Version One Ventures
versionone.vc · Company blog · on HN since 2014
Version One Ventures is a venture capital firm that publishes startup advice, marketplace guides, and posts on distributed teams and crypto.
What HN saysHN links it for its Startup Handbook, which was offered as an ePub and PDF. Commenters also discuss the firm's crypto investment decisions.
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EGreg · 2018-06-17
I also didn’t understand this.
I had a lot of respect for AH and USV. In particular I know some of the folks at USV. But some of their decisions astound me. When they invested in Crypto Kitties and Fred posted about it, I felt they jumped the shark.
I remember how $31M was poured into a startup called Color a few years back, only for the startup to go belly up a month later. Meanwhile they don’t even take a meeting with something far more promising, sometimes. I feel I will never understand the VC mindset.
For what it’s worth, here are their perfunctory rationales:
https://versionone.vc/announcing-our-investment-in-cryptokitties-the-w…
http://www.usv.com/blog/cryptokitties-1
akingyens · 2019-11-26
Just fixed the PDF so should work now -fingers crossed-
http://versionone.vc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Version-One-Startup-Ha…