As the Internet evolves, the venture capital business starts evolving and we have been seeing…
Portfolio
Long-term partner Acton Capital (for whom I act as a venture partner for North-America) has just announced their first investment of their new late-stage consumer internet fund joining Index Ventures and Highland Capital Partners as an investor in Glasses Direct. UK-based Glasses Direct is Europe’s largest online prescription glasses retailer and will use the funds […]
borisAs the Internet evolves, the venture capital business starts evolving and we have been seeing…
I have been watching Michael Cole and his Vancouver-based company Fitbrains for almost two years…
Long-term partner Acton Capital (for whom I act as a venture partner for North-America) has just announced their first investment of their new late-stage consumer internet fund joining Index Ventures and Highland Capital Partners as an investor in Glasses Direct. UK-based Glasses Direct is Europe’s largest online prescription glasses retailer and will use the funds to expand the UK business and to support a significant push into the US market. It was the second round of financing for Glasses Direct; total amount of the roudn was £10m (about 18 million Canadian dollars).
Version One
It’s been about a little over a month since I joined Version One and returned to early-stage venture after spending the past five years as a founder in the addiction treatment space. While a month is a short amount of time, it’s been fascinating to see how certain things have changed during my time away. […]
Josh NussbaumThe first week of September is my VC anniversary. This milestone is always a great…
VC funds go through challenging times world-wide but the situation in Canada is probably worse…