Global Portfolio Technical Review Valuation 
VC Cafe
JANUARY 24, 2021
Covid-19 accelerated the adoption of entertainment tech, gaming and commerce. The move to remote work forced quick adoption of cloud technology and tools that were once having difficulties selling to large corporates, saw explosive growth – from Zoom to Hopin, new unicorns were born in record time. 2020… where to start?
Version One Ventures
DECEMBER 14, 2021
2021 might be remembered as the year the world started to fully embrace the opportunity that the technology sector has to offer… . Round sizes increased significantly across all stages, as did valuations. The incredible pace of the start-up market in 2021 is also reflected in the Version One portfolio: .
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Version One Ventures
JULY 2, 2019
We welcomed Dolly (same -day retail delivery service) to our portfolio, after participating in a $7.5m And last but not least, we announced our investment in Celo , an open-sourced crypto-powered global payment platform. valuation – the first Version One unicorn! Welcome to the V1 family! Happy Summer to everyone!
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 27, 2014
I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition).
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. But the biggest changes in our industry have been driven by technical changes themselves to which we are just observers and fortunate beneficiaries.
Haystack
DECEMBER 29, 2018
It’s that time of year, time to look back and reflect on the most significant storylines in the tech, startup, and VC world. Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. 5/ Early Effects Of The Softbank Effect.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2016
I still generally advise software startups to file a patent as a barrier to entry from competitors and to increase their valuation by investors, but every entrepreneur needs to understand the tradeoffs. Every business is global, but patent rules differ around the world. That’s more than a lifetime in today’s technology.
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