Boris Wertz

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Version One Ventures LLC

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Boris Wertz was the founder of GrowLab Ventures, Inc. (founded in 2011), where he held the title of Principal from 2011 to 2014.
He is also the founder of Foodee Media, Inc. (founded in 2011), Kobalt Security, Inc. (founded in 2018), Just Books.de GmbH (founded in 1999), greatcontent GmbH (founded in 2006), and Version One Ventures LLC (founded in 2012), where he currently holds the title of General Partner.
In addition to his founding positions, Dr. Wertz currently holds the position of Director at Weddingful, Inc., Roost Living, Inc., and Canada Learning Code, Inc.Dr. Wertz has held former positions as Chief Operating Officer & Director at AbeBooks, Inc. from 2003 to 2008, as well as Director roles at TeamPages, Inc., Indochino Apparel, Inc., 6745342 Canada, Inc., Bootup Labs, Inc., Themis Solutions, Inc., and Figure 1, Inc. He also served as Director at Drover Ltd. from 2016 to 2019 and as Lead Independent Director at Ether Capital Corp.
Dr. Wertz has also worked as a Venture Partner at Acton Capital Partners GmbH and as a Board Partner at AH Capital Management LLC.
Dr. Wertz obtained an MBA from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in 1996 and a doctorate in 1999.

Boris Wertz active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Version One Ventures LLC Version One Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Version One Ventures LLC invests in companies located in North America. The firm provides financing for early and late stage opportunities in the fields of digital media, e-commerce, social networks and platforms. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from USD 500k-USD1.5 million. It makes lead or co-lead investments.	Founder	30/06/2012
Weddingful, Inc. Weddingful, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides online marketplace for weddings	Director/Board Member	-
Roost Living, Inc. Roost Living, Inc. Real Estate DevelopmentFinance Rents real estate properties	Director/Board Member	-
Canada Learning Code, Inc. Canada Learning Code, Inc. Publishing: Books/MagazinesConsumer Services Operates as an online learning platform	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Boris Wertz

Companies	Position	End
Drover Ltd. Drover Ltd. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Provides car rental services	Director/Board Member	16/07/2019
Bootup Labs, Inc. Bootup Labs, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Bootup Labs invests in companies located in Canada. They target consumer internet, mobile, gaming and enterprise internet sector. They provide seed capital and make equity investments.	Director/Board Member	30/12/2016
Kobalt Security, Inc. Kobalt Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops and runs cyber security programs	Founder	-
PURPOSE ETHER STAKING CORP. ETF - CAD	Director/Board Member	-
AH Capital Management LLC AH Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Andreessen Horowitz invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on bio + healthcare, consumer & enterprise apps, crypto, fintech and infrastructure sectors. It provides financing for seed, early and growth stage capital requirements.	Director/Board Member	-

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Private companies	21
Just Books.de GmbH Just Books.de GmbH Specialty StoresRetail Trade Sells second-hand and antiquarian books online	Retail Trade
AbeBooks, Inc. AbeBooks, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides online marketplace for books	Technology Services
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
greatcontent GmbH greatcontent GmbH Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates an online portal for the exchange of travel related information	Technology Services
TeamPages, Inc. TeamPages, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Operates as an online tool for parents, coaches and athletes of amateur sports teams	Technology Services
Indochino Apparel, Inc. Indochino Apparel, Inc. Apparel/FootwearConsumer Non-Durables Provides online custom menswear service	Consumer Non-Durables
Version One Ventures LLC Version One Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Version One Ventures LLC invests in companies located in North America. The firm provides financing for early and late stage opportunities in the fields of digital media, e-commerce, social networks and platforms. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from USD 500k-USD1.5 million. It makes lead or co-lead investments.	Finance
6745342 Canada, Inc. 6745342 Canada, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Provides technology media services	Commercial Services
Acton Capital Partners GmbH Acton Capital Partners GmbH Investment ManagersFinance Acton invests in companies located in Europe and Canada. The firm focuses on companies operating in a broad range of sectors. It provides financing for early and growth stage capital requirements with an investment size ranging from EUR 5 - 10 million.	Finance
AH Capital Management LLC AH Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Andreessen Horowitz invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on bio + healthcare, consumer & enterprise apps, crypto, fintech and infrastructure sectors. It provides financing for seed, early and growth stage capital requirements.	Finance
Bootup Labs, Inc. Bootup Labs, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Bootup Labs invests in companies located in Canada. They target consumer internet, mobile, gaming and enterprise internet sector. They provide seed capital and make equity investments.	Finance
GrowLab Ventures, Inc. GrowLab Ventures, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance GrowLab Ventures focuses on early0stage venture capital investments in start-up companies in the information technology and technology services sectors, with emphasis on cloud-based computing and software-as-as service (SaaS) applications.	Finance
Weddingful, Inc. Weddingful, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides online marketplace for weddings	Commercial Services
Themis Solutions, Inc. Themis Solutions, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud-based practice management platform for small and mid-sized law firms	Technology Services
Foodee Media, Inc. Foodee Media, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Provides an online service for the group ordering of food from local restaurants	Technology Services
Figure 1, Inc. Figure 1, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops networking platform for unique peer-to-peer collaboration among healthcare professionals	Technology Services
Drover Ltd. Drover Ltd. Finance/Rental/LeasingFinance Provides car rental services	Finance
Ether Capital Corp. Ether Capital Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides blockchain based decentralized technology and consulting services	Technology Services
Kobalt Security, Inc. Kobalt Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops and runs cyber security programs	Technology Services
Roost Living, Inc. Roost Living, Inc. Real Estate DevelopmentFinance Rents real estate properties	Finance
Canada Learning Code, Inc. Canada Learning Code, Inc. Publishing: Books/MagazinesConsumer Services Operates as an online learning platform	Consumer Services