Announcing our investment in EnergyBank, a pioneer in long-term energy storage

As our planet is grappling with a climate crisis and dependence on fossil fuels, we are investing more and more in climate and energy. In less than two years, we’ve led the pre-seed/seed rounds of five companies: EnPowered, Patch, NCX, one yet to be publicized, and now EnergyBank. And we are excited to spread the […]

Q3 2021 Portfolio news

It’s hard to believe that we are heading into the home stretch of 2021. But before we do, let’s look back at the busy summer that the Version One family had! Fundraising and Exits Patch, an API platform for negative emissions, raised a $20M Series A led by Coatue Management with participation from existing investors […]

We’re hiring a contract content creator!

A year and a half ago, we published the first edition of our Startup Handbook. It has been well received, with over 30K downloads to date. But any guide book is always a work in progress and we have received a lot of great feedback on how to make it more valuable. As such, we […]

Q2 2021 Portfolio news

It’s hard to believe that we’re already halfway through 2021! And what a busy first half it was. Here are just some of many activities and accomplishments in the V1 portfolio during the past quarter… Public listings Coinbase went live with its direct listing on Nasdaq, becoming one of the most valuable public listings of […]