# v1.vc: portfolio, investments and team

> v1.vc is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest May 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/v1-vc (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# v1.vc

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Apr 2026, closing $10M. Last cheque observed May 2025.

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VC firm Quiet New fund $9.8M, Apr 2026

Pre-seed Seed Series A AI Deep Tech Software

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Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **532** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$50K – $100K** Rounds led **0 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

Pitch v1.vc

## v1.vc highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> We invest at inception. AI-native software and deep tech. We will lead or follow with $500k - $750k. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $50K – $100K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** AI Deep Tech Software
- **Based in:** Boulder, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2025** 1 round
- **May** **[Throne](https://millionrounds.com/company/throne)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$4.0M** With 10 others
- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Jun** **[GreatHorn](https://millionrounds.com/company/greathorn)** US · FinSMEs **$13M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Sawyer](https://millionrounds.com/company/sawyer)** Series A · US · Edsurge **$10M** With 3 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Aug** **[Radar Relay](https://millionrounds.com/company/radar-relay)** Series A · US · Coindesk **$10M** With 16 others
- **2017** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Clora](https://millionrounds.com/company/clora)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.3M** With 5 others
- **May** **[IronCore](https://millionrounds.com/company/ironcore)** Seed · FinSMEs **$1.5M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named**

BL **Bart Lorang** MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

BV **Benny Venat Joseph** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

BR **Brett Ryan Jackson** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$46M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** V1 Vc, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 281489

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**35** of 51 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$9.8M**

raised in Apr 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$7.0M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $50K – $100K
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** May 2025

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *3*
- Series A said *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies v1.vc put money into.

[**Throne** $4.0M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/throne)[**GreatHorn** $13M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/greathorn)[**Sawyer** $10M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/sawyer)[**Clora** $3.3M · Dec 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/clora)[**IronCore** $1.5M · May 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/ironcore)

## Quick answers about v1.vc

### What does v1.vc invest in?

v1.vc invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Deep Tech and Software.

### How active is v1.vc?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2025.

### What has v1.vc invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Throne (Seed, May 2025), GreatHorn (Undisclosed round, Jun 2019) and Sawyer (Series A, May 2019).

### How big are v1.vc's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.0M. It says it writes cheques of $50K to $100K.

### Does v1.vc lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does v1.vc invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is v1.vc investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in May 2025.

### What kind of investor is v1.vc?

v1.vc is a VC firm based in Boulder, United States.

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