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 83 publish APIs here 10 properties
Venture CapitalPre-SeedSeedEarly StageMarketplacesFintechCryptoArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsDeep TechHealthCanadaNorth America
Portfolio Strength across 83 profiled portfolio companies on the network
5 top-rated API companies 0 exemplar · 5 strong
14 agent-ready companies 0 agent-native · 14 agent-ready
Average quality of the book:
Composite emerging 21.9
Agent-Readiness human-only 12.1

Firms are ranked by cumulative portfolio strength — how many highly-rated API companies they've backed, weighted by tier across composite quality and agent-readiness. The averages below are a secondary read on the typical company in the book.

Version One Ventures has 83 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 83 (100%) publish APIs indexed here.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are Arweave, Dinari, Coinbase, Uniswap, Shippo.

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 5 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Arweave 7 APIs 58.5 Dinari 10 APIs 57.9 Coinbase 29 APIs 57.6 Uniswap 14 APIs 57.6 Shippo 9 APIs 56.4
Developing 12 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Jobber 1 API 55.9 Jam 1 API 55.4 Defined 1 API 50.9 Gencove 20 APIs 50.4 Ada 13 APIs 49.6 Filebase 15 APIs 49.4 Clio 85 APIs 48.5 Patch 4 APIs 47.4 Inflection.io 4 APIs 46.5 Replay 1 API 44.5 Nexus Mutual 3 APIs 44.2 Indiegogo 2 APIs 43.3
Thin 13 Limited public surface area
Tenderly 6 APIs 39.6 Loon Finance 3 APIs 38.6 SuperRare 10 APIs 37.9 Unbounce 8 APIs 37.1 Julep 12 APIs 36.1 Headout 6 APIs 34.5 Tindie 3 APIs 34.1 Celo 1 API 33.2 Outreach 4 APIs 30.3 Groupthink 1 API 29.5 AngelList 1 API 29.3 Opyn 3 APIs 28.9 Mattermark 2 APIs 28.1
Emerging 14 Early or largely undocumented
Zenput 1 API 23.2 Top Hat 22.5 Flurry 22.3 Flow 19.7 Demandstar 18.9 Wattpad 17.7 Stacks 15.8 HandUp 15.3 Trim 15.2 VarageSale 15.0 Booster Fuels 14.6 Dapper Labs 14.5 Calvis 13.9 Antimatter Systems 13.1
Minimal 39 Almost no public developer surface
Bolt.Earth 11.8 Bikky 1 API 11.6 Lolli 11.2 Qvin 11.2 Kobalt 10.9 NCX 10.5 Mirado 10.2 ApniBus 10.1 MagicBus 10.1 Preemadonna 10.1 Ether.Fi 8.7 TRIC Robotics 8.0 Upverter 7.5 EnergyBank 7.0 Placenote 7.0 Arctus Aerospace 5.9 Moment Energy 5.8 Cleargraph 5.7 Pickle Robot 5.7 Swoop 5.7 Twenty20 5.7 Nia Health 5.4 Bedrock Materials 5.0 Cap Hill Brands 5.0 Clarity 5.0 Dolly 5.0 GoInstant 5.0 Guesser 5.0 Kinnek 5.0 Optimotive 5.0 Pienza 5.0 Pluto Mobility 5.0 Shellworks 5.0 GridBank 4.3 Remio 4.1 Scanwell 4.1 Tbh 4.1 Memo 3.2 Yapta 3.2

Properties

Portfolio

Where the firm publishes its investments

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 InvestmentThesis
InvestmentThesis

Team

Partners and investing staff

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Content

Blog, podcast, newsletter, and research

Blog
Blog

Firm

The firm itself

Website
Website
 Crunchbase
Crunchbase
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other

Everything else declared in apis.yml

Pitch
Pitch

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.
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  label: Unknown
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://versionone.vc/favicon.ico
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tags:
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  - Seed
  - Early Stage
  - Marketplaces
  - Fintech
  - Crypto
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - Robotics
  - Deep Tech
  - Health
  - Canada
  - North America
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  - type: InvestmentThesis
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  - type: Pitch
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  - type: Crunchbase
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  - 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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    url: https://apievangelist.com
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  - FN: Version One Ventures
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