VAS Ventures

company

About

VAS Ventures is an early stage investment fund looking for companies in the mobility, mobile and SaaS space.

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Highlights

Details

Industries
Finance,Financial Services,FinTech,Venture Capital
Founded date
Jan 1, 2017
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
Venture Capital

VAS Ventures is Martin Varsavsky's early stage investment fund. They are looking for companies whose innovative founders think big and are courageous enough to shape the future. Martin is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, professor of entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School and investor.

As a founder, he has built 5 successful companies, Viatel, Jazztel, Ya.com, Fon and Prelude. Viatel, Jazztel, and Ya.com all sold for over $700m. As an investor, he backed fascinating companies such as 23andMe, Eolia, Smarthings, Tumblr and Aura Biosciences.

VAS Ventures’ key for success is offering hands-on mentoring from Martin.

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
2
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VAS Ventures has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 6, 2018, when Ample raised $31M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Aug 6, 2018 Ample
Series A $31M Automotive
Jul 15, 2018 CookUnity
Series A Consumer Applications