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Announcing our participation in Nexus Mutual, a people-powered alternative to insurance

We are very excited to announce our participation in Nexus, an Ethereum-based insurance mutual.

Oct 3, 2019

Announcing our participation in Nexus Mutual, a people-powered alternative to insurance

Oct 3, 2019

Boris Wertz

Seven years into Fund I: charting the return multiples

We raised our first fund in summer 2012. It was a $15m early-stage fund that we invested in 20 portfolio companies over the course of two…

Jul 30, 2019

Seven years into Fund I: charting the return multiples

Jul 30, 2019

Boris Wertz

The increased risk profile of start-ups

Start-ups, by definition, are risky. But traditionally, start-ups have looked for the least risky position in the value chain. And for…

Mar 6, 2019

Mar 6, 2019

Boris Wertz

So you just raised your A round, now what?

Last week, we kicked off a blog series to help founders determine their company’s core priorities and strategies at each stage of the…

Dec 6, 2018

Dec 6, 2018

Boris Wertz

So you just raised your seed round, now what?

At V1, we have had the privilege to sit on many of our portfolio companies’ boards from (pre-)seed to Series B (and beyond). We have seen…

Nov 28, 2018

Nov 28, 2018

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Announcing Version One Fund III

We are very happy to announce the launch of Version One Ventures III with $45M USD ($57M CAD) in commitments. With Fund III, we’re…

Oct 17, 2018

Oct 17, 2018

Boris Wertz

Scaling from maker to manager

A few weeks ago I shared some important leadership lessons from Stewart Butterfield, including investing in your own growth to make sure…

Sep 25, 2018

Sep 25, 2018

Boris Wertz

Three leadership lessons from Slack’s Stewart Butterfield

Last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down for an intimate fireside chat with Slack’s Stewart Butterfield as he was honoured with C100’s…

Aug 28, 2018

Aug 28, 2018

Boris Wertz

A few take-aways from the Augur prediction market

I’ve always thought that the concept of a decentralized prediction market like Augur or Gnosis is one of the most interesting and…

Aug 14, 2018

Aug 14, 2018

Boris Wertz

Changing the narrative on distributed teams in Silicon Valley

The predominant narrative among Silicon Valley start-ups has been: don’t open a second office until you have reached 100+ employees. Yes…

Aug 7, 2018

Aug 7, 2018

Boris Wertz

Boris Wertz

Entrepreneur turned investor. Co-founder AbeBooks (sold to Amazon), early-stage investor through @versiononevc, board partner @a16z. Husband and dad of 4.

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