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 […]
Q2 2026 Portfolio in Review
Somehow, we’re already halfway through 2026 — and it’s been a busy quarter. Q2 brought a steady stream of exciting updates from across the portfolio, including major milestones, new launches, fundraising wins, and a few viral moments. We’re happy to share a handful of highlights from the quarter, knowing this is just a snapshot of […]
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 […]
Announcing our investment in GridBank
Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve co-led the $6M seed round of GridBank, a company building the global transaction network for real-world data. At its core, GridBank turns every smartphone into a data node, enabling people to capture and sell real-world video, images, and location-tagged media to companies that need it. Pricing is dynamic […]
Q1 2026 Portfolio in Review
We’re a quarter of the way through 2026, and the V1 family is off to a fast start. Across the portfolio, teams are building with urgency, laying the groundwork for what we expect to be another strong year ahead. Before we get too far into Q2, we wanted to take a moment to share a […]