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Q2 2020 Quarterly Update

Version One Ventures

Here we are, halfway through 2020 and what an unprecedented year it has been. The funding will be used for product development and to continue their geographic expansion (more in Europe and eventually Asia). Happy Canada Day & Happy (early) Fourth of July! At the end of every quarter, we publish a quick recap.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

Of the 30 Asia-based founders, all were natives of the country in which they built their businesses: 23 Chinese, three Japanese, two Korean and two Indian. Kauffman Fellows Report (2020): “Diverse Founding Teams generate higher median realized multiples (RMs) on Acquisitions and IPOs]. Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Some worthwhile examples are First Round Capital’s 10 Year Project and FJ Labs 2020 Year in Review. Data from OpenVC shows that VCs typically focus on 2 technology classes.

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Today’s Cold Chain – Connecting The World Of Care

YoungUpstarts

Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. That is particularly true for the Asia Pacific, the new center of gravity for healthcare. In East Asia and the Pacific, this older population will grow more than 20 percent every five years between 2015 and 2034. By Dr. Karen M.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

ReadWriteStart

The company has distribution through about 50 retailers in Chennai, and is looking for ways to market their product through online channels. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will focus on entrepreneurs in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. We discussed guerilla p.r., You can register for the next roundtable here.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Quantstamp

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Quantstamp is a Y Combinator-backed company building the standard in blockchain cybersecurity. One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , see the Quantstamp pitch in the category of Blockchain Technology (12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Sunday, March 15) before a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

ER : So take me back in time to right before the pandemic, the start of 2020, where was Carbon Health at that point? I think January of 2020 was when we said, "Okay, now we are going to just take this and scale it as fast as humanly possible". How big had it gotten, how many clinics did you open? ER : Really smart. million vaccines.