Version One Ventures

JANUARY 7, 2020

Congratulations to Manny Medina and everyone at Outreach , which was named the Fourth Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™. Outreach was named to this prestigious list thanks in part to triple-digit year-over-year revenue growth and the largest customer base in the sales engagement category.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

This is part 1 of a 2-part series on domain names and startups; part 2 will be “ Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name ”. This bench at Cathedral Lawn is engraved with country domain names such as.uk,us,nz It is no coincidence that companies with the best domain names often tend to rise to the top of their space.

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 30, 2022

The thing about mission-driven founders, though, is they continue to build even during market uncertainty. Brennan Spellacy , CEO of Patch , was named to the 2022 GreenBiz 30 under 30 list. Shellworks , one of our newest portfolio companies, raised $6.2 Jobber and Thumbtack are now partners to help home service businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

You’ve validated your market and designed a minimally viable prototype. You’re in discussions with strategic partners and potential beta customers. Call out strategic relationships with business partners, research institutions, or industry groups. Secure a domain name that makes it easy for people to find your company.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Outreach and Shippo were both named 2022 Cloud 100 honorees for the second year in a row! . Filebase announced upcoming changes to their platform, namely removing Skynet and Storj integrations permanently. Headout is partnering with @FlixBus to bring exciting offers and adventures to travelers across Europe. Boston, and Philly.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

One would think entrepreneurs would never want less available cash – until such time as their competitors ridiculously and unnecessarily all raise $50 million in the name of a “land grab” thus making it much harder for your totally reasonable company to attract investors. What is one to do?

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 30, 2021

Here are just some of many activities and accomplishments in the V1 portfolio during the past quarter…. Shippo raised a $50M round led by Bessemer Venture Partners at a $1B valuation. . We have been active investors in DeFi for almost three years now and you can read about why we’re thrilled to add Defined to our portfolio. .

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

But finding the right broker is more than just picking a name out of a hat. Via Pixabay Understanding the Broker’s Role Think of a broker as a middleman or, better yet, your sidekick in the daunting world of markets. Their job is to make your life easier by navigating through complex market landscapes for you. It’s everything.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. ” Fire, Ready, Aim.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. First Round Capital invests heavily in its own infrastructure to help add value to the portfolio companies. I'm a huge fan of this innovation.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

An article on growth and marketing in the middle of a crisis—the current one or any other—can seem tone deaf. This post surveys what people have done in the past—and what marketing leaders are doing now—to make it through tough times and thrive in the post-crisis era. Tim Stewart, trsdigital. But nothing gets better if we stand still.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Before we head into the last quarter of the year, let’s take a few minutes to highlight some notable announcements made over the summer in the V1 portfolio. Ada is partnering with FINCANEX to deliver AI-Powered customer service to financial institutions across Canada. Launches and product updates. Fundraises and accolades.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

Due to lowering capital costs, global competition that spans industries and continents, quicker market validations, and facilitated iteration, the nature of the investment game has changed. The lower costs of capital also mean that startups are less risky bets, allowing for more diversification among portfolios.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 25, 2015

A key benefit of working closely with trusted partners who have experienced business and investing cycles ebb and flow is that you can leverage their perspectives to hone your own thinking and move up the curve faster than doing it on your own. EK: How did you come up with your company name?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

On the crypto-side we also see gaming leading the way with play-to-earn games such as our portfolio company Rebelbots , platforms like Manticore Games or Sandbox. Another good example is our portfolio company Novos , which is educating the athletes of the metaverse. . Gaming + web3/NFTs. That’s insane. Picture: nftculture.com.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

APRIL 3, 2019

[ Download MP3 | Transcript Coming Soon | iTunes | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Raw RSS ] Up until the last few years you probably would never have heard the name James Mel before. He was one of those guys working hard behind the scenes in a company that was led by a very well known marketer, in […].

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

If you’re trying to break into venture the news, in general, is good (the two charts below were pulled from a great post by Eric Feng on the state of the VC market from late last year). Venture principals (VPs, junior partners or other similar titles) were former venture associates who had worked their way up the chain.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 28, 2019

Prior to 4Geeks Academy, Ricigliano was the CEO for Vikua, a Smart City Startup that was named as one of the 30 most promising tech Companies in Latin America by Forbes. Prior to 4Geeks Academy, I was the CEO of Vikua, a Smart City Startup that was named as one of the 30 most promising tech Companies in Latinamerica by Forbes.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As someone relatively new to the VC space, I was particularly struck by the partners’ collective reflections regarding what has changed and what has remained the same. The concept of time, (specifically time to come), is inherent in our name, NextView. So how does all this “time talk” relate to the website refresh? ??The What’s next ?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

And rather than a small group of our partners and associates all thinking it’s a good idea we don’t mind if there is strong internal debate and at Upfront there often is. ” So other partners at the firm might sling mud at your ideas as you go for approval on an investment. .” 6SensorLabs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So that we’re speaking the same language I would define “exclusive” as a period in which your company is prohibited from doing business with certain customers or business partners, which is why many incorrectly assume this is necessarily bad. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

We learned this weekend that it was named after his East Hampton home. We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. Access to the partner. You’re spending less time in the market, less time building your profile, etc.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive. 2) Marketing. See How Private Equity and VC Investors Are Using Social Media.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . It seamlessly creates a deal folder (company name) in our Google Drive. 2) Marketing. See How Private Equity and VC Investors Are Using Social Media.

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Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. This company is back on the market raising money again.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I had lost a previous deal where the team said they liked me but didn’t know my partners well enough so I promised myself never to let that happen again. So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. This company is back on the market raising money again.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As someone relatively new to the VC space, I was particularly struck by the partners’ collective reflections regarding what has changed and what has remained the same. The concept of time, (specifically time to come), is inherent in our name, NextView. So how does all this “time talk” relate to the website refresh? ??The What’s next ?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

VC’s raise money from their investors (limited partners like pension funds) and then spread their risk by investing in a number of startups (called a portfolio). BTW, Angel investors do not have limited partners, and often invest for reasons other than just for financial gain (e.g., The Deal With the Devil.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of partner? SEO marketing vs. social marketing. I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. look at their portfolio list. call the companies that are doing well but not yet household names. Picking a VC is hard. Reputation of firm? Deals done in your industry?

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David Cohen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I also knew that people would be sad about us no longer running accelerators in certain markets. This leads to the second most common thing I heard, namely that people didn’t really like the messaging, partly because it didn’t satisfactorily address the “why.” And helping founders be successful has always been our goal.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

Google is focused on expanding its already broad reach into the advertising market by increasing the span and coverage of its digital and mobile platforms, and the company’s 4Q14 results highlight how the company’s efforts to buttress its core services is paying off: Google’s revenue and gross profit climbed 15.3% Professionalisms'

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The name and the type have to fit, or expensive rework will be required later. Find a partner and core team early to supplement your expertise. If your strength is technology, find a co-founder who has a comparable strength in business, finance or marketing. Ship a minimum viable product quickly, test the market and iterate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

I’m not recommending that you saturate your discussions with lingo, but responding with a blank stare once-too-often won’t convince anyone that you can build the next world-changing business or outpace the market. Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 20, 2019

Most freelancers don’t like the “gig economy” name that experts use when referring to this type of labor market since freelancing isn’t just a hot trend. Here are a few reasons why the freelance market will continue to grow in 2019 – and beyond. Let’s stick with our digital marketing example. It’s cost-effective.

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