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 […]
Q3 2022 Portfolio in Review
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 & Accolades Patch is taking climate […]
Announcing our investment in Bikky, a data-first customer platform for restaurants
When we first met Abhinav Kapur, we were immediately drawn to his mission to empower restaurants with data-based insights. Years earlier, he had founded Bikky after being inspired by his mother-in-law and the New York City restaurant she’s owned and operated for over 20 years. The secret to her success? She builds and nurtures relationships […]
Announcing our investment in Inflection.io – marketing automation for product-led growth
We’re very excited to announce our investment in Inflection.io, as the company comes out of stealth with a $5M seed round. Inflection is the only marketing automation solution purpose built for B2B product-led companies. In years past, the B2B customer experience and buying process were owned by sales. If you wanted to buy new software, […]