| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.11.2025 | Arctus Aerospace secures $2.6 million from Version One Ventures, others | Synopsis
Founded in 2024 by Shreepoorna S Rao at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, Arctus builds unmanned, high-altitude (~45,000 feet) aircrafts. These can carry 250 kg payloads with about five cameras for inspection of oil... |
| 03.11.2025 | Loon: $3 Million Raised For Building Canada’s Regulated Digital Dollar and Acquire CADC Stablecoin | Loon, a Canadian stablecoin company, announced that it has raised $3 million CAD in pre-seed financing to develop a regulated Canadian-dollar-backed stablecoin and acquired the CADC stablecoin from Paytrie. The CADC, launched in 2021, has r... |
| 30.10.2025 | Loon Raises CAD$3M in Pre-Seed Financing | Loon, a Calgary, Canada-based stablecoin company, raised CAD$3m in pre-seed financing.
The pre-seed round was led by Version One Ventures, with participation from Garage Capital and a syndicate of strategic Canadian angel investors.
The com... |
| 22.01.2025 | Moment Energy: $15 Million (Series A) Secured To Build Second-Life Gigafactory In The U.S. | Moment Energy, which is one of North America’s leading EV battery repurposing companies, announced the closing of a $15 million Series A funding round. The Amazon Climate Pledge Fund and Voyager Ventures co-led the funding round. Along with... |
| 16.01.2025 | Moment Energy Raises US$15M in Series A Funding | Moment Energy, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based EV battery repurposing company, raised US$15M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Amazon Climate Pledge Fund and Voyager Ventures with participation from In-Q-Tel (IQT), Version One Venture... |
| 12.02.2023 | 🏙️ More layoffs, but more investment | I’m writing this week’s newsletter from BCIT’s new Tech Collider space in downtown Vancouver, where we’ve hosted some excellent panels in the past (and will be in the future!) Running events is a big part of what we do for you and the tech ... |
| 05.02.2023 | 🏙️ A little mushy, but... | Someone reminded me this week that work (and life) is about the journey, not the destination. But when you’re on that journey, it can sometimes be hard to pause, look at how high you’ve climbed, and take a moment to appreciate the view. I f... |
| 18.12.2022 | 🏙️ Vancouver tech's not done yet | Hands up if you’re still hard at work!
The "let's circle back after the holidays" season might have officially begun, but the Vancouver tech sector missed the memo. It’s been a huge week in news, from the announcement of InBC’s fi... |
| 17.08.2022 | Worth the wait(list) | Good afternoon! Welcome to your Wednesday events briefing. As usual, there is no shortage of opportunities to keep busy or places to get deals done. However, there are two key upcoming events we think you should put on your radar. Check the... |
| 10.08.2022 | You're invited: Boris Wertz on VC's past, present and future | Good afternoon! Welcome to your Wednesday events briefing. As usual, there is no shortage of opportunities to keep busy or places to get deals done. However, there are two key upcoming events we think you should put on your radar. Check the... |
| 19.06.2022 | 📜 Did you make BC Tech's shortlist of top companies? | Juneuary’s downpours might be in full swing, but that hasn’t dampened the amount of tech news we have for you this week — including a deep-dive on the Technology Impact Awards shortlist. Luckily, we’ve heard that the sun is on the horizon, ... |
| 05.12.2021 | 🦄 Meet BC's newest crypto unicorn | Good morning everyone. Welcome to the hundreds of new readers with us this Sunday. You’re invited to join me, the CEO of Visualping and the CTO of Opendoor at the final TechVancouver event of the year. It’s this Wednesday in Yaletown at 6pm... |
| 25.11.2021 | Boris Wertz is bullish on BC climate tech | Boris Wertz was the co-founder of Victoria-based AbeBooks, a marketplace for books that Amazon acquired in 2008. In 2012, he launched Version One Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies. Since Version One’s fo... |
| 26.09.2021 | Strike one, strike two—then this startup was in | Good morning everyone! Have you checked out the weather forecast for this week? In Vancouver, we’re getting rain. A lot of it. So much of it that we’ve decided to change the location for this week’s morning coffee meetup. If you want to joi... |
| 02.08.2021 | Tenderly raises €12.9M Series A to support Ethereum blockchain development | Belgrade, Serbia ~
Company:
Serbia-based Tenderly has just raised €12.8M Series A in a round led by Accel, in order to speed up Ethereum blockchain development, expand its core offering with new tools and services, and grow the team. This w... |
| 30.07.2021 | Ethereum development platform Tenderly raises $15.3 million in Accel led round | Serbian Ethereum blockchain development platform Tenderly has raised $15.3 million in a new funding round led by Accel. The ultimate aim of the service is to lower the barrier of entry to Ethereum-based development. Tenderly’s new funding i... |
| 30.07.2021 | Tenderly raises $15M to assist Ethereum developers deliver decentralized apps faster | Tenderly, a developer platform enabling Ethereum (ETH) programmers to monitor and test the smart contracts that fuel their decentralized apps (dApps), is the latest crypto company to attract venture funders’ interest.
The Serbian startup h... |
| 08.06.2021 | Version One launches $70M Fund IV and $30M Opportunities Fund II | Early-stage investor Version One, which consists of partners Boris Wertz and Angela Tran, has raised its fourth fund, as well as a second opportunity fund specifically dedicated to making follow-on investments. Fund IV pools $70 million fro... |
| 08.06.2021 | Version One Ventures closes $120M in two new funds | This morning, Version One Ventures’ founding partner Boris Wertz announced that his firm closed two new funds worth a combined $120 million: Fund IV ($84 million) and Opportunities Fund II ($36 million).
Version One celebrated its nine-year... |
| 08.06.2021 | Version One raises $100M for two new funds, will continue focusing on Seattle as key geography | Boris Wertz and Angela Tran Kingyens, partners at Version One Ventures. (Version One Ventures Photo)
Version One Ventures has raised $100 million across two new funds: $70 million for its core Fund IV dedicated to pre-seed and seed-stage in... |
| 28.05.2021 | Mike Rowe was on the front page of news sites around the world for standing off against Microsoft. Now he's building 'the front page of decentralized finance' | When it comes to telling Mike Rowe’s story, obviously, he tells it best.
“In January 2004, I was in grade 12 of high school and about to graduate,” he shared in a Reddit AMA.1 “I operated a profitable web design business as a part time job ... |
| 23.05.2021 | For this company, raising money is as easy as Seed-A-B | The Sunday Briefing | Happy long weekend and welcome to the new Vancouver Tech Journal subscribers reading this Sunday. Make sure to stay engaged all week by connecting with us on Twitter, LinkedIn and the 1,000+ member Vancouver Tech club on the Clubhouse iOS/A... |
| 09.05.2021 | Please allow us to reintroduce ourselves | The Sunday Briefing | Good morning and welcome to the new Vancouver Tech Journal subscribers reading this Sunday. Make sure to stay engaged all week by connecting with us on Twitter, LinkedIn and the Vancouver Tech club on the Clubhouse iOS app. If you’re not al... |
| 15.04.2021 | Crazy for crypto — or not: Seattle VCs sound off on tech’s hottest topic following Coinbase IPO | Coinbase is the talk of tech world this week as the cryptocurrency startup went public and its valuation soared to $85 billion. (Coinbase Photo)
Sometimes, making an exception can pay off.
That’s what happened to Version One Ventures, which... |
| 14.04.2021 | Coinbase bet bears fruit for Vancouver investor Version One | Pictured: Coinbase iOs application.
Boris Wertz was the co-founder of Victora-based AbeBooks, a marketplace for books that Amazon acquired in 2008. In 2012, he launched Version One Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stag... |
| 07.04.2021 | Cheatsheet: CVCA spotlights 12 Vancouver VC firms with $2.2 billion in assets | Despite a pandemic, VC investment in 2020 was the second-highest ever, according to the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), with $4.4 billion CAD invested across 509 deals in Canada, second only to 2019.
“The s... |
| 04.04.2021 | How a tech HR leader keeps teams motivated through crises | The Sunday Briefing | Happy Easter and welcome to our new subscribers. Stay engaged this week by connecting with us on Twitter, LinkedIn and the Vancouver Tech club on the Clubhouse app.
If you’re not already on Clubhouse (iOS only) but want to be, please get in... |
| 24.02.2021 | The carbon offset API developer Patch confirms a $4.5 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz | Patch, the carbon offset API developer, has raised $4.5 million in financing to build out its business selling customers a way to calculate their carbon footprint and identify and finance offset projects that capture the equivalent carbon d... |
| 04.02.2021 | Andreessen Horowitz could make the carbon offset API Patch its latest climate bet | The early-stage carbon offset API developer Patch could be another one of Andreessen Horowitz’s early bets on climate tech.
According to several people with knowledge of the investment round, former OpenTable chief executive and current And... |
| 13.12.2020 | Sunday Briefing | #120 | Welcome to this edition of the Vancouver Tech Journal Sunday Briefing, your bi-weekly roundup of Vancouver innovation stories and insights.
Last week, reporters explored the steep drop in local venture financing; the Vancouver company provi... |
| 22.11.2020 | Is It Too Much To Hope For A Future That Gives Us A Real Future? | getty |
| 01.11.2020 | Sunday Briefing | #117 | The Vancouver Tech Journal brings you news, insight, opinions, and the lesser-known stories from Vancouver's innovation ecosystem. It is written by William Johnson, an independent writer, communications advisor, and consultant based in Vanc... |
| 31.05.2020 | The Sunday Briefing | #104 | The Vancouver Tech Journal brings you news, insight, opinions, and the lesser-known stories from Vancouver's innovation ecosystem. This is The Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
Researchers at UBC and Electronic Arts are testing recent advances in art... |
| 15.03.2020 | The Sunday Briefing | #96 | The Vancouver Tech Journal brings you news, insight, opinions, and the lesser-known stories from Vancouver's innovation ecosystem. This is The Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
32 things learned about Shopify and their massive Vancouver expansion. Th... |
| 13.03.2020 | Today in funding: PolicyMe, Version One, WELL Health, ColdBlock | Four Canadian organizations have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from whom, and what they’ll be putting the new funds toward. Version One Ventures closes $25 million for opportu... |
| 11.03.2020 | Celo forms Alliance for Prosperity network to create cryptocurrency for remittances and philanthropy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The Celo Foundation is announcing the Alliance fo... |
| 11.03.2020 | Celo forms Alliance for Prosperity network to create cryptocurrency for remittances and philanthropy | The Celo Foundation is announcing the Alliance for Prosperity, a cryptocurrency network that provides a digital currency for people who can benefit from financial access and inclusion.
The foundation has support from 50 global organizations... |
| 09.03.2020 | Version One Ventures launches $18M ‘Opportunity Fund’ to double down on its portfolio companies | Boris Wertz and Angela Tran Kingyens, partners at Version One Ventures. (Version One Ventures Photo)
Version One Ventures just launched the “Version One Opportunity Fund,” an $18 million ($25 million CAD) investment vehicle that lets the fi... |
| 16.02.2020 | The Sunday Briefing | #92 | The Vancouver Tech Journal spotlights the city's most important technology news and business stories. This is The Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
Photo: @kart_tour / Twitter
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Mario Kart just added Vancouver as a race track location. Oh b... |
| 15.12.2019 | The Sunday Briefing | #86 | The Vancouver Tech Journal spotlights the city's most important technology news and business stories. This is the Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
NEWS
“Those who have been following Vancouver’s tech scene know that the picturesque West Coast city h... |
| 01.12.2019 | The Sunday Briefing | #84 | The Vancouver Tech Journal spotlights the city's most important technology news and business stories. This is the Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
NEWS
Amazon is leasing 1.1 million square feet of space—an entire city block with two office towers—wh... |
| 06.10.2019 | Vancouver Tech Journal | #78 | In this week’s Sunday Briefing, read about why one startup founder moved his company to Vancouver from Silicon Valley; AI companies think the feds need to invest in the local sector; a new Quantum Algorithms Institute in Surrey; a local inv... |
| 09.09.2019 | Vancouver Tech Journal | #74 | In this week’s Sunday Briefing: 8 global tech giants in Vancouver, including Salesforce and Oracle, that we should be talking about; B.C.’s top CTOs; the largest venture-capital investment for a Canadian company since 2000; a CEO’s entrepre... |
| 13.05.2019 | Guesser cierra una ronda semilla de $1,1M, acuden Version One, Compound y Boost VC | 13/05/2019
GUESSER CIERRA UNA RONDA SEMILLA DE $1,1 MILLONES, ACUDEN VERSION ONE, COMPOUND Y BOOST VC.
Guesser ha cerrado una ronda semilla de $1,1 millones a la que han acudido las entidades de capital riesgo (venture capital) norteameri... |
| 01.05.2019 | Cybersecurity startup Kobalt closes $1 million CAD founders round | Cybersecurity startup Kobalt has raised a $1 million CAD founders round, led by its co-founders, Pankaj Agarwal and Boris Wert, as well as Version One Ventures.
“Their expertise, support, wisdom, and energy have been key for us early on in ... |
| 19.12.2018 | Ada raises $19M to expand its customer service chatbot platform | Ada makes artificial intelligence accessible to non-technical customer service teams
I've often said there are two things about adulthood that nobody ever warned me about. First, how much of my life would be spend giving my money to other p... |
| 17.10.2018 | Version One Ventures closes third early-stage fund at $57 mln | - |
| 17.10.2018 | Version One Ventures raises $45M for third fund, keeps close eye on Seattle ecosystem | Boris Wertz and Angela Tran Kingyens, partners at Version One Ventures. (Version One Ventures Photo)
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s the strategy Version One Ventures is employing with its third fund.
The venture capital firm today ... |
| 17.10.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, October 17 | THREE THINGS
Good morning, Term Sheet readers.
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THE PATH TO IPO: The ride-hailing wars are starting to look like a game of chess. When Uber makes a move, Lyft is rea... |
| 16.08.2017 | Blockstack announces $25 million fund to rebuild the internet for a blockchain world | Blockchain startup Blockstack is out to build a decentralized version of the internet, where users own their own data and apps live locally on your device. The idea is to free users from security breaches, platform lock-in, and a loss of co... |
| 16.08.2017 | Blockstack announces $25 million fund to rebuild the internet for a blockchain world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Blockchain startup Blockstack is out to build a d... |
| 20.07.2017 | BVP Leads $2.5M Funding for Ada Support | Ada Support today launched its automated chat platform from stealth and announced it has raised $2.5 million in initial funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Version One Ventures. Ada Support will use the funding ... |
| 20.07.2017 | BVP Leads $2.5M Funding for Ada Support | Ada Support today launched its automated chat platform from stealth and announced it has raised $2.5 million in initial funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Version One Ventures. Ada Support will use the funding ... |
| 06.04.2017 | Canadian SaaS startups, you don’t need U.S. funding | Time and time again, SaaS startups contemplate who they should approach for investment. There’s a general sense in our community that it’s difficult to raise money in Canada. Software startups have this misconception before they do their ow... |
| 06.04.2017 | Canadian SaaS startups, you don’t need U.S. funding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Time and time again, SaaS startups contemplate wh... |
| 01.02.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, February 1 | BLURRED LINES, TRANSITIONS, ACCELERATORS
Oh SNAP: For the rest of the week, the tech press will be hitting refresh on the SEC’s website waiting for the Snap S-1. Today I’ll be doing so from the company’s hometown of Los Angeles, in a room o... |
| 29.09.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: FreshDirect to Expand with $189m PE Deal, European and Argentinian Startups Raise, more | Top funding
FreshDirect, one of the first online grocery delivery services ever, has raised $189 million in private equity capital, 14 years since launching. J.P. Morgan Asset Management led the round, with participation from direct seconda... |
| 18.03.2016 | «Тренд года»: запуск бот-платформы Facebook станет самым громким событием десятилетия
Первые дни мессенджинга как платформы
Большой ботобум
Боты — это новые приложения
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| 17.03.2016 | Facebook’s Messenger Bot Store could be the most important launch since the App Store | Tom Hadfield Contributor
Tom Hadfield is the CEO of Message.io, the bot syndication service backed by Khosla Ventures, Eniac Ventures and Y Combinator.
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Bots that work everywhere
Mobile Messaging Conjures A Com... |
| 01.03.2016 | Getting predictive about politics (and everything else) | David Elkington Contributor
David Elkington is the founder and chief executive of InsideSales.com.
As the polls were closing for the 1948 presidential election between Thomas Dewey and Harry Truman, the Chicago Tribune went to print with th... |
| 13.02.2016 | How To Expand Your Marketplace To LA | Arteen Arabshahi Contributor
Arteen Arabshahi is an early-stage investor at Fika Ventures where he focuses on enterprise software and marketplaces.
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What Los Angeles Is Missing
“The theme of L.A. is diversity.”... |
| 28.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 28, 2016 | Pindrop secured $75M; Farmers Edge received $41.2M; NewVoiceMedia landed $30M new round of funding
Finova Financial, a West Palm Beach, Florida- and San Francisco, CA-based self-proclaimed socially responsible online lender, raised a seed f... |
| 14.11.2015 | Versione One Ventures Publishes Guide to Marketplaces | Version One Ventures, a Palo Alto, CA and Vancouver, BC, Canada-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in consumer internet, SaaS and mobile entrepreneurs throughout North-America, has published “A Guide to Marketplaces“.
Boris We... |
| 15.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 15, 2015 | Quip secured $30M; OpenGov raised $25M; Niantic landed $20M
OpenGov, which allows local governments to bring their data to the cloud, has an additional $25 million, it announced on Thursday The oversubscribed funding round included existing... |
| 24.09.2015 | The Magic Numbers For Startup Health | Dinesh Thiru Contributor
Dinesh Thiru is the vice president of marketing of Udemy.
In this new age of so-called tech “unicorns” and their eye-popping valuations, it’s important to remember that not all revenue is created equal. Indeed, rece... |
| 18.06.2015 | Volley Raises $500K in Seed Funding | Volley, a Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based platform to ask for help and help others online, raised $500k in seed funding.
Version One Ventures made the investment.
The company intends to use the funds to grow and expand its community to other... |
| 26.02.2015 | Twenty20 Raises $8M, Launches Crowdsourced Photo-Licensing Service | Twenty20, the startup formerly known as Instacanvas, today announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A round led by Canaan Partners. With this funding round, Twenty20 has also finalized its transformation from printing service for I... |
| 27.10.2014 | Seattle Roundup: UW Startups, CSE Expansion; New Funding Flows | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Northwest technology companies have racked up more than $67 million in fresh funding over the last two weeks, including investment rounds for Limeade, Acumatica, Urban Airship... |
| 24.10.2014 | Version One Ventures Closes Second Fund at $35M | Version One Ventures, a Palo Alto, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based venture capital firm, has closed its second fund at $35m.
Following on the strategy of the first fund, Version One will continue to invest in early... |
| 24.10.2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 10/24/14 | Moov, Tipalti, Magic Leap, Cazena, Telcare, Xplenty, Flint Mobile, STAQ, Bitnet, Boostable, KnowRe
Seed stage
La Belle Assiette, a French marketplace for private chefs, raised $1.7 million (€1.3 million) from Nicolas Brusson, Thibaud Elzièr... |
| 24.10.2014 | Northleaf provides $10 mln anchor commitment to Version One Ventures II | - |
| 23.10.2014 | Early Stage Investor Version One Ventures Closes $35M Second Fund | The Vancouver-based early stage investment fund Version One Ventures, led by founder and current Andreessen Horowitz board partner Boris Wertz, has closed its second fund of $35 million today. The venture firm, which also has offices in Pal... |
| 23.10.2014 | Version One exceeds target, raises $35 million for second fund | - |
| 09.12.2013 | Toronto’s Figure 1 Raises $2 Million from Version One, Rho Canada | Toronto-based photo sharing service for medical professionals, Figure 1, has raised a $2 million seed round. The app allows health care professionals to upload and share strange, fatal, and sometimes even gruesome images of things that can ... |
| - | Маркетплейсы - особенности бизнес-модели | Все пишут о том, как решить проблему «курица-яйцо», что является основным пунктом выживания маркетплейсов: необходимость привлечь покупателей и продавцов. И я не исключение — расскажу об этом. Но также и о том, какие бизнес модели монетизац... |
| - | Must Reads Of The Week: 6 Articles You Shouldn’t Miss Out On [11 May – 16 May] | We bring to you this week’s must reads, your weekly resource of some of the curated articles from around the webThe Data Used To Evaluate Marketplace Traction
Ever wondered how investors and venture capitalists make decision to invest in st... |
| - | Ethereum development platform Tenderly raises $15.3 million in Accel led round | Serbian Ethereum blockchain development platform Tenderly has raised $15.3 million in a new funding round led by Accel. The ultimate aim of the service is to lower the barrier of entry to Ethereum-based development. Tenderly's new funding i... |
| - | Patru programatori sârbi au obținut o finanțare de 15 milioane dolari, cu implicarea unui român | Un startup din Belgrad, fondat de 4 programatori sârbi, a obținut o finanțare de 15,3 milioane de dolari, condusă de Accel, cu implicarea românului Andrei Brașoveanu, partener în acest fond de investiții american.
Startup-ul Tenderly a fost... |
| - | 55 вещей, которым я научилась, будучи 19-летним венчурным инвестором | 55 вещей, которым я научилась, будучи 19-летним венчурным инвестором
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Павел Красномовец
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Тиффани Жонг в свои 19 лет более года проработала аналитиком фонда Binary Capital, который инвестирует в потребительские ко... |
| - | Breaking Bad стартапера: Периодическая таблица инвесторов-блогеров | Breaking Bad стартапера: Периодическая таблица инвесторов-блогеров
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Майя Яровая
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Сегодня многие венчурные инвесторы и ангелы активно ведут блоги, интернет-страницы или социальные аккаунты. В Украине, например, акт... |
