# v1.vc

> v1.vc is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and SaaS. See 53 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 53
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last fund: Jun 2015
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/v1-vc
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/v1vc
- Website: http://v1.vc

v1.vc is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. V1.VC offers in investing in early-stage internet, B2B software, consumer, financial, crypto, and deep tech businesses. They support aspirational founders as long-term, patient capital partners. Our objective as present and previous operators is to be the investor who is most supportive of a founder.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 26% |
| SaaS | 5 | 9% |
| Internet | 5 | 9% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 9% |

94 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 33 | 62% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 11% |
| Series A | 6 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 3 | 6% |
| Series B | 2 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 39 | 74% |
| India | 2 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bart Lorang | Co-Founder | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-lorang |
| Benny Joseph | Co-Founder & Managing Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benny-joseph |
| Brett Jackson | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-jackson-3 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Throne | Throne is a health company that focuses on individual gut wellness and hydration maintenance. | $10M | Series A | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| Zed Industries | The goal of Zed Industries, a small but dedicated team, is to create the finest text editor possible.Not our first director, Zed. It represents the result of more than ten years of expertise in creating tools for developers. We developed the hackable text editor Atom and the ground-breaking software framework Electron, which gave rise to acompletely new class of desktop applications. The most well-known editors in the world use Tree-sitter, a sophisticated syntax parsing system that we also created. It is ingrained in our DNA to create useful instruments. | $32.4M | Series B | Aug 20, 2025 |  |
| Koobz | Koobz is a consumer products company that designs and manufactures 3D-printed footwear products with automated manufacturing processes. | $7.3M | Seed | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| Throne | Throne is a health company that focuses on individual gut wellness and hydration maintenance. | $4M | Seed | May 22, 2025 |  |
| Mermaid Chart | Building the next generation of smart diagramming for enterprise teams. Easily create and collaborate on complex diagrams from text. | $7.6M | Seed | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| Mermaid Char | Mermaid Chart, founded by Knut Sveidqvist and Open Core Ventures, emerged from the Mermaid open-source project. Lead developers from Mermaid have joined, strengthening the project's connection. Mermaid Chart bolsters open-source Mermaid development, enabling professional usage, while maintaining open-source functionality. It supports Mermaidsignificantly, but also offers commercial services to fund project growth and expand the developer team. | $7.6M | Seed | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| StretchDollar | StretchDollar is an insurance company offering health benefits for small businesses. It provides employees with pre-tax dollars and lets them shop for a plan that fits their needs. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Sep 26, 2023 |  |
| Oyster | Oyster is an AI software company for insurance that connects customers, agencies, and carriers. We're building a new operating system with seamless carrier connectivity and integrated digital workers that autonomously operate across the insurance value chain. To learn more about Oyster, visit www.withoyster.com. | $3.6M | Seed | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Oyster Technologies | Oyster is redesigning personal insurance from the ground up. We are building a modern insurance technology platform for personal insurance, empowering consumers and merchants to complete the entire insurance journey from checkout to claim settlement in a unified platform. Our mission is to modernize the multi-trillion P&C insurance industrywith more transparent and accessible insurance products for everyone. | $3.6M | Seed | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Gently | Gently (fka Wearloom) is the demand layer for secondhand shopping. Secondhand shoppers come to Wearloom to find the best listings from resale sites like Poshmark, Depop, eBay, and more! Wearloom now serves 10,000+ secondhand shoppers everyday. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 26, 2022 |  |

10 of 53 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Notation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notation-capital-2) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Elefund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elefund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does v1.vc invest in?

v1.vc invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 53 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact v1.vc?

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### Who are the partners at v1.vc?

The team at v1.vc includes Bart Lorang (Co-Founder), Benny Joseph (Co-Founder & Managing Director) and Brett Jackson (Co-Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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