Version One Ventures
also referred to as: version one
12 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 21, 2015 by Angela Tran Kingyens · said 20 times in 5 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Harry Stebbings (17), Boris Wertz (3)
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2018 4 mentions in 1 episode
2016 8 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
- 20VC: When To Transition From Growth to Profitability & The KPI's of The On Demand Economy with Frank Mycroft @ Booster Fuels
- 20VC: What Makes A Great marketplace Founder, The Key Metrics Marketplace Success Is Centred On & 3 Ways To Prove To Investors You Are A Domain Expert with Karthik Sridharan, Founder & CEO @ Kinnek
- 20VC: a16z's Balaji Srinivasan on Why There Is A Financial Incentive For Truth In VC & Why The Best VCs Invest In Founder To Make Them Richer Than Themselves
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
Everything said about Version One Ventures, oldest first
May 21, 2015 bearish
May 21, 2015
Tran King-Yens: Warm intros are the best way to reach VCs
“The best way to interact with a VC or get that introduction from a VC is to get a warm intro from a mutual contact, whether that contact is another entrepreneur or a, an investor. And the reason for this is because, you know, investors are just They're overwhe…”
May 21, 2015
Tran King-Yens: Startups should choose hub locations based on their industry
“I would argue that if you were in, in entertainment, you might want to consider LA. If you were in, in the life sciences, you might want to consider Boston. If you are in, in media and ad tech or something or other, you might want to consider New York for that…”
May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015
Tran King-Yens: VCs are most involved in the first 18-24 months
“So at version one, we know that The first 18 to 24 months after we invest are probably the most important time, so we try to be as involved as possible, and this means we talk to our founders, you know, anywhere from two to three times a month, but of course w…”
May 25, 2015 neutral
Dec 28, 2015 positive
Wertz: Content strategy forces VC learning and efficiently educates founders
“You know, when we put out content either in the form of blog posts or kind of a book like that, we're always thinking about three things. The first one is by writing content and thinking through a specific question that we have in our head. We learn a lot. And…”
Dec 28, 2015 neutral
May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 bullish
Boris Wertz: Version One invested in Coinbase's Series D funding round
“So he invested in Coinbase late last year. And you know, as you know, this was a series D, so it's a little bit later than we usually invest in, but we really thought that Coinbase can be one of these iconic companies of the crypto ages, and you know, we're in…”
May 14, 2018