Q4 2024 Recap: A Strong Finish for the Year

Yet another year has flown by. This past quarter was a busy one, which should come as little surprise as the whole V1 family has been working hard to close out the year and position themselves for a great 2025. Cheers to the ongoing momentum of our founders and all entrepreneurs in the coming year! […]

Welcome to the V1 Refresh!

Every website needs a light refresh, if not a complete overhaul, every once in a while. And we’re no different. The last time we updated our website was back in 2018…a lot has changed since then! We launched a new thesis earlier this year: Backing mission-driven founders who are early in new areas. It’s only fitting that […]

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 […]