Version One

Version One is an early-stage venture fund, also called Version One Ventures. It invests in mission-driven founders who are early in new areas, often before the product or category is clear. It has been investing for over a decade.

What Version One offers

• Earliest-stage investment — support from day one for founders defining new markets.
• Founder resources — a set of e-books distilled from its investing experience, including a start-up handbook.
• Investment commentary — posts on topics such as funding announcements, enterprise SaaS opportunities and founder intuition.

Who it works with

Founders of ambitious technology companies. Featured names include Coinbase, Ada, Shippo and Headout, with recent investments in Rio Health, Pilot and Mowito, a physical AI company for robot arms in manufacturing.

Key facts

• Stage: earliest-stage venture
• Experience: more than ten years of investing
• Recent areas: health, AI agents and industrial robotics