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Oct 3, 2019

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.

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

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Jul 30, 2019

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…

Seven years into Fund I: charting the return multiples

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Mar 6, 2019

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…

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Dec 6, 2018

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…

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Nov 28, 2018

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…

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Oct 17, 2018

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…

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Sep 25, 2018

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…

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Aug 28, 2018

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…

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Aug 14, 2018

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…

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Aug 7, 2018

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…

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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