Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Some of our particular themes and areas of interest include (* indicates a Version One portfolio company): . Some B2B companies: CarbonChain , Plan A , SINAI Technologies , Watershed ; consumer startups: Aerial , Wren ; and negative emission platforms: Pachama , Patch * (read our investment announcement here ).

Artificial Inteligence 88

Artificial Inteligence B2B Finance Portfolio 88

Austin Startup

APRIL 17, 2017

Thrillbox Visual Semantics Visual Semantics builds cloud-based software to stream ‘predictive intelligence’ to AR/VR hardware and software applications primary for real time threat analysis. Candidates will learn our culture and how to go through steps of sales cycle with Lead Generation, B2B and B2C sales and account management.

Semantic 48

Semantic Social Media Database Artificial Inteligence 48

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. Over 1,000 senior professionals have since signed up for the mailer, which goes out on Fridays. I tried to make it a little more entertaining than your average job RSS feed.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. More than 40% of B2B transactions in the US, which is roughly a $25 trillion market , are still made with paper checks compared to 5-7% for consumers.

B2B 62

B2B Cloud Europe 62

David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

I couldn’t be more excited to share that one of our portfolio companies, Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress), has raised $9.4 ff also provides a suite of financial and accounting services to them, as we do for over a dozen portfolio companies.

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Security Operations Atlanta 114

Hippoland

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Previously, he held multiple roles at SendGrid, a cloud-based email platform, that delivers billions of customer engagement emails each month for companies like Uber, Spotify, Tumblr and AirBnb. Our portfolio companies have gone on to raise >$1.2B Fewer than 1% of startups referred to FundersClub qualify for FundersClub investment.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Accredited Investor B2B Cofounder 48

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“The Centaur is a business that reaches $100 million of annual recurring revenue (ARR)—a rare breed of cloud business, part of an elite subset of the growing unicorn herd.” ” Bessemer. Today there are over 1,000 unicorns globally. It’s more of a reflection of investor appetite and belief in future growth potential.

Software Review 109

Software Review B2C Open Source 109

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

After covering Google startup outreach and support (from first hand experience), today I’m happy to add Amazon and AWS, by looking into the variety of ways startups can engage with the commerce and cloud giant. AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio. As far as I know this is the most comprehensive list out there.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 18, 2018

With a purported $9 billion price tag, Amazon could combine Slack with its cloud-based storage system, Amazon Web Services, to make its subscription offerings more appealing and increase its (already large) user base. Most eyes are on Amazon to pull the trigger on acquiring Slack.

Merger 70

Merger Acquisition Stock Valuation 70

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

B2B – cloud services, online meetings, virtual workforce management, collaboration tools. They may have seen new ideas from other companies in their portfolio so be open to additional suggestions. Are there parts of your supply chain that can be repurposed? What about parts of your manufacturing lines?

South Korea 333

South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Our portfolio company Conversocial has done a fantastic job recently raising their profile on a limited budget. For those of you that don’t know Conversocial is a cloud based service used by brands and retailers to manage and engage with their customers on social media. Customer service is the most important use case.

Leadership 117

Leadership Marketing PR Social Media 117

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

In today’s environment, if B2B organizations are going to make it, they need to grow. 3 Factors That Affect B2B Partnerships. In a nutshell, there are 3 forces that influence B2B partnerships today: 1. B2B tech partners are now targeting business leaders instead of IT. Can this be true? Partnerships can be a big help.

Channel 84

Channel Partner Programming B2B 84

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

In today’s environment, if B2B organizations are going to make it, they need to grow. 3 Factors That Affect B2B Partnerships. In a nutshell, there are 3 forces that influence B2B partnerships today: 1. B2B tech partners are now targeting business leaders instead of IT. Can this be true? Partnerships can be a big help.

Channel 77

Channel Partner Programming B2B 77

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For most B2B SaaS companies, category leadership often means US leadership. Ask an entrepreneur from the VC portfolio to introduce you or find an industry expert connected to the VC to refer you. You’ll need an exit of $500 million-$1 billion to have the same proportional return for a roughly $500 million fund (like Accel in Europe).

Europe 48

Europe France API Viral 48

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

For example, in computing platforms, the mainframe was superseded by the minicomputer, which was eclipsed by the PC, which was subsumed by client-server platforms, which in many ways has been replaced by cloud and mobile computing. Innovation in search, social, broadband, and mobile & cloud hasn’t come to an end.

Seed Stage 273

Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B 273

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Or defined around demographics (the people over 45 market), technologies (the brain sensor market), customer activities (the fitness market), and product portfolios (the heavy equipment market). The Market Definition Canvas works for both B2C and B2B applications. Why does this matter?

Customer 420

Customer Marketing Lean Vertical 420

Occam's Razor

MAY 20, 2013

Digital advertising and marketing is a key part of ZQI's multi-channel acquisition portfolio. The cloud above is a rough to-scale approximation of their current traffic sources. Identify the Real Business Profitability Point: B2B. This is not easy work, especially in B2B companies. They do everything.

Analytics 139

Analytics Aggregator Channel B2B 139

Rob Go

JULY 11, 2013

This isn’t true for every single one of our portfolio companies, but in at least half, we had a thesis about why this company had some sort of unfair advantage or head-start when it comes to getting their product out into the market. But this time, I gave a different answer. We tend to favor companies that have a “distribution advantage”.

Distribution 66

Distribution Vertical Viral B2B 66

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Go to the B2B dancing monkey video (what!). No company in the Milky Way has succeeded without having a balanced portfolio of acquisition channels (fancy word for source of traffic). What to look for: I am really looking for a balanced portfolio of traffic sources. Keyword Tag Clouds. See how it looks. How's yours?

Web 139

Web Analytics eCommerce Campaign 139

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

Javascript tag driven click data processed in the cloud provided through a web based front end that allows you to segment and create meaningful views of the data unique to you. Yet, yet, yet, yet… there is so much we can do. This instant. We can make use of what we have. Usually for free. Usually with a modest effort.

Analytics 118

Analytics Web Metrics Channel 118

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 9, 2012

Just because your site is B2B, you do not have the right to create a 1940s website and force visitors to type their name, precise GPS coordinates and underwear size to get a PDF that should have existed as a webpage in the first place (as HTML has been invented). All while constantly optimizing your portfolio via controlled experiments.

Marketing 140

Marketing Analytics Web Channel 140

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Each account manager should have a portfolio of existing customers, and you should model the expected CMRR from this group net of up-sells and churn. Cloud Computing. (1). Portfolio. (3). Cracking The Code.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly The firm’s portfolio includes the likes of Gist , Lijit , Brightleaf, Memeo, SimpleGeo , StockTwits and Zynga. Gary Vaynerchuk: Personal branding master and creator of Wine Library TV, Gary Vaynerchuk is also an angel investor with an expanding portfolio of companies.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

On the latest episode of Greymatter, Greylock partners Reid Hoffman and Sarah Guo discussed this process in detail, with a special focus on startups operating in fast-growing sectors like productivity tools and cloud SaaS platforms that power the modern working world. Take B2B companies. You can listen to the podcast here.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

This post is part of Accel’s Secrets to Scaling series, where leaders from across our portfolio share their learnings and advice with the next generation of European and Israeli entrepreneurs building global winners. And then you realised that there was a gap for B2B.

B2B 62

B2B Cofounder Small Business 62

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Established location-based services to enable the CSP offer B2B and B2C services based on mobile positioning, tracking & locating, turn-by-turn navigation and mobile local search. RADWIN 2000 is a portfolio of carrier-class products providing high-capacity, long-range connectivity at highly competitive prices.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). Cloud Infrastructure. s cloud solution.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53