DayOne Ventures
VC Fund
Blacksburg, United States
DayOne Ventures is an invitation-only seed stage investment and mentorship program for technology-based startups. It is housed at the VT KnowledgeWorks Business Acceleration Center, located in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. Each spring DayOne engages with up to three early stage startups through acompetitive evaluation process. Winning teams can receive up to $16,000 to cover personal and business expenses related to participation in the summer mentorship program, plus class A office space and high-speed internet access during their stay. Throughout the summer, each team receives regular mentoring by successful entrepreneurs who have built and sold technology businesses. The program typically begins in late May and concludes in late August. At the end of the summer, each firm has the opportunity to present to potential investors via a demo day event.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries DayOne Ventures invests in
Stages DayOne Ventures invests in
Countries DayOne Ventures invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Retail 1 (50%)
- Shopping 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- E-Commerce 1 (50%)
- Open Source 1 (50%)
Country
- Philippines 1 (50%)
- United States 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Highlight
|
Highlight develops a platform for debugging apps and gives full transparency into the errors, interactions, and performance metrics. They believe that by giving people the best tools to solve customer and engineering issues, they can spend more time building their business, and less time searching through logs, manually trying to reproduce errors,and investing too early in their support processes. | $8M / Seed / Aug 15, 2023 | |
BuiltaMart
|
BuiltaMart offers premium groceries online in Manila. | $3M / Seed / May 02, 2022 |
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FAQ
What does DayOne Ventures invest in?
DayOne Ventures invests primarily in Retail, Shopping and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Philippines. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did DayOne Ventures last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for DayOne Ventures closed in Aug 2023. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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