Announcing our investment in Optimotive
We’re excited to announce our investment in Optimotive, having led the company’s $2m seed round with participation from Garage and NewLab. Optimotive is building a fleet of advanced autonomous robots for some of the toughest, extreme environments… picture the rocky, dusty, muddy and unpredictable conditions common in industries like construction, mining, and oil & gas. […]
Q2 2024 Portfolio in Review
We’ve officially hit the halfway point of 2024, and all we can say is… wow, this year is flying by. The entire V1 family has been pushing, hustling and going all-out, so we’d like to recognize some of the milestones and accomplishments from this quarter. As we say in every recap, this represents the tip […]
Introducing our investment in Bedrock Materials – to produce a low-cost, easy-to-source alternative to lithium-ion batteries
As you may have read in our thesis update last week, we have been spending more and more time in the deep/hard tech space, making our first six investments since 2021. Today, we’re excited to share that we co-led the $9 million seed round of Bedrock Materials, a Chicago-based startup that manufactures the active materials […]
Q1 2024 Portfolio in Review
The first quarter of 2024 is gone as quickly as it came. And like most starts to the year, this one was full of great launches and announcements. Here’s a brief overview of some of the highlights. Launches The ether.fi Foundation launched ETHFI, the ether.fi governance token. This token launch empowers ether.fi’s growing ecosystem to […]
Q3 2023 Portfolio Review
Fall is in the air and we are heading into the last quarter of 2023. But before we look ahead, here’s a quick recap of the key events from the third quarter. There’s a lot of momentum to ride into the new year! Funding Announcements and Accolades We excitedly announced our investment in Dinari, a […]