Version One Ventures

APRIL 26, 2021

The rapid transition to remote work also triggered dramatic changes across our portfolio and startups everywhere, most notably by collapsing geographic boundaries. Many of our portfolio companies were able to recruit incredible talent that they never would have had access to previously. . The entire world becomes your talent pool.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Our portfolio companies aren’t as quick to publicize fundraising rounds like they used to and as such, we’re not making as many public announcements about our activity. We are geographically agnostic, though focused on North America with main “hubs” in SF, Toronto, NYC, and Seattle. Along with all the well wishes (thank you!!),

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

Id reached out to him not because I was looking for information on how to pitch an investor, but because of the nature of his investment portfolio: of the six startups Boris invested in thoughout 2014, three are led by women. ” At present, Version One Ventures portfolio includes startups from all over the United States and Canada.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Yes, our business pivoted as a result of the pandemic by Shifting our focus to a global customer base We shifted focus from offering services within North America's confines to focusing on a global market. Photo Credit: Stephen Curry. 15- Rankings of sites. Photo Credit: Mark Coster.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

We invest across North America. and Canada, offering portfolio companies strong networks and resources on both sides of the border. Lastly, we will continue our goal to be the most value-add investor for our portfolio founders as they push to create category-leading companies. Acknowledgements and gratitude.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

Toronto has now firmly established itself as the third largest tech/startup ecosystem in North America (sorry Miami) while Vancouver has finally embraced its proximity to Silicon Valley and the advantages that come from being the only major international city in the same time zone as San Francisco. Thanks Chris !

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Version One Ventures

JUNE 3, 2013

Working with existing portfolio companies, including helping out with hiring, financial modeling, and research. Executing projects of your own direction that help Version One and/or our portfolio companies. Helping with reporting for our investors, including writing quarterly updates and preparing LP advisory board meetings.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In particular, I would highlight three red-hot companies in particular: Choco , Rekki , and Faire ( disclosure : Faire is a Lightspeed portfolio company). For instance, Rekki is in Europe and Faire is expanding through North America. So, what makes these types of startups both possible and hot today?

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B2B North America Malaysia Warrant 90

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I immediately reached out to the founder and CEO, Katrina Lake , who had previously worked for another Benchmark portfolio company in the fashion space, Polyvore. The company is also announcing two new board members in addition to myself, Marka Hansen, former president of North America for Gap, Inc.,

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eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

How to build a portfolio of startup investments. How to add value to a portfolio company. What to do when your portfolio startup pivots. Prior to Carlyle, Mr. Dahl served as co-head of healthcare investment banking in North America at Credit Suisse First Boston. How to source great deals.

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Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Second, a portfolio of investments, even in angel investing, is a great approach. It is based on more than 1,200 exited investments made by angel investors over a 15-year timeframe, collected separately across both North America and England. The piece is thought-provoking and makes several really good points. It is risky.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 250 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America. Of course, there are many more angel investors, often called “super angels,” that have a large following and large reach, so they don’t need any of these organizations to be found.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 12, 2016

Figure 1 (a V1 portfolio company) found this opening in healthcare. But a dominant messaging app still hasn’t emerged in North America – and companies and investors are eager to replicate WeChat’s success in China. In addition, verticals themselves aren’t static.

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Artificial Inteligence Vertical North America Social Network 60

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

SailPoint also signed a strategic partnership with BMC Software, enabling BMC’s worldwide sales force and distribution partners to resell SailPoint IdentityIQ™ as the identity management component of BMC’s business service management portfolio.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

During these years of study and reflection, he imagined a solution to the housing affordability crisis that has limited access and driven costs upward for millions of families in North America who seek home ownership. Q: Why are Canadian and U.S. markets often inflexible in responding to the housing needs of prospective homebuyers?

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

5) Angel Capital Association - this organization includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America. They fund approximately 800 new companies each year, and manage an ongoing portfolio of more than 5,000 companies throughout North America. Startup Funding'

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

Discounted Tickets As part of their sponsorship, Baseline is offering discounted tickets to their portfolio companies. Discounted Tickets As part of their sponsorship, Baseline is offering discounted tickets to their portfolio companies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

In addition to supporting their portfolio companies in coming to the event, they also have taken the additional step of underwriting a limited number of discounted tickets that are available to the general public. Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Second, a portfolio of investments, even in angel investing, is a great approach. It is based on more than 1,200 exited investments made by angel investors over a 15-year timeframe, collected separately across both North America and England. The piece is thought-provoking and makes several really good points. It is risky.

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

Ben's Blog

JUNE 30, 2011

And before that, Jeff ran eBay North America for five years, where he helped build eBay into the Internet’s leading e-commerce company and led eBay’s successful and transformative acquisitions of PayPal and Half.com.

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Jordan Partner North America Wisconsin 76

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. Of Indie.VC’s portfolio, 60% of investments are not in NY, CA, or MA. The INTRO tool is available to non-portfolio companies as well. Details here.

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios. billion, with 275 million in North America alone (source: Internet World Stats) and an astounding global penetration of 33% of the world’s population.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 275 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America. Of course, there are many more angel investors, often called “super angels,” that have a large following and large reach, so they don’t need any of these organizations to be found.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

VC Adventure

OCTOBER 14, 2020

We’ve kept ourselves intentionally small as a firm so can keep our close connection with our portfolio founders from due diligence, to investment, and throughout the lifecycle of our investments. We invest in companies and funds across North America. Community is one of the driving forces at Foundry Group.

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Networking Technical Review Hiring North America 99

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Annie is interviewed by a16z managing partner, Jeff Jordan, who was previously CEO and then executive chairman of OpenTable, former GM of eBay North America, and much more. Your decisions are a portfolio, because you make many of them in your life. A lot of the people making decisions are making, like, one decision.

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San Antonio Aggregator Jordan Stock 36

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 80 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 500,000 members worldwide, perhaps the largest Angel investment community in the world. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Global 235

Global North America Intellectual Property Marketing 235

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 80 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 200,000 members worldwide. ACA membership includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Chilean billionaire and entrepreneur Isidoro Quiroga has been called South America’s Warren Buffet for his near-perfect investment portfolio and his ability to transform businesses from small firms to global leaders. Quiroga has invested in companies in North America, South America, Europe, and Australia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 240 angel groups and 13,000 individual angels across North America. Of course, there are many more angel investors, often called “super angels,” that have a large following and large reach, so they don’t need any of these organizations to be found.

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Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Plano is home to a new Texas unicorn, Alkami Technologies, a Digital Banking Platform, and a number of corporate headquarters including Capital One Financial Services, Dr. Pepper Snapple, Frito-Lay PepsiCo, Pizza Hut, and Toyota North America. A significant strength of Texas lies in its diversified portfolio of unique cities.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

He's also the founder and host of Traffic and Conversion Summit, the largest digital marketing conference in North America. That year I had three different companies within our portfolio group that all grew enough to hit the ink, 500 or 5,000 lists of those three companies, one of 'em went on to experience really great success.

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Engineer Software Review Operations Founder 71

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2020

We’re looking for someone with the vision, background, experience, and skills to help us form the next chapter for The Foundry Network and to continue to grow and adapt how we work with our ecosystem in ways that support and empower our portfolio of companies and VC funds. We invest in companies and funds across North America.

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Networking Hiring North America Venture Capital 176

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Global 136

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 136