We are excited to announce that we’ve led the $3.5M seed round of Moment Energy,…
Version One
By now, everybody should have heard about Angelgate, from Arrington’s initial walk into the secret meeting of Silicon Valley super-angels to Dave McClure’s blog post as a response to Ron Conway’s email distancing himself from whatever was going on. A lot of drama during these past 3 days, too much drama in my opinion. And […]
We are excited to announce that we’ve led the $3.5M seed round of Moment Energy,…
I am excited to announce today the launch of Version One Ventures, a new $15 million micro-VC…
By now, everybody should have heard about Angelgate, from Arrington’s initial walk into the secret meeting of Silicon Valley super-angels to Dave McClure’s blog post as a response to Ron Conway’s email distancing himself from whatever was going on. A lot of drama during these past 3 days, too much drama in my opinion. And drama that had been building up over the past months with the ongoing discussion around super-angels versus VC’s. So after this crescendo, it might be a good time to take a step back and go back to the basics. And if you strip off all of the noise, a few simple truths emerge:
The ecosystem is shifting – less capital is required, funds get smaller, new entrants have emerged, entrepreneurs have gotten more powerful – but these 4 truths were valid before this shift happened and are even more valid today. So let’s remember them, stop the drama and go back and build companies!
Portfolio
It’s hard to believe we’re already three quarters into the year. At V1, we’re all about finishing strong, and Q3 gave us plenty of reasons to be excited about what’s ahead. As always, we’ve rounded up a quick snapshot of the action across our portfolio from the past quarter: Funding announcements We welcomed TRIC Robotics […]
The V1 family kicked off the new year with fresh energy and no shortage of…
Fall is in the air and we are heading into the last quarter of 2023.…