Version One Ventures

APRIL 5, 2017

Q1 was a busy time for our firm and portfolio companies, and here’s a brief recap of some of the various news clippings, fundraising announcements, and other happenings across the V1 community. The V1 portfolio was well represented in Techvibes’ recent Canadian Startup Awards. Portfolio companies in the news.

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Portfolio San Francisco B2B Naming 111

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive. 9) Accelerate portfolio company value. See Beyond the Money: Best Practices of Venture Capitalists in Helping Early-Stage Companies Create Value and It’s the People: Improving Private Equity Portfolio Company Valuations by Working with Operating Executives.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive. 9) Accelerate portfolio company value. See Beyond the Money: Best Practices of Venture Capitalists in Helping Early-Stage Companies Create Value and It’s the People: Improving Private Equity Portfolio Company Valuations by Working with Operating Executives.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

For instance, I saw a local, Seattle startup with a high-value exact-match domain name that (if they launched in this segment) would have put them in direct competition with the likes of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Many startups like to enter markets already dominated by some of the world’s largest brands.

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Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 107

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

For instance, I saw a local, Seattle startup with a high-value exact-match domain name that (if they launched in this segment) would have put them in direct competition with the likes of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. What Startup Advisors Should Do If you’re a business owner looking to target startups: don’t.

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Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

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San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2018

A name is a label by which animate or inanimate things are called or referenced. When we think about names, pictures or qualities are evoked from the good to the grotesque. Therefore a good business name and slogan are key. Your business name is as important as a good business tax regimen. So, WHAT’S IN A BUSINESS NAME?

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Naming eCommerce Startup Database 70

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. Tech stack.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Look for VC portfolios that have a lot of “like” companies (B2B, B2C, media, tech, etc.). A distant third price is the VC who gives you two names and ask for time to prep them ahead of time. The better your business and the more exciting the space you’re trying to tackle…the more investors you’ll find circling around you.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 1) Market fund.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2017

While we’re ready to look ahead and embrace 2017, here’s a quick recap of the major activity across our portfolio last quarter. Portfolio companies in the news. Frank + Oak (who was named innovator of the year by Canadian Business) announced the launch of its 50/50 Founders’ Fund , in partnership with General Assembly.

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Seattle Portfolio Seed Stage Canada 130

Version One Ventures

JULY 19, 2018

For example, Wish has given shoppers direct access to Chinese sellers; LetGo and OfferUp have connected local buyers and sellers with a visually appealing mobile-first experience; and our portfolio company Headout has taken the supply of offline attractions, activities and events online as well as mobile for travellers to book on-demand.

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Disintermediation B2B Differentiation Aggregator 110

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. We’re not mainly for B2B companies or later stage companies or anything like that. We kind of bring it all together.

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

At the time, I think we didn’t even had a name for the fund. OUR PORTFOLIO. I’ve done little portfolio overviews from time to time. In over half of our portfolio companies, we have invested pre-product. 9 that are B2B. But we feel pretty good about the progress of the portfolio so far.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Consumer and SaaS B2B companies located anywhere, but should be focused on redesigning the Everyday Economy within the U.S. Instead, the sole goal of the program is results , namely: Demonstrably advancing a startup towards true product-market fit. Who we are. The culmination of this accelerator program isn’t a demo day or a big show.

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San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

We define that broadly to include any consumer facing business where there is a clear transaction/purchase and B2B companies that sell to ecommerce companies. Three examples from our portfolio: Thread.com is a free personal shopping service. Lost My Name make beautiful and amazing personalised books.

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Partner Founder Cofounder eCommerce 112

Rob Go

JULY 18, 2019

Your company is likely both one step removed from many brand name B2B customers and a step removed from reporters and press that are excited to tell your story. One approach that we’ve seen work with a number of B2B businesses is to spend a disproportionate amount of effort in telling a momentum story about your company.

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San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 48

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. It sounds simple; however, very few asset managers actually do it.”

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Hunter Walker

APRIL 10, 2017

I try not to shill for Homebrew portfolio companies too relentless on this blog (for that you have my Twitter account ), but I just really love UpCounsel’s new “15 Minute Legal Consultation” product, so wanted to talk a but about it.

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B2B Portfolio Demand Naming 57

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

Increase your premium pricing Referrals also allow you to diversify your pricing portfolio and charge a premium for your product or service. This approach was very direct and as a result, the customer had an easy time connecting my client to the names on his list. This option is very beneficial to B2B industries.

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Programming Small Business Advisory Board B2B 87

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Our portfolio has grown to 15 companies today, the bulk of which is on the US East Coast and roughly half the companies have already progressed from the seed stage to completing Series A rounds. Just under half our portfolio is B2B in nature, slightly more than half is consumer-facing in some way.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

I have a whitelist of investors I recommend to my portfolio…and a blacklist which I guide them to avoid. There are countless examples, e.g., most of the large B2B banks , Kapitus , Kalamata Capital , United Capital Source , etc. Some will be well-known names, others will be findable using a directory.

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SBIC SBA Cap Table Database 60

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

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. Portfolio. (3). Online marketing changed it. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 8:41 PM. William Smith.

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Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Europe 48

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

So yeah, I, there there's some confusion around these terms, partner, marketing partnership, marketing affiliate market, and you have influencer and B2B. So I just consider affiliate marketing, part of this greater ecosystem of partnership marketing now, which includes influencer and B2B and aspects of business development.

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Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 90

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Our portfolio company Conversocial has done a fantastic job recently raising their profile on a limited budget. The approach is simple – to analyse the activity of household names on Twitter and Facebook and report the conclusions to the press.

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Leadership Marketing PR Social Media 117

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

While there’s nothing wrong with trying to guest post on larger sites, if you don’t have a large portfolio of quality content, it can be a struggle to break through the noise. For instance, on Facebook, there’s a popular group, “ B2B bloggers boost group ,” for link-builders and content marketers. Not having examples is a red flag.

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Social Media SEO Email Campaign 116

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It starts with having the right data in the system,” noted Kamil Rextin, who wrote about B2B attribution. Unless there’s a clear framework in place,” Rextin cautioned, “You’ll end up with a giant glob of names and companies with all kinds of job titles because someone left it as an open text field rather than a drop-down.”.

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Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

Both aren’t public just yet, so I can’t reveal the company names at this point.). The second was a B2B SaaS company with a particular product thesis that needed to be tested prior to their building out a larger team or a commercial-grade product. The first is a consumer focused company that is in a highly regulated industry.

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Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 120

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

From expert AMAs tailored to your pre-seed needs to hands-on mentorship from relevant, established entrepreneurs within the NextView portfolio to founder-only sessions that create a safe space for sharing and supporting one another, our programming is created to meet you where you are and propel you forward in the direction we believe you can go. .

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Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Examples of such companies in our portfolio include WHOOP , which delivers personalized health insights via a wearable device, Devoted Health , which assists seniors in accessing Medicare Advantage, and Mighty Health , which helps individuals find a healthier path through coaching.

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Seed Stage Programming Finance B2B 285

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

His professional career has been substantially dedicated to building high-value technology-powered B2B marketplaces where many thought they couldn’t exist. a leading-edge research and development lab in the Millennium Technology Ventures portfolio. He is currently a director of Applied Minds, Inc.

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Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

View from Seed

JUNE 11, 2015

I’ve seen startups that name their corporate entity something random, for instance, while others decline to discuss their startup or wait to announce seed stage funding rounds as a result. And specifically when completing a seed round of financing, what are the implications? The two main benefits are: 1.

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Stealth Seed Stage Startup Software Review 120

David Teten

AUGUST 1, 2020

Household names like traffic app Waze ( 150 million users, acquired by Google for over $1 billion), Shopping.com (acquired by eBay for $634 million ), and Viber (over 650 million users ) are all Israeli companies. The boycott is broken before it begins.” Israel’s economic influence moves far beyond information technology and into healthcare.

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Flash Portfolio B2B 60

Brandanew

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Many of them are often struggling with funding, user engagement and discoverability, if I had to name the top three concerns. You need to be good with one thing- creating and managing your product portfolio. From B2B to B2C, from a small business to a social organization, the needs of audiences and your consumers vary.

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Hiring Social Media Marketing B2C 100

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Sablotsky continued her professional career as Vice-President of Portfolio Development for Jacobs Investments, LLC. Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in Israel.

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Founder Miami Cofounder 91

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

I encouraged a ladder of awesomeness type shift from third-party cookies to first-party cookies to browser based persistent-id systems (in place today) to cross-device digital ids to a unified online and offline id (I call it nonline id) to finally a named human id pan-all-existences. Nonline Customer-Name-ID. Truly omg coolness.

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Metrics Analytics Acquisition Naming 60

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2019

The solution requires out-of-the-box thinking, and that’s precisely where a forward-thinking housing developer named Danny Haber is making tremendous progress. Already, Haber’s efforts are paying dividends, with multiple big projects in the portfolio, notably 960 Howard Street, 674 23rd Street, 316 12th Street, and 1919 Market street.

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San Francisco Oakland Developer California 113