20VC: Investing In The Next Frontiers Of Tech & Harry Potter with Adam Draper, Founder & CEO @ Boost VC

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🗓️ 24 February 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Adam Draper is a fourth generation venture capitalist and the Founder & CEO @ Boost VC, a specialised seed stage accelerator that invests in blockchain and virtual reality startups. Before starting Boost, Adam angel invested in 20 companies including Coinbase, Plangrid and Practice Fusion. During his angel investment period, Adam was also the Founder of Xpert Financial in his aim to revolutionise the financial markets for private companies.

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In Today's Episode You Will Learn:

1.) How Adam made his way into startups and the investing industry?

2.) Why is Adam so bullish on the topics of bitcoin and virtual reality?

3.) What are the fundamental use cases for bitcoin and why have we not seen mass adoption on a global scale so far? What are the barriers to adoption?

4.) What is the investment attitude to the bitcoin and VR space? Does the volatility of the price in bitcoin affect the level of investment going into the sector?

5.) What would Adam like to see more of in the space? What is he most excited for and where does he see the most potential?

Items Mentioned In Today's Episode:

Adam's Fave Book: The Name Of The Wind

Adam's Fave Blog: Mugglenet

Adam's Most Recent Investment: Joystream

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the 20-minute VC with your host, Harry Stebbings.
0:03.7	And for all of you who enjoyed the more conversational and lighthearted interview we had with Ariel Zuckerberg last week, then we have another peach for you today.
0:12.2	With the follow on from our feature of Draper Father and Son Week, I'm delighted to welcome Tim's youngest son, Adam Draper to the show today.
0:20.5	Adam is the founder and CEO at BoostVC,
0:23.4	a seed stage accelerator focusing on virtual reality and the blockchain space, of which we will hear
0:29.9	much more from Adam in the show. And I have to say two quick things before we delve in. First,
0:35.1	this was officially the best and most fun quickfire round I think I've
0:39.1	ever done in about 120 episodes so far. It really is a must list and one of the greats there.
0:44.9	And then I have to also say that I went to Sea Boost itself yesterday. And wow, what an immense
0:50.2	setup Adam has built there and huge credit to him and the team. I was so impressed with the
0:55.0	quality of the portfolio companies and some very exciting stuff coming from the latest tribe.
1:00.2	So stay tuned for those. We'd also like to tip our hats to the kind folks at Mattermark
1:04.7	for providing all the data and analysis used in the show today. Quite simply, where would we be
1:10.0	without Mattermark?
1:11.4	And for all those who prefer the longer form articles, then subscribe to Matamark Daily from my good
1:16.1	friend Nick Frost at Thinker on Twitter and never miss out on the best startup and VC articles.
1:22.1	But now it's time to dive into the show.
1:24.2	So without further ado, ladies and gents, I'm delighted to welcome Adam Draper, founder and CEO at Boost VC.
1:31.3	Three, two, one, zero.
1:37.3	You have now arrived at your destination.
1:40.3	Adam, welcome to the 20 minute VC. It's an absolute pleasure to have you on the show as part of this
1:45.4	very special Draper, Father and Son Week. Yeah, thanks for having me. This is fantastic. Now, can you get
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