Date: 2026-09-21, 2:30 PM EDT Granola: 1c7b3d32-156a-4f54-a9f8-dfb3c538577c (also 6282ff0d)
Attendees
- Michael Houck (Rye Valley)
- Blake Stewart (Megaphone AM lead)
- Danielle Sosnick (Post Investment, Community + Events, Boost VC)
Summary
Second-touch prospect call with Boost VC, referred originally by Tim Draper/Michelle Kwok ~1 year ago. Maddie was the original contact; Danielle has taken it over. Boost VC is raising Fund 5 with LP visibility and deal flow as primary goals. They are active on LinkedIn/X at the partner level but the company accounts are inconsistent and not active on X at all.
Michael gave RV/Megaphone/JOLT overview. Blake and Michael covered the full engagement process (intake, kickoff, Slack, strategy doc, first post live week 3, weekly syncs). Danielle confirmed pillars: VC rankings in deep tech, founder support/fundraising, “deal a week” investing from idea stage, portfolio wins (similar to YC weekly company announcements), Adam’s blog posts and podcasts. Rich content bank: 2 founder summits per year, 10 years of talks and podcasts, co-founders posting on X daily.
Instagram is low priority - mainly so Adam’s wife (not on LinkedIn/X) can see what’s happening. Michael pitched a person-first short-form video upsell (Adam as face, citing Marshall from Animal and Erica Wenger from Park Rangers Capital as models).
Danielle will gather quotes from a few vendors and present options to partners. Decision timeline: ~1 month (Adam traveling for 2 weeks). Danielle requested a written proposal covering LinkedIn and X with an LP-targeting angle for Fund 5.
Minimum engagement: 3 months, 60-day structured check-in.
Decisions
None finalized. Prospect stage - proposal to follow.
Action Items
- Michael/Blake: Send Danielle a proposal covering LinkedIn and X management, including an LP-targeting angle for Fund 5 with the $100M fund close case study reference.
- Michael/Blake: Include an Instagram options slide: table-stakes (repurposing existing content) vs. upsell (Adam-led short-form video, person-first approach).
- Michael: Intro Danielle to Blake Emal and Tatum on next call.
Notable Excerpts
“We keep getting rated top in deep tech. We want to get that out. Support and how we support our founders is huge… We really help them with fundraising and sales.” (Danielle)
“We do a deal a week. We’re always writing checks. It’s never too early. Like, we have someone that has an idea and not even a business, we want to take that pitch.” (Danielle)
“Adam’s usually the face… it’s really his wife’s like, what’s happening? Because she doesn’t have LinkedIn.” (Danielle, on Instagram rationale)
“What we see is that right now there’s a gap on Instagram and even TikTok where founders are spending time on these platforms, but there’s not great VC content out there.” (Michael)
Full transcript available in Granola.