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Version One Ventures
Venture capital firm · Founded 2012 · Active in 2026
Version One Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Canada, founded in 2012. The page below shows 12 Power Law outcomes from Version One Ventures's portfolio — 12 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).
Outcomes are concentrated in Other B2B Software · Marketing · Fintech; top portfolio geographies are USA · Canada. Version One ranks #296 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.
Version One’s biggest exits.
Version One portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.
Version One’s selected top holdings.
An estimate of Version One’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 2 companies where Version One is a named shareholder, worth about $63M in estimated equity value.
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1
Shippo
4.5%
$1.0B
$45M
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2
Dapper Labs
3.5%
$500M
$18M
Estimated value = Version One’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
The 12 Version One Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).
Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.
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USA7
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Canada5
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Other B2B Software3
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Marketing3
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Fintech2
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Transportation1
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Cybersecurity1
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Edtech1
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AI1
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Series B+7
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Series A1
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Seed4
Version One's 12 Power Law outcomes.
How does Version One stack up?
Version One in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.
Share of new unicorns per year
% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicornsStage focus
Companies by entry stage and outcome tierSector focus
Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectorsWhere Version One's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.
21 founders across the 12 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Stanford University and Apple are the deepest single pipelines.
Key people at Version One.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Version One Ventures
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Version One on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
In the news
Latest news about Version One Ventures
Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Version One — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.
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