Q3 2024 Portfolio in Review
We hope everyone had a great summer and you’re off to a strong start on 2024’s final stretch. It’s always crazy how fast time flies, and this year is no exception. As you’ve come to expect on our blog, here’s a quick rundown of the highlights from the past few months. Q3 has been one […]
Announcing our investment in Optimotive
We’re excited to announce our investment in Optimotive, having led the company’s $2m seed round with participation from Garage and NewLab. Optimotive is building a fleet of advanced autonomous robots for some of the toughest, extreme environments… picture the rocky, dusty, muddy and unpredictable conditions common in industries like construction, mining, and oil & gas. […]
Our considerations on robotics
If you’ve been reading our blog recently, you may have noticed that we updated our investment thesis and shared that deep tech is on our radar. We followed that post up with what deep tech means to us but since it is a broad category, we’ll be writing more on specific areas within deep tech […]
Q2 2024 Portfolio in Review
We’ve officially hit the halfway point of 2024, and all we can say is… wow, this year is flying by. The entire V1 family has been pushing, hustling and going all-out, so we’d like to recognize some of the milestones and accomplishments from this quarter. As we say in every recap, this represents the tip […]
What We’ve Learned From Investing in Deep Tech
A month ago, we published a post outlining our latest thesis update, “We back mission-driven founders who are early in new areas.” In it, we expanded on the types of founders and opportunities we’re looking for: “We’re interested in those rare opportunities where a founder is creating a brand new category. These opportunities are fringy […]