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Q4 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

We hope you’re well rested and recharged from the holidays! For a second consecutive year , Jobber was named one of the fastest-growing companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 500. . Happy new year! We’ve seen our startup companies find new ways to keep moving forward. Product news.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 15 – Mid Term– Congressman Mike Gallagher

Steve Blank

We just held our fifteenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. And that is what we’ll do.”

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2021: The Version One year in review

Version One Ventures

2021 might be remembered as the year the world started to fully embrace the opportunity that the technology sector has to offer… . Every company is now a tech company and multiple technology cycles are going on at the same time – from mobile and cloud to AR/VR, crypto and climate.

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We are Adding a Principal to Our Investment Team

View from Seed

You have unbounded curiosity for emerging trends, a love for experimentation, and you’re always eager to dive into new products and technologies before others do. You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. We will work together to leverage the firm’s platform to help you thrive.

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“When there is pain in America, we see more volume.” Crisis Text Line, Tech & Trump.

Hunter Walker

” HW: The tech infrastructure needs to be reliable—you’re dealing with very personal and often time-sensitive issues. They spent a few months traveling the country, looking at existing hotlines and typical user challenges, tech infrastructure, etc… You start cheap. You can see the rest of our stack here: [link].

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A Look at What’s Fueling Startup Investments in Colombia

ReadWriteStart

In 2018, venture capital investments in Latin America doubled for the second consecutive year, according to LAVCA’s Annual Review of Tech Investment in Latin America. Looking at the major markets in Latin America in 2018, most show increases in VC investment in keeping with the regional average.

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