Call it intuition or ‘following your gut.’ It’s the ability to understand something without needing to use conscious reasoning. Most founders start off with a strong sense of intuition. They have a good gut feeling for markets and technologies, for how a product can solve a specific problem, and for…
Web3 is the future of the Internet, but when it comes to mainstream usability, there’s still a lot of work to be done. Despite all the technical progress made over the years, crypto remains niche relative to the five billion+ monthly active users on the Internet. A key problem is…
Since sharing an update on our areas of interest in climate and energy, we received a lot of feedback and met some great startups. Many of these discussions have centered around the circular economy. Upon reflection, it’s clear that there is synergy between the circular economy and our longstanding focus…
We’re now heading into the homestretch of 2022. But before we charge full steam ahead, it’s time to reflect on what’s been going on across the V1 family. As we’ve mentioned before, this is just a sampling of the activity – and only includes what’s been publicly announced. Fundraises &…
Eighteen months have passed since I wrote about Version One’s areas of interest in climate and energy… it’s hard to believe how quickly time flies. Since then, the space has only heated up (bad pun, I know) with more startups building and even more venture capital available to scale them.…
