It took some time but W Media Ventures now has a website. Apart from providing…
Version One
Last week’s W Media Ventures CEO summit provided a good opportunity for me to reflect on where W Media Ventures stands today and where I want it to be in the near future. Over the last 2 years, W Media has evolved into one of the leading early-stage consumer Internet investors in the Pacific Northwest […]
It took some time but W Media Ventures now has a website. Apart from providing…
As the Internet evolves, the venture capital business starts evolving and we have been seeing…
Last week’s W Media Ventures CEO summit provided a good opportunity for me to reflect on where W Media Ventures stands today and where I want it to be in the near future. Over the last 2 years, W Media has evolved into one of the leading early-stage consumer Internet investors in the Pacific Northwest with currently 15 investments of which a bit more than half are based in the Vancouver region with the rest split between 6 other locations. Sectorwise social (like TeamPages), travel (like Escapio), content (like Suite101) and applications (like Tynt) dominate the picture. It has been a fantastic ride and I am really proud of the great group of founders and portfolio companies I am able to work with on a daily basis.
While the core focus will remain the same going forward, there are 4 slight changes to our direction:
I am excited about all 4 initiatives and hope to report on progress very soon.
Crypto / Blockchain, Portfolio, Version One
We’re excited to announce our investment in Loon, a Canadian company building the country’s first regulated digital dollar. Version One led Loon’s $3M pre-seed round, alongside Garage Capital and a group of strategic Canadian angel investors. Loon is on a mission to create trusted, transparent payment infrastructure for Canada’s digital economy — starting with CADC, […]
As 2015 comes to an end, it’s time to reflect on what we’ve done and…
As the Internet evolves, the venture capital business starts evolving and we have been seeing…