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Five BC-Based Venture Capital Firms Contributing to Canada’s Startup Success

August 31, 2022 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

Here at Techcouver we report daily on news and insight surrounding the technology ecosystems of Vancouver and across British Columbia. As Vancouver’s technology publication of record, we have covered hundreds of startups, including many rounds of venture capital raised. Recent examples include those of construction-tech startup Nexii Building Solutions, SaNOtize R&D, and online motor vehicle marketplace Canada […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Little Green Bamboo Capital, LOI Venture, Mogo Ventures, Rhino Ventures, Version One Ventures

Moment Energy Lands Supply Agreement With Mercedes-Benz For Second-life Batteries

July 6, 2022 by Robert Lewis Leave a Comment

Clean energy startup Moment Energy has established a supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz Energy (MBE) for second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries. This marks the first agreement Mercedes-Benz Energy has signed with a North American second-life energy storage system (ESS) provider. “Together with Moment Energy we will enable sustainable ESS-solutions for North America based on second-life batteries. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Moment Energy, Version One Ventures

Wertz of Wisdom: Version One’s Boris Reflects on 10 Years of Investing

June 22, 2022 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

In the summer of 2012, Boris Wertz proudly announced the launch of Version One Ventures. Fast-forward a decade: he this month celebrated 10 years of venture capital under his brand. Today Version One is a multi-fund franchise funds with investments in several dozen companies and a quarter billion dollars in assets under management. Some of Version […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Version One Ventures

Boris Wertz Celebrates 10 Years of Version One Ventures

June 16, 2022 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

In the summer of 2012, Boris Wertz proudly announced the launch of Version One Ventures. Fast-forward a decade and Wertz is celebrating 10 years of venture capital under his brand. In that time, Version One has grown from a single fund into an entire franchise spanning six different funds, several dozen companies, and a quarter […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dapper Labs, Defined, Moment Energy, Version One Ventures

Boris Wertz Gives Bitcoin to Charity in First Crypto Donation on CanadaHelps Platform

May 18, 2022 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

Canada’s largest platform for donating and fundraising online today announced that it now accepts donations of cryptocurrency in support of any of Canada’s 86,000 registered charities. CanadaHelps says that charities are facing “unprecedented demand and declining donation revenue,” and that the new service is in response to growing interest “from both charities and younger donors.” […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CanadaHelps, CarbonX, Version One Ventures

Moment Energy Raises $3.5 Million To Give Electric Vehicle Batteries A Second Life

November 17, 2021 by Robert Lewis Leave a Comment

Vancouver clean energy startup Moment Energy has raised a $3.5 million seed round of funding led by Vancouver’s Version One Ventures with major involvement from Fika Ventures, Garage Capital and MCJ Collective. Co-founded by four young and diverse entrepreneurs from British Columbia, Moment Energy creates sustainable energy storage systems by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Moment Energy, Version One Ventures

CULT Food Science Announces $1 million CULT PRIZE To Accelerate the Future of Food

November 17, 2021 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Vancouver’s CULT Food Science has officially launched the CULT PRIZE with the goal of accelerating the future of food worldwide. CULT Food Science is an investment platform with an exclusive focus on clean, lab-grown food that is advancing the development of novel technologies to provide a sustainable, environmental, and ethical solution to the global factory […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CULT Food Science, Dorian Banks, Fika Ventures, Garage Capital, MCJ Collective, Version One Ventures

TiE Vancouver Hosts Fireside Chat With Version One’s Boris Wertz

October 26, 2021 by Bulletin Board Leave a Comment

TiE Vancouver is hosting a fireside chat with entrepreneur turned venture Capitalist Boris Wertz on November 24th. In conversation with Maninder Dhaliwal, chair of TiE Vancouver Angels, Wertz will be speaking about building startups and fundraising. Wertz is founding partner of Version One Ventures and one of the top early-stage tech investors in North America. […]

Filed Under: Bulletin Board Tagged With: TiE, TiE Angels Vancouver, Version One Ventures

Dapper Labs Raises $250 Million, Signs LaLiga, And Is Now Valued At $7.6 Billion

September 22, 2021 by Robert Lewis Leave a Comment

Vancouver’s Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot and the Flow blockchain, has raised USD $250 million in new funding. Led by Coatue, the new round brings together existing investors a16z, Google Ventures and Vancouver’s own Version One Ventures with new investors including BOND and GIC. Dapper Labs spun out of startup studio Axoim […]

Filed Under: News, Web3 Tagged With: Dapper Labs, Roham Gharegozlou, Version One Ventures

RBC Launches RBCx to Support Visionary Tech Entrepreneurs

June 15, 2021 by Techcouver Newsdesk Leave a Comment

Royal Bank of Canada has announced the launch of RBCx, a full-service platform to accelerate the entrepreneurial journey at every stage of growth – providing access to capital solutions, innovative products and services, and operational expertise to help technology companies scale. RBCx supports entrepreneurs – from startup to scale up – who are disrupting business models, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: RBC, RBCx, Version One Ventures

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