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2018: Year in review and a look ahead

Version One Ventures

We’re focused on vertically integrated startups that empower consumers and companies to collect health data easily and affordably, to become a “biobank” where this data can power personalized recommendations. For example, Coinbase raised its Series E this quarter. Bio/healthcare.

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The challenge facing Bitcoin start-ups

Version One Ventures

Once implemented, the blockchain might be able to disrupt many verticals that are built around managing the transfer of ownership by replacing a centralized approach with a decentralized (and hence usually more efficient) approach. This is partly due to the fact that. And the real opportunity might even lie in completely new use cases.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. I wanted [a term for] something similar (between debt and equity) but on an extremely small scale.”.

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All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces

abovethecrowd.com

At Uber, the system has “perfect” information in an industry where just two years ago there was a complete lack of visibility (on both sides of the network) that led to enormous waste of resources. OpenTable recently passed 10 million diners a month with less than 20% of transactions in North America currently online.

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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy

abovethecrowd.com

eBay recently launched an aggressive campaign attacking Amazon’s rate table on a vertical-by-vertical basis ( those percentages can be found here ). These reasons are likely behind the struggles in GroupOn’s core Daily Deals business ( North America Third Party Revenue is down in Q4 both YOY and QOQ ).

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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

Richard: We have the largest network of on-demand CPAs in the world, and when you do that you can do a variety of work, get it done relatively quickly and for less money than compared to traditional tax-shops and CPA firms, and you do it virtually. Magazine’ Inc. TSM: How is Taxfyle impacting the world and your clients?

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Is social dead?

Version One Ventures

At Version One, we’ve centered our investment thesis around companies that leverage network effects. Social platforms can have incredibly strong network effects, but we’ve been relatively quiet on the subject. The fact is that strong network effects make it hard to unseat the incumbents. And, we’re not alone.