When we first met Abhinav Kapur, we were immediately drawn to his mission to empower restaurants with data-based insights. Years earlier, he had founded Bikky after being inspired by his mother-in-law and the New York City restaurant she’s owned and operated for over 20 years. The secret to her success?…
It’s hard to believe we are halfway through another year…and the past three months have certainly been a bit of a rollercoaster. The thing about mission-driven founders, though, is they continue to build even during market uncertainty. When you’ve got a clear point of focus, you keep moving forward despite…
Spring is here, and we’re well into 2022! As always, there’s never a dull moment in the Version One family. Here are some of the many (public) highlights across the portfolio. Fundraising announcements Carbon marketplace start-up NCX raised a $50M Series B. With the funding, they’ll be launching in Canada…
It’s hard to believe we’re already kicking off a new year. Before we headed into the holidays, we published our 2022 Year in Review, but now we’d like to do a deeper dive into all the Version One family activity that happened in the fourth quarter. It was a great…
We are excited to announce that we’ve led the $3.5M seed round of Moment Energy, with participation from our friends at Fika Ventures, Garage Capital and MCJ Collective. This is our third cleantech announcement in recent weeks, following announcements for EnergyBank, deep ocean long-term energy storage, and EnPowered, a payment…
