and Board Member, Canton Foundation
Second Cosign
if you’re early, they’ll have your back.
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adamdraper.vc

My Anti-Portfolio + Philosophy.

Adam Draper examines missed investments and the assumptions, hesitation, and follow-through behind them.

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A Tale of My Two Startups

Comparing notebooks from Xpert Financial and Boost VC, Adam Draper explains the shift from internal process to customer needs.

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I Confess... I Cornered the Market.

How collecting Invincible comics led him into Skybound’s boardroom, and what the pursuit taught him about curiosity, relationships and intellectual property.

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