Nearly two years ago, we published our first ebook, A Guide to Marketplaces. Towards the…
Entrepreneurship
As investors, we want to have an impact. We want to help entrepreneurs, build sustainable companies, improve lives, and change industries. When I think back to those situations where we’ve made the biggest impact on entrepreneurs, they’ve all got one thing in common: they were all times when we believed when others didn’t. For example, […]
Nearly two years ago, we published our first ebook, A Guide to Marketplaces. Towards the…
Last October, we made our first investment out of Fund II and are excited to announce…
As investors, we want to have an impact. We want to help entrepreneurs, build sustainable companies, improve lives, and change industries. When I think back to those situations where we’ve made the biggest impact on entrepreneurs, they’ve all got one thing in common: they were all times when we believed when others didn’t.
For example, when…
…we wrote that first cheque before anybody else.
…we led a bridge round when neither new nor existing investors wanted to put in new money.
…we helped founders through a tough pivot that almost killed the company.
When it comes to investing, it’s usually much easier to follow the herd and hope that everyone else has thought it through. After all, all those people (and big name investors) can’t be wrong. There’s a lot of venture capital in this market that follows existing momentum.
At Version One, we’re proud that strong convictions are at the core of our investment approach. It takes a lot of courage to stand apart from the crowd. But if you have strong convictions in both the entrepreneur and opportunity you invested in, then it’s really easy to believe even when others don’t.
Portfolio
It’s been an eventful quarter (when has it not?), and somehow we’ve already crossed the halfway mark of 2025. We wanted to take a moment to highlight just a few of the wins, milestones, and momentum we’ve seen this past quarter. As always, there’s a whole lot happening behind the scenes that can’t be shared […]
The V1 family kicked off the new year with fresh energy and no shortage of…
At the end of Q1, we anticipated that a tech sector slowdown is ideal for…