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29We’re Bio-Bullish
For over a decade, we’ve been spending time in health and bio. It’s a category we’ve been watching closely. In the early
5/19/2026
Announcing Our Investment in Swoop
We’re excited to share that Swoop has raised $7.3M, with participation from Version One alongside our friends at Long Jo
4/23/2026
Announcing our investment in GridBank
Today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve co-led the $6M seed round of GridBank , a company building the global transa
4/7/2026
Q1 2026 Portfolio in Review
We’re a quarter of the way through 2026, and the V1 family is off to a fast start. Across the portfolio, teams are build
4/2/2026
私たちの思考を定義する5つの投稿
13年以上にわたるブログ投稿の中から、投資哲学の核心を捉えた5つの重要な記事を紹介。新興分野で早期段階にいるミッション志向の創業者への投資に焦点を当てている。
3/2/2026
Pluto Mobility Raises $2 Million in Seed Funding led by Version One - Mercomindia.com
2/20/2026
ラストマイル配送を車両レベルで解決するPlutoへの投資を発表
ラストマイル物流向けに設計された電動三輪配送車両を開発するデリー拠点のPluto Mobilityへの投資を発表。従来のバイクの2倍の積載容量と安定性を提供し、配送効率を大幅に改善する。
2/19/2026
Pluto Mobility raises $2 mn seed round led by Version One Ventures - The Economic Times B2B
2/19/2026
Pluto Mobility raises $2 Mn in seed round - entrackr.com
2/19/2026
Version One leads funding in Pluto Mobility and other India deals - DealStreetAsia
2/19/2026
Pluto Mobility Raises $2 Mn To Launch EV Delivery Vehicles - Inc42
2/19/2026
2025年第4四半期ポートフォリオ振り返り（＋新年おめでとう！）
V1ポートフォリオ企業が2025年Q4に好調な成長を示した。Arctus Aerospaceが自律航空機で260万ドル、Loonがカナダ初の規制対象ステーブルコインで300万ドルを調達。TenderlyのWeb3企業5位ランクイン、Jobberの2025年Rocketship認定などの成果も。
1/5/2026
Top 9 Venture Capital Firms in Vancouver (2026) - Failory
12/22/2025
2025年振り返り
Version Oneにとって2025年は最もエキサイティングな年となり、ロボティクス、ドローン、暗号通貨、ハードウェア分野で9件1600万ドルの新規投資を実行。LPに2500万ドル超を分配し、6週間で2つの新ファンドを組成した。
12/18/2025
Arctus Aerospace投資発表：高高度自律飛行技術の構築
Arctus Aerospaceが260万ドルのプリシード資金調達を実施。リアルタイム地球観測用の高高度自律航空機を開発。45,000フィートで24時間以上飛行し、500平方キロの撮影コストを1万ドルから500ドルに削減。
12/1/2025
Arctus Aerospace secures $2.6 million from Version One Ventures, others - The Economic Times
11/26/2025
Loonへの投資：カナダのデジタルドルの構築
Version OneがカナダのLoon社の300万ドルのプレシード投資を主導。同社は米ドルステーブルコインへの依存を減らすため、カナダ初の規制対象デジタルドルステーブルコイン（CADC）を開発している。
10/27/2025
Loon Raises $3 Million to Build Canada's Regulated Digital Dollar; Acquires CADC Stablecoin - PR Newswire
10/27/2025
Loon Raises $3 Million to Launch Regulated Canadian Stablecoin - Calgary.Tech
10/27/2025
2025年第3四半期ポートフォリオレビュー
V1が2025年第3四半期のポートフォリオハイライトをレビュー。TRIC Roboticsの500万ドル調達、Uniswapの記録的取引高、Ether.fiとJamの新製品リリース、Jobber、Dinariなどの企業アップデートを紹介。
10/7/2025
ChatGPT誕生から3年：AI技術の現在地
ChatGPT登場から3年、超知能への進歩は予想より緩やか。LLMの改善は段階的となり、多様なアプリケーションとスタートアップに機会をもたらす断片化した市場環境が形成されている。
8/26/2025
TRIC Robotics Clinches $5.5M to Scale UV Automation for Sustainable Strawberry Farming - Global AgInvesting
8/14/2025
TRIC Robotics への投資を発表 – 害虫・病害防除の自動化
投資会社がTRIC Roboticsの500万ドルのシード資金調達ラウンドを主導。同社は化学農薬に代わりUV光を使用する大型農業ロボットを開発し、イチゴ栽培でのオーガニック認証機会を創出。
7/23/2025
2025年第2四半期ポートフォリオレビュー
2025年第2四半期の主要な成果とマイルストーンを振り返るポートフォリオレビュー。CoinbaseのUSDC決済ソリューション、新アプリのローンチ、資金調達ラウンド、各ポートフォリオ企業の製品アップデートなどを紹介。
6/30/2025
Boris Wertz thinks science is the new moat for Canadian tech - BetaKit
6/24/2025
Wertz of Wisdom: Version One’s Boris Reflects on 10 Years of Investing - techcouver.com
6/22/2022
Version One Ventures raises $100 million USD for two new funds - BetaKit
6/8/2021
Boris Wertz’s Version One Ventures wins big as Coinbase shares soar in debut - The Globe and Mail
4/14/2021
Version One Ventures raises $45M for third fund, keeps close eye on Seattle ecosystem - GeekWire
10/17/2018
投資シグナル
18Biology is becoming more engineerable through AI and biotech tooling, representing a Version One moment where the intersection of deep science and AI creates a significant investable opportunity.
Launching a special investment vehicle led by a former bio founder to back earliest-stage biotinkerers working through scientific and technical risk.
Ideal biotech founders are deeply technical but not traditionally trained in biology, bring outsider perspectives enabled by AI, collaborate with world-class scientists, and focus on commercializing existing research through creative regulatory paths.
Invested in four stealth-mode biotech companies spanning protein modeling, phage technology, AI cell design, and immune system mapping platforms.
AI and biotech tooling advances have compressed development cycles and enabled a new generation of technical founders to solve long-standing biology problems, making biotech investable at scale.
V1 is backing second-life EV battery storage solutions, with Moment Energy recognized as Global Cleantech 100 leader.
V1 is invested in composable DeFi infrastructure and stablecoins gaining scale, with MetaMask-Uniswap integration and Loon's CADC surpassing $300M volume.
V1 is focused on AI-native infrastructure and tools that integrate more context into AI-driven workflows for productivity gains.
Neo Financial raised nearly $70M in equity, moving toward a securitization model typical of major banks.
Shellworks raised $15M Series A to build compostable, biomass-based packaging solutions as plastic alternatives.
V1 led Pluto Mobility's seed round for delivery-grade electric vehicles designed for last-mile logistics.
Physical AI and real-time authentic content sourcing represent emerging market opportunities with enterprises seeking authentic data from real-world sources.
Belief that foundational infrastructure companies for real-world data and physical AI represent significant market opportunities and category-defining investments.
Co-led $6M seed round in GridBank, a company building transaction infrastructure for real-world data capture and monetization via smartphones.
Africa has the potential to produce the next generation of global platform companies, representing a significant investment opportunity for venture capital firms.
Africa processes $18T in digital payments annually with >10% year-over-year growth, but the market remains fragmented with unsolved distribution challenges, creating an opening for platform consolidation.
Africa's digital economy is shifting from fragmented single-purpose fintech tools toward integrated platforms bundling payments, commerce, and services, mirroring the WeChat/Grab model in Asia.
Version One invested in Swoop, a super-app for Africa offering payments, food delivery, and ecommerce. The company raised $7.3M and is expanding from Eswatini to Lagos, Nigeria.