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Q2 2019 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities

Version One Ventures

We welcomed Dolly (same -day retail delivery service) to our portfolio, after participating in a $7.5m We also invested in Guesser whose mission is to make prediction markets more accessible to mainstream users. Ada , a market leader in automated customer experience , launched Ada Glass. Welcome to the V1 family!

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Growth Funds Shed Rose-tinted glasses

Lightspeed Venture Partners

in India and Southeast Asia since 2008, with 11 unicorns in its portfolio. Partner Dev Khare shares optimism for the Indian market due to technological advancements. Lightspeed India is a VC fund investing $1.5B

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Where are all of the VCs in Asia?

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FinTech and Forex – A Match Made in Heaven

The Startup Magazine

The connection between Forex and technology is an obvious one. Because of the characteristics of currency trading, it’s normal to assume that technology can help investors perfect their strategies and make the most of the money they put in this trading method. However, traders in Asia and Africa are quickly coming from behind.

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The state of COVID-19 testing

Version One Ventures

I’ve been working closely with our portfolio company Scanwell Health who made a very important announcement last Friday about their work on at-home coronavirus testing. As such, I have received countless questions on COVID-19 diagnostics and thought it would be helpful to provide a high-level overview on the latest testing technology. .

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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation. Monday, January 14 th : Technology Investing – 3-4:30 PM, NYU Wagner at 295 Lafayette Street (Puck Building ). You can view the slides from this presentation here .

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Market Size. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital.

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