Boost VC Fellowship Check

Boost VC·United States

$50,000 for frontier-technology founders who are too early to raise a full pre-seed round.

What you get

$50,000Equity investment

“$50,000 Fellowship check.”

Equity takennot published

Strings attachedEquity investment on unpublished terms.

Can you apply

VC backingNot required

Referral or partnerNot required

Registered companynot stated

IndividualsEligible

Open sourceNot required

Latest stage acceptedpre seed

CountriesOpen worldwide

Before you applyMust be starting a frontier-technology company and be earlier than a full pre-seed raise.

Founders who just need a bit of capital to get started but are too early to raise a full pre-seed round.

When

Always open, applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

What Boost VC funds

Invests globally in founders pursuing high-impact frontier technology across AI, robotics, biotech, health, materials, space, computing, crypto, climate, energy and other emerging categories.

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Details

Boost VC offers a separate $50,000 Fellowship check for founders who need initial capital but are not ready to raise a full pre-seed round. It is an investment rather than an accelerator. The firm invests globally and focuses on high-impact emerging and frontier technologies.

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Read off the Boost VC page on 17 Aug 2026. Funders move amounts and eligibility without announcing it, so confirm any figure here before you count on it.