Q2 2022 portfolio in review
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 the surrounding turbulence. As Version […]
Portfolio Review: Q1 2022
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 and Mexico, enabling businesses to […]
Q4 2022 Portfolio News
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 way to end the year, […]
Announcing our investment in Moment Energy – a cleantech startup repurposing electric vehicle batteries for energy storage
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 platform to increase the rate […]
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 […]