Tech-active · Vancouver, BC

Version One Ventures

West Coast seed for mission-driven founders

← Investors in British Columbia
Cheque
$680k to $2M
Role
Can lead a round
Pace
Actively deploying
Kind
Tech-active
Vehicle size
$106M
Founded
2012
Works in
EN
Last deal seen
September 2026
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors
SaaS, Marketplaces and consumer, Web3 and crypto, AI and machine learning, Deeptech and hardware, Climate and energy, Health and biotech, Developer tools and infrastructure

Their thesis, in full

A West Coast pre-seed and seed reference, founded by Boris Wertz and led with Angela Tran from San Francisco and Vancouver. Version One invests in mission-driven founders across AI infrastructure and applications, robotics and physical AI, deep tech and biology, with cheques of $500K to $1.5M as lead or co-lead. The firm closed two new funds in June 2026, Version One Fund V at $78M USD and Opportunities Fund III at $30M USD, continuing the strategy of its earlier vehicles. Track record of early investments in Coinbase, Dapper Labs, Uniswap and Shippo. Built for founders building durable businesses with a global lens from day one, now including India and Africa.

What they bring past the cheque

  • Mission-driven thesis
  • Crypto-native expertise
  • Marketplace playbook
  • Long-tenured investor

Questions they usually ask

Have an answer ready for each one before the first call.

  1. How does Version One define mission-driven for evaluating new founders?
  2. What does post-investment support look like from Boris and Angela in the first year?
  3. How do the main and opportunity funds coordinate on follow-on decisions?

Follow-on

Opportunities Fund III sits alongside the main fund to make follow-on investments in the most promising portfolio companies.

Who to talk to

Portfolio

Names they back, most notable first.

  • Pilot ProtocolSeed · 2026
  • GridBankSeed · 2026
  • SwoopSeed · 2026
  • Pluto MobilitySeed · 2026
  • Arctus AerospacePre-seed · 2025
  • Bolt.EarthSeries A · 2025
  • Dapper LabsSeed · 2018
  • CoinbaseSeries B+ · 2017

Often in the same rounds

Investors seen alongside them in past rounds.

  • Precursor Ventures
  • Night Capital
  • Todd & Rahul's Angel Fund
  • Long Journey
  • Variant
  • Soma Capital
  • Dune

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Checked October 2026 from public sources. source ↗ · Website ↗ · LinkedIn ↗