2025 Year in Review
After more than 13 years of building Version One, 2025 was easily one of our wildest years—in the best possible way. We made nine new investments (our most in one year ever), spanning six different categories. We also distributed over $25M back to LPs across Funds II and III. And on top of all that, […]
Q3 2025 Portfolio in Review
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 […]
Announcing our investment in TRIC Robotics – Automating pest and disease control
Robotics has been a core focus of my time in deep tech. I recently wrote a post sharing our considerations on robotics and we’ve made three investments in the category within the past year, including Optimotive. Today, I am thrilled to be able to share the news that we’ve led the $5m seed round of […]
Q2 2025 Portfolio Review
It’s been an eventful quarter (when has it not?), and somehow we’ve already crossed the halfway mark of 2025. We wanted to take a moment to highlight just a few of the wins, milestones, and momentum we’ve seen this past quarter. As always, there’s a whole lot happening behind the scenes that can’t be shared […]
Our Considerations on Robotics, Updated
It’s been a while since I last wrote publicly about robotics, though it remains a core focus of my time in deep tech. Our previous post on the topic dates back to last July and given how quickly markets and technologies evolve (and how we naturally refine our thinking over time), it feels like the […]