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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

This year was a banner year as boldstart portfolio cos raised over $150mm of follow on capital from some of the top Series A and B investors (highlights below). First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth. First check to Series A?—?congrats

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Q3 2017 Round-Up: Portfolio News and Activities

Version One Ventures

We continue to invest in blockchain companies and funds such as Coinbase and Metastable Capital , which join our existing crypto portfolio ( Blockstack , Citizen Hex and Polychain Capital ). We welcomed Gencove , a B2B sequencing company, to our portfolio. Select activities from around the portfolio.

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Announcing our investment in EnPowered, a payment platform to increase the rate of cleantech adoption

Version One Ventures

We’re excited to announce our investment in EnPowered , an on-bill payment platform designed to make it easier for businesses to invest in energy-efficiency projects. EnPowered closed their initial seed round in February 2020 and have been developing their platform in stealth mode over the past year.

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Our Investment in Ten Little

View from Seed

Last week, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Ten Little , came out of stealth and announced its public launch. . Ten Little was started by Fatma Collins and Julie Rogers , a platform that aims to make finding the perfect fit for your child easy, starting with shoes.

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Our Investment in Otis

View from Seed

On Tuesday, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Otis, came out of stealth and announced its public launch. Michael has a real super-power around identifying outstanding talent, building beautifully designed products, and anticipating the way culture and consumer behavior is shifting.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users.

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Stealth Mode

genuinevc.com

Stealth Mode. I’ve recently been introduced to a number of startups that are operating in “stealth mode,” and have been thinking about what to make of this fact. In a post yesterday, Keith Robinson clearly articulated one of my conclusions, “I’ve heard quite a bit about start-ups and “stealth mode.”

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