Venture Capital

Version One Ventures

Version One Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in July 2012 by Boris Wertz and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a partner presence in San Francisco. Run by founding partner Boris Wertz and general partner Angela Tran, the firm backs mission-driven founders who are early in new areas, writing pre-seed and seed checks where it typically leads or co-leads rounds in the roughly $500K-$1.5M range. Version One invests across marketplaces, SaaS, fintech and crypto, AI and automation, robotics and physical AI, deep tech, biology and health, and emerging-market ecosystems including India and Africa. Over more than a decade the firm has grown into a franchise of six funds and backed 100+ companies, with an early-stage track record that includes Coinbase (2021 NASDAQ direct listing), Uniswap, Dapper Labs, Ada, Jobber, Top Hat, and Shippo. In June 2026 the firm closed Version One Fund V ($78M) alongside Opportunities Fund III ($30M) for $108M in combined new capital.

83 portfolio companies 17 publish APIs here 10 properties
Venture CapitalPre-SeedSeedEarly StageMarketplacesFintechCryptoArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsDeep TechHealthCanadaNorth America

Version One Ventures has 83 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 17 (20%) publish APIs indexed here.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are Arweave, Coinbase, Jobber, Uniswap, Filebase.

Portfolio on the Network

Portfolio companies that publish APIs indexed on APIs.io, grouped by their API Evangelist rating. Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Arweave 3 APIs 63.0
Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Coinbase 8 APIs 55.5 Jobber 1 API 54.3 Uniswap 3 APIs 53.4 Filebase 4 APIs 53.2 Ada 6 APIs 51.7 Shippo 1 API 50.3 Clio 3 APIs 49.8 Nexus Mutual 1 API 48.1 Patch 1 API 47.7
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
Tenderly 6 APIs 43.6 SuperRare 5 APIs 36.5 AngelList 1 API 31.5 Unbounce 1 API 30.7
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
Outreach 4 APIs 27.3 Opyn 3 APIs 22.3
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface
Bikky 1 API 13.7

Rest of Portfolio

66 further portfolio companies that don’t yet have a provider page on the network.

Antimatter SystemsApniBusArctus AerospaceBedrock MaterialsBolt.EarthBooster FuelsCalvisCap Hill BrandsCeloClarityCleargraphDapper LabsDefinedDemandstarDinariDollyEnergyBankEther.FiFlowFlurryGencoveGoInstantGridBankGroupthinkGuesserHandUpHeadoutIndiegogoInflection.ioJamJulepKinnekKobaltLolliLoon FinanceMagicBusMattermarkMemoMiradoMoment EnergyNCXNia HealthOptimotivePickle RobotPienzaPlacenotePluto MobilityPreemadonnaQvinRemioReplayScanwellShellworksStacksSwoopTbhTindieTop HatTRIC RoboticsTrimTwenty20UpverterVarageSaleWattpadYaptaZenput

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Everything else declared in apis.yml

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: version-one-ventures
name: Version One Ventures
description: >-
  Version One Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in July 2012 by Boris Wertz and
  headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with a partner presence in San Francisco. Run by
  founding partner Boris Wertz and general partner Angela Tran, the firm backs mission-driven founders who
  are early in new areas, writing pre-seed and seed checks where it typically leads or co-leads rounds in
  the roughly $500K-$1.5M range. Version One invests across marketplaces, SaaS, fintech and crypto, AI and
  automation, robotics and physical AI, deep tech, biology and health, and emerging-market ecosystems
  including India and Africa. Over more than a decade the firm has grown into a franchise of six funds and
  backed 100+ companies, with an early-stage track record that includes Coinbase (2021 NASDAQ direct
  listing), Uniswap, Dapper Labs, Ada, Jobber, Top Hat, and Shippo. In June 2026 the firm closed Version
  One Fund V ($78M) alongside Opportunities Fund III ($30M) for $108M in combined new capital.
image: https://versionone.vc/favicon.ico
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Pre-Seed
  - Seed
  - Early Stage
  - Marketplaces
  - Fintech
  - Crypto
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Robotics
  - Deep Tech
  - Health
  - Canada
  - North America
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://versionone.vc/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://versionone.vc/portfolio/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/version-one-ventures-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://versionone.vc/people/
  - type: Team
    url: team/version-one-ventures-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://versionone.vc/core-beliefs/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://versionone.vc/blog/
  - type: Pitch
    url: https://versionone.vc/startup-handbook/
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/version-one-ventures
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/version-one-ventures
  - type: Features
    data:
      - "Stage: Pre-seed, Seed (early stage)"
      - "Typical check: leads or co-leads ~$500K-$1.5M"
      - "Sectors: marketplaces, SaaS, fintech/crypto, AI, robotics/physical AI, deep tech, biology/health"
      - "Geography: North America, India, Africa (global)"
      - "AUM: franchise of six funds, ~$250M+ historically"
      - "Latest funds: Fund V $78M + Opportunities Fund III $30M ($108M combined, closed June 2026)"
      - "Portfolio: 100+ companies over the firm's history"
      - "Founded: July 2012"
      - "HQ: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (with San Francisco presence)"
    sources:
      - https://versionone.vc/
      - https://versionone.vc/people/
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_One_Ventures
      - https://fundmomentum.vc/blog/version-one-ventures-fund-v-108m-boris-wertz-angela-tran-2026
    updated: '2026-07-17'
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  - FN: Version One Ventures
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