Co-Founder of @BoostVC ⏻: Lead Pre-Seed rounds for Deep Tech (bio, space, crypto, AI, robots, Sci-Fi). Advisor @Etherscan. BOD @moltbook @unstoppableweb.

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Let me reintroduce @BoostVC for new followers 👇 Boost VC leads pre-seed rounds for Deep Tech founders. Nothing too early. Nothing too crazy. Investment Focus: - $500k check at pre-seed/angel - Deep Tech: bio, space, energy, crypto, AI/robots, Sci-Fi - 1 new deal per week (most active VC) Value Add: - First money/believer - Fundraise support ($7B into Boost companies) - Sales coaching for technical founders Proof Points: - Ranked #1 most helpful Deep Tech VC - Fund 1 (2016) at 4.61x DPI (top 2% fund) - Multiple SPVs above 10x DPI Notable Investments: - @coinbase, @RadiantNuclear, @K2SpaceCo, @DeepgramAI, @newlimit, @americanhousing, @moltbook, @colossal, @21shares
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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…
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Brayton Williams ⏻ retweeted
Woo! 3 for 3 baby! Today, the @USNavy selected Radiant to power critical infrastructure at Crane. There is not an organization in the world with more experience in nuclear power than the U.S. Navy. We are honored to be selected by the U.S. Navy for this important work and we thank the Navy and the Army’s Dr. Waksman for their confidence in Radiant to deliver reliable, resilient nuclear power wherever their mission demands. Our mission of Atoms for Prosperity is today strengthened by the support of the Navy and the State of Indiana. LET’S BUILD REACTORS!
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…
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Pre-PMF investing is about discovery. Post-PMF investing is about access. We talk about VC like it's one game. It's not.
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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. 💰
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Brayton Williams ⏻ retweeted
I am going to cure cancer
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This is some epic engineering by @StarfishSpace 🦦🛰️
Two football fields. That’s roughly how close Otter Pup 2 is now regularly operating next to @GilmourSpace’s ElaraSat, fully autonomously. This puts Otter Pup 2 on a very short list of spacecraft in human history. This video was captured from just 200 meters away as Otter Pup 2 conducted close proximity operations around ElaraSat. Otter Pup 2 is capturing images like these and using them to track and predict the position and orientation of ElaraSat on an ongoing basis. We’ve gone from thousands of kilometers to hundreds of meters away, continuing to test, iterate and validate our technology along the way. And Otter Pup 2 is not done getting closer, as it continues its mission to make history.
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Brayton Williams ⏻ retweeted
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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Brayton Williams ⏻ retweeted
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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"Great founders collect data to make decisions. They don’t blindly take advice."
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Invest in the Important and Ignored.
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Monday. Lock in. Earn that pro rata.
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Something missing from the pro-rata debate: Tranched rounds with different valuations. Existing VCs are asked to waive pro-rata at the lower valuation, then offered allocation at a higher price in the “same round.” The bigger the valuation gap, the bigger the ask.
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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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Brayton Williams ⏻ retweeted
Thanks @SpaceX for the ride. Our first Otter is officially in orbit!
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One underrated founder signal: a history of resisting peer pressure.
Every high performing team needs at least one member who is COMPLETELY UNSUSCEPTIBLE to groupthink. Cut through the noise.
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The Spam/Scam by Calendar invite is getting out of control.
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Two weeks ago, @AdamDraper stood in front of a couple hundred people and shared that his grandfather had passed away. Then he said, “Let’s have a moment of LOUDNESS for Pops.” Everyone screamed and clapped. It was awesome. Only the Drapers. Bill Draper left quite a legacy.
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We are proud to announce that our first Otter is going to space! Announced last night at a celebration that brought together hundreds of guests from across the space industry, the launch of our first Otter marks the start of our commercial satellite servicing operations. This is a big moment for Starfish Space. We’ve spent years developing, iterating, and proving out the key technologies required for affordable, available satellite servicing. Now we’re launching Otters, putting our satellite servicing vehicles to work for customers in orbit. Otter is scheduled to launch no earlier than October 2026 aboard the Transporter-18 rideshare mission with SpaceX.
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