Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 18, 2012

In today’s web landscape, word of mouth drives adoption and can lead to “winner takes all” (or almost all) in both B2C and B2B markets. Let’s take my own portfolio as an example. To my knowledge, only 4 out of my 35 portfolio companies have filed for patents. The same logic holds true for most acquiring companies.

IP 163

IP Technical Review B2C Social Network 163

View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

Cofounder 194

Cofounder Software Review Portfolio Technical Review 194

Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2024

Dinari launched its B2B API and managed account services. The program starts April 8. You can apply here. Filebase launched the Filebase Content Delivery Network , a CDN specifically optimized for IPFS content delivery.

Software Review 81

Software Review Portfolio San Francisco API 81

YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

Go B2B… 2C. Before leaving GE Healthcare in late 2010 to start Caremerge, Asif was responsible for a portfolio of healthcare products generating $140 million annually with over 3000 customers (Hospitals and large centers) worldwide. The ability to create a new niche segment within an industry is very attractive to investors.

Security 200

Security Incubator Technical Review Bootstrapping 200

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio. AWS Marketplace Startup Program – the ‘app store’ for B2B startups who are interested to sell their product to AWS customers. Some of the past participants in the AWS Builder Space program in Israel (Disclosure: Novos is a Remagine Ventures portfolio company).

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. We invest nationally across Consumer and B2B, with most of our investments are based in NYC, SF/Bay Area, and Boston.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. We invest nationally across Consumer and B2B, while most of our investments are based in NYC, SF/Bay Area, and Boston.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

And even as the markets have turned, we continue to be confident that significant value creation is ahead for our portfolio companies that are still experiencing efficient hypergrowth like Attentive, Grove Collaborative, Whoop, Bobbie, Devoted Health, and others. In terms of strategy, many things remain the same.

Cofounder 156

Cofounder San Francisco Portfolio Limited Partner 156

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. More than 40% of B2B transactions in the US, which is roughly a $25 trillion market , are still made with paper checks compared to 5-7% for consumers.

Israel 62

Israel B2B Cloud Europe 62

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

B2B – cloud services, online meetings, virtual workforce management, collaboration tools. They may have seen new ideas from other companies in their portfolio so be open to additional suggestions. Are there parts of your supply chain that can be repurposed? What about parts of your manufacturing lines?

South Korea 334

South Korea Salary Business Model China 334

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Think of your first B2B web site as one step beyond your elevator pitch. Invest an hour a week looking at competitors’ web sites or viewing web designers’ portfolios. Advisors agree your startup is on the right track. Now is the time to get your web site up. It’s the first place a potential customer will go to check you out.

Elevator Pitch 100

Elevator Pitch Web Portfolio B2B 100

VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios. AI to build enterprise software – In the future, every enterprise could have their own custom ERP, CRM or HRIS that is continually updating itself as the company itself is changing.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The pressure to protect portfolio startups seen as potential fund returners will be profound. portfolio values on paper that will likely be marked down and not be returned. Beyond that fortunate group, the funding situation will be less secure. The later the stage, the bigger the impact.

Founder 173

Founder Technical Review Down Round Liquidation Preference 173

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

However, it is important to check the portfolio of the program and see how many companies from your industry have participated. On the other hand, if the program’s portfolio demonstrates that they worked with quite a few companies in your field, you are good to go. Contact accelerator staff. It was all hypothetical.

Programming 124

Programming Chile B2B B2C 124

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

I’m not the first person to describe this trend, and my prior background has been primarily as a consumer web guy more than in B2B companies. 3) UI/UX Matters in B2B - For decades, B2B application developers could skimp on innovating in the presentation layer. RentJuice is doing much the same in real estate software.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It starts with having the right data in the system,” noted Kamil Rextin, who wrote about B2B attribution. For B2B marketers, demand generation tactics—no matter how well targeted—fail if they focus exclusively on how a product or service benefits the prospect alone. Data types are important. Strategies are based on bad data.

Demand 132

Demand Vertical Campaign Channel 132

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 19, 2025

How to Outrank Big Competitors in Search written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Sam Dunning In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interviewed Sam Dunning, founder of Breaking B2B, an SEO firm specializing in SEO for revenuenot vanity metrics. So Sam, welcome to the show.

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Search SEO ChatGPT Technical Review 44

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Look for VC portfolios that have a lot of “like” companies (B2B, B2C, media, tech, etc.). The better your business and the more exciting the space you’re trying to tackle…the more investors you’ll find circling around you. Here are a few tips for ending up with the best long-term partner as an investor.

Valuation 133

Valuation Term Sheet B2C Security 133

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list. I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel.

Software Review 109

Software Review Israel B2C Open Source 109

Version One Ventures

JUNE 16, 2020

We recently wrote that B2B marketplaces need to nail four things : aggregate product catalogs, automate procurement processes, increase trust/social proof, and integrate with key services in the ecosystem.

Government 125

Government Seattle Software Review Aggregator 125

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

If you do, tread lightly and—like any good investor—make the targeting of startups less than 10% of your overall marketing and sales portfolio. If you’re a business owner looking to target startups: don’t. Spend your time on businesses that have budgets and the ability to feed your own operations into growth mode. Conclusion.

Sweat Equity 107

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 107

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. It sounds simple; however, very few asset managers actually do it.”

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We realized that there were certain open positions in our portfolio we wanted to call extra attention to. A week or so ago, we launched the Key Hire Wire at First Round. Over 1,000 senior professionals have since signed up for the mailer, which goes out on Fridays. I tried to make it a little more entertaining than your average job RSS feed.

Part-Time VPE 92

Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Engineer Sales 92

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Here are some of the most memorable highlights for us in 2015: New portfolio companies. This year, we welcomed five new companies to the Version One portfolio: Headout : an on-demand marketplace for tours, activities and experiences. Portfolio Summary and Investment Focus. eSports, and virtual reality. .

Artificial Inteligence 60

Artificial Inteligence Portfolio Seattle B2B 60

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

The outcome in either scenario is a restructuring of the organization that is exquisitely geared towards taking advantage of portfolio optimization. You can even get great first-step guidance about how to rebalance your portfolio from that last column. Related implications of what you want to do in-house vs. out source to an Agency.

Channel 162

Channel Analytics Campaign Conversion 162

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

So yeah, I, there there's some confusion around these terms, partner, marketing partnership, marketing affiliate market, and you have influencer and B2B. So I just consider affiliate marketing, part of this greater ecosystem of partnership marketing now, which includes influencer and B2B and aspects of business development.

Marketing 99

Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 99

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2013

Find More Customers for Your B2B SaaS Product with These 5 Distribution Hacks – [link]. Responsive Freelance Portfolio Designs | Web Design Mash – [link]. Your startup’s advantage is tempo | by Chris Yeh – [link]. Mobile traction is getting harder, not easier. Here’s why – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 8, 2019

Q4 was an important quarter for our firm and portfolio companies. Karthik Sridharan, founder of Kinnek , wrote a great article on Medium on what they’ve learned from building the largest North American B2B marketplace. Follow @VersionOneVC for the latest news from us and our portfolio! Announcements.

Portfolio 139

Portfolio Los Angeles B2B Acquisition 139

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. We’re not mainly for B2B companies or later stage companies or anything like that. We kind of bring it all together.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Teach your company to optimize their digital strategy for a portfolio of outcomes, macro plus micro. Bonus : Learn more about macro and micro conversions as they apply to a B2B company , Texas Instruments, and a technical support site.]. #5: But don't stop there. Make sure you report your micro-conversion rate as well.

Analytics 156

Analytics Marketing Social Media Technical Review 156

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Sablotsky continued her professional career as Vice-President of Portfolio Development for Jacobs Investments, LLC. Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in Israel.

Founder 91

Founder Israel Miami Cofounder 91

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

But B2B startups need to take a different tack. We invest in internet enabled companies at NextView and our portfolio is roughly equally split between consumer and B2B businesses. Arguably revenue is the best signal of product-market fit for B2B startups.

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Revenue Product B2B Marketing 234

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

If you do, tread lightly and—like any good investor—make the targeting of startups less than 10% of your overall marketing and sales portfolio. What Startup Advisors Should Do If you’re a business owner looking to target startups: don’t. In some cases, finding a serviceable niche among startup businesses can be very lucrative.

Sweat Equity 78

Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

9) Accelerate portfolio company value. See Beyond the Money: Best Practices of Venture Capitalists in Helping Early-Stage Companies Create Value and It’s the People: Improving Private Equity Portfolio Company Valuations by Working with Operating Executives.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

9) Accelerate portfolio company value. See Beyond the Money: Best Practices of Venture Capitalists in Helping Early-Stage Companies Create Value and It’s the People: Improving Private Equity Portfolio Company Valuations by Working with Operating Executives.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Recently, we looked at our own portfolio at NextView Ventures to dig a little deeper on how startups actually raise that next round of financing. in our portfolio. For B2B startups especially, this is the best signal of product-market fit – a sign that the company is investable. The mean Series A size was $5.2M.

Syndicate 333

Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Startup 333

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 1) Market fund.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60