Announcing Our Investment in Pilot: The Internet for Agents
We’re excited to share that Pilot Protocol has launched from stealth with a $4.5M seed round, led by Version One Ventures, with participation from Precursor Ventures, Night Capital, Todd & Rahul’s Angel Fund, and angels Lenny Rachitsky and Ben Tossell. AI agents are the biggest shift in computing in years, but they’ve been built to […]
Announcing Our Investment in Mowito: Physical AI for Robot Arms in Manufacturing
We’re excited to share that Mowito has raised a $3M pre-seed round, led by Version One Ventures, with participation from All In Capital, Unisol, and iSeed, alongside angels Soumith Chintala (Thinking Machines Labs), Adarsh Kulkarni (Foundry Robotics), and Ashish Kulkarni (Coformer AI). Most factory floor work still can’t be automated. It’s not just that the […]
Announcing Fund V and Opportunities Fund III
Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve closed two new funds: Version One Fund V ($78M USD) and Opportunities Fund III ($30M USD). While each new fund marks a new chapter for our firm, the core of Version One remains unchanged. We continue to believe that the biggest venture outcomes come from backing exceptional founders […]
Announcing Our Investment in Swoop
We’re excited to share that Swoop has raised $7.3M, with participation from Version One alongside our friends at Long Journey, Variant, Soma Capital and Dune. This also marks Version One’s first investment in Africa – a market has the potential to produce the next generation of global platform companies. Swoop is building a super-app for […]
Five Posts That Define How We Think
Over the past 13+ years, we’ve written a lot on this blog — investment announcements, portfolio recaps, year-in-reviews. But a handful of posts have captured something deeper: the ideas and convictions that actually guide how we invest. If you’re a founder trying to understand what makes us tick, or just curious about how our thinking […]