Backing mission-driven founders at the earliest stages.

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Mission-driven founders are the nucleus of generational technology companies. We back them at the earliest stage.

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Angela July 7th, 2021

A year and a half ago, we published the first edition of our Startup Handbook. It has been well received, with over 30K downloads to date. But any guide book is always a work in progress and we have received a lot of great feedback on how to make it…

Q2 2021 Portfolio news

Portfolio

Angela June 30th, 2021

It’s hard to believe that we’re already halfway through 2021! And what a busy first half it was. Here are just some of many activities and accomplishments in the V1 portfolio during the past quarter… Public listings Coinbase went live with its direct listing on Nasdaq, becoming one of the…

Announcing Fund IV and Opportunities Fund II

Version One

boris June 8th, 2021

We’re thrilled to announce the closing of two new funds: Fund IV ($70M USD) and Opportunities Fund II ($30M USD). While these funds may be new, our values and goals remain the same. We still look for pre-seed and seed stage opportunities, as we believe these are the stages where…

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We’ve published three eBooks to share what we’ve learned from over ten years of investing

Backing mission-driven founders at the earliest stages.

Featured founders and companies

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We’re hiring a contract content creator!

Q2 2021 Portfolio news

Announcing Fund IV and Opportunities Fund II

We’ve published three eBooks to share what we’ve learned from over ten years of investing

The Startup Handbook

Understanding Social Platforms

Our Guide to Marketplaces