Note: We’ve updated this handbook — read the latest and greatest 3rd edition here! About two years ago, we put together The Guide to Marketplaces. It compiled many of the insights we’ve learned from working with great marketplace companies and analyzing the industry. One third of Version One portfolio companies…
If you have been following our blog or firm, you know how much we love network effects. Our investment thesis is centered around network effects, and our portfolio is full of network effects startups ranging from marketplaces to social platforms, SaaS and applications of AI and machine learning. It has…
It has been a while since we’ve written about healthcare. Our last update was in June 2014 when we shared what we were excited about: patient-doctor networks and patient health data. This hasn’t changed but we’ve certainly learned more from the many founders and physicians who we have spoken to…
