A year and a half ago, we published the first edition of our Startup Handbook. It has been well received, with over 30K downloads to date. But any guide book is always a work in progress and we have received a lot of great feedback on how to make it…
We’re thrilled to announce the closing of two new funds: Fund IV ($70M USD) and Opportunities Fund II ($30M USD). While these funds may be new, our values and goals remain the same. We still look for pre-seed and seed stage opportunities, as we believe these are the stages where…
Bessemer started the idea of the “anti-portfolio” – the companies that you passed on, but ended up doing very, very well. Here is the Version One anti-portfolio that we have built over the past decade: ApplyBoard We met CEO & co-Founder Martin Basiri in February 2016. Despite his passion for helping…
A little bit more than a year ago, we made our first investment in a COVID world…it was 100% virtual, all via Zoom from start to finish. What seemed highly unusual at the time became the new modus operandi for Version One and the VC industry as a whole. We…
For those you who don’t already know, Max will be leaving at the end of the month. When he joined us at Version One 15 months ago, he brought with him a wealth of knowledge, experience, and ideas, especially in crypto and climate tech. From Day 1, he pushed our…
