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Version One Ventures is a
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-based, early-stage venture capital firm founded by Boris WertzDarrell Etheringto
"Early Stage Investor Version One Ventures Closes $35M Second Fund"
"TechCrunch", 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
and run by him and his investing partner Angela Tran. The company provides investments to startups, primarily in
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industries.Michael Carne
"Vancouver's Version One Ventures raises $35M to double down on its nomadic, cross-boarder early stage practice"
"Pando"
Mr. Wertz raised his first, $18.7-million fund from outside investors in 2012. In October 2014, Version One announced the launch of their second fund ($35 Million) with Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund and BDC Capital as the two anchor LPs.Jeff Petlan
"Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund commits $10 million to leading Canadian seed and early-stage fund manager Version One Ventures"
"Northleaf," 2014.
Up to this point, Version One Ventures has made investments in many companies including
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, Mattermark,
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Company history

Version One Ventures was founded in July 2012.


Boris Wertz

Boris Wertz started as an
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in 1999 founding the German company Just Books. This company was later purchased by Amazon.com in 2008 (a company Wertz couldn't compete with)."Boris Wertz of Version One Ventures on Staying Small for Bigger Returns"
"Wall Street Journal"
which spurred Wertz to make the transition from entrepreneur to investor. He has now been an investor for approximately seven years,"Why Version One founder Boris Wertz tells Canadian entrepreneurs to look abroad"
"Canadian Business," 2014.
and was a board partner for the firm
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based in
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. He has been publicly recognized for his entrepreneurial achievements.


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Further reading

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