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.
Portfolio
It’s hard to believe we’re already three quarters into the year. At V1, we’re all about finishing strong, and Q3 gave us plenty of reasons to be excited about what’s ahead. As always, we’ve rounded up a quick snapshot of the action across our portfolio from the past quarter: Funding announcements We welcomed TRIC Robotics […]
The V1 family kicked off the new year with fresh energy and no shortage of…
Fall is in the air and we are heading into the last quarter of 2023.…