Version One Ventures

JULY 21, 2020

We raised our first fund in summer 2012. At that time, Version One was a generalist firm, investing in consumer Internet, e-commerce, SaaS and mobile companies. By 2016, we had begun to specialize into a thesis-driven firm , focusing on businesses with potentially large network effects built around people and/or data. .

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2020

Founded in 2014 by Ronen Yehoshua. $12M, 19 February 2018 Optibus – A high-tech mobility platform improving mass transportation in cities. It uses machine vision to continuously monitor and analyse plant development, health and stress, providing growers actionable insights via their mobile phones. CNBC Disruptor 50.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad. Data Warehousing, Database Administration, Game Development, Git, Google Maps API, HTML, HTML5, Internet Security, Javascript, jQuery / Prototype, Magento, Mobile App Testing.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 2, 2018

Regular computers must be united into a sophisticated computing network; big tasks should be broken into smaller ones; and all the possible contingencies — like slow internet or sudden computer shutdowns — must be taken into consideration. To solve any substantial computing task you’ll need more than one computer. Commercialization.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C.,

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 2, 2016

The 2016 election cycle spend blew past the $1 billion mark in April of this year, well before the final candidates in the general had been decided. It also seemed exceedingly basic following the somewhat revolutionary logo designs featured by the Obama campaign in 2008 and 2012. Round Five: Mobile Apps. Trump doesn’t.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C.,

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012).

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 16, 2017

You will need to determine if they are searching using a mobile phone, a tablet or a personal computer. Instead, you should spend your time and money doing in-depth market analysis on what your visitors are actually looking for, what your competitors are doing, creating amazing content and posting on social media networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

If you want to see what was on my mind – I started foreshadowing change publicly in October 2015 with a forecast of what I expected in 2016 VC funding markets at a presentation I gave at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference hosted by Michael Kim. 2015 turned to 2016. Total customers grew 20% year/year. Fall turned to winter.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

billion in 2012. In 2016, 23 percent of U.S. A Fit Small Business poll from 2016 found that Millennials between the ages of 25 and 34 accounted for more than one in four Small Business Saturday shoppers. Three out of four consumers will use mobile devices as they shop this holiday reports American Express.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Our first Hacking for Defense class in 2016 blew past our expectations – and we had set a pretty high bar. In 2012, Rep. Joe Felter and Pete Newell mobilized a network of Hacking for Defense supporters. Hacking For Defense. See the final class presentations here and here ). And it doesn’t hurt that he has a Ph.D

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

You’ll often go down the sourcing rabbit hole only to discover that a statistic is from 2012 or that the study’s sample size consisted of just a few people—and that’s only after you make an effort to dig deeper. People did check their email right after waking up…in 2012. . Image source ).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C.,

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I specialize in brand strategy from the early stages through launch, and use my trusted network of groupies – from Web designers to photographers – to support the vision for brands I’m working with. When I was incorporating my tour company NYC Tours & Photo Safaris in early 2016, I didn’t do much research on the name.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2016

So when you register for that cool social network or use an e-commerce site, it’s pretty much a monologue.”. For example, if you’re asking for a date, accept the year as in 16 and 2016 both. You can experiment with showing the latest character typed in a password (great for big fingers and small screens on mobile): Image Source.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Uber’s new logo incorporates a sense of mobility, accessibility, and friendliness not found in previous iterations. It bears a striking similarity to former first lady Michelle Obama’s celebrated “Be Better” response to Oprah Winfrey’s question at the White House Summit on the United State of Women in 2016.

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