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Q2 2020 Quarterly Update

Version One Ventures

The Seattle-based company provides an online marketplace for business-to-government commerce, connecting local and national suppliers with government procurement officers. Cape Privacy emerged from stealth and announced a $5 million seed round , which we co-led with Boldstart Ventures. New Investments .

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

At 24 I was putting myself through college and running the creative services department at an energy systems engineering firm in Seattle when the company was purchased by a French firm. I realized that working for large companies who were fighting each other, or fighting the government, was never going to scratch that itch.