Sci-fi investor Boost VC backs Tempo
A quick bit of good news from the team.
We are thrilled to share that Boost VC has joined Tempo as a new investor, giving us more fuel for our mission to help people build better email habits and healthier relationships with technology.
Boost VC is a San Mateo (CA) based fund and accelerator investing in a category they describe as ‘sci-fi founders pioneering the expansion of the digital world and the exploration of the physical world’.
Perhaps you are wondering what an email client is doing in that kind of company and, indeed, looking at our peers in the Boost portfolio, you’d be forgiven for thinking Tempo is the odd one out.
A lot of investors love to say they invest in rocket ships but these guys actually do. (As well as portable nuclear reactors, exoskeletons, jet packs, viruses for good and security for quantum computers.)
But how this fits into Tempo’s journey is that it started with someone who really loves using our product: Adam Draper, founder of Boost VC. In fact, Adam coming on board fits a pretty special pattern for people who end up working with us:
- Casper first came onto our radar when he wrote a blog post about Tempo one or two years before he joined us as product designer.
- We first got to know Anna through our Tempo Pulse community and now she is heading up our customer care efforts.
Besides being a fit in the sense that Adam was a long-time user of Tempo before we ever got talking, Boost has proven to be aligned with our way of thinking about focus. Whether it’s an obsessive focus on the one-liner for companies they invest in or ruthlessly narrowing down what your one true KPI is.
It’s safe to say we are excited to be on this journey together with Boost as we take Tempo to the next dimension.
And now it’s time to focus. Have a great day out there!
Onno
