Q2 2023 Portfolio Review
At the end of Q1, we anticipated that a tech sector slowdown is ideal for “heads down” building without all the distractions of a super bull market. And indeed, Q2 2023 was an incredibly busy quarter in terms of product launches across the Version One family. Here are some of the highlights to share before […]
Announcing our investment in Antimatter
Today, we’re excited to share that we led the $2M seed round of Antimatter, whose mission is to build the world’s most valuable peer-to-peer learning network, centered around memes. Spacecadet and Ordinary Holdings joined us as new investors in this round, alongside existing investors Haystack and Compound. Memes have been used as an educational tool […]
Q1 2023 Portfolio News
We’re a quarter into 2023 and when it comes to funding, the pullback from tech continues. However, just like winter provides the time and space to reflect and renew, a market downturn is the best time for heads down building without all the distractions of a super bull market. With that said, here’s a selection […]
Announcing Jobber’s $100m Series D: building a company for the long-term in an era of start-up hyper-growth
Over the last few years, the start-up market has focused almost exclusively on hyper-growth, quick valuation increases, raising large amounts of capital, and trying to take companies public in a premature way (SPACs). Building a generational company systematically for the long-term has almost completely gone out of fashion. In this context, it’s remarkable to see […]
Announcing our investment in Peaze, Web3 onboarding simplified
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 that onboarding new users is […]