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Boris Wertz

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Boris Wertz is the founder of version one ventures, an early-stage fund that has made over 35 investments in consumer internet, SaaS and mobile companies across North-America. Previously, Boris was the Chief Operating Officer of AbeBooks.com, the world’s largest marketplace for new, used and rare and out-of print books which got sold to Amazon in 2008. Boris joined the company in 2002 after JustBooks, the German company he co-founded in 1999, was acquired by AbeBooks. Boris successfully finished his PhD as well as his graduate studies at the Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU), Koblenz, majoring in Business Economics / Business Management. Current investments include Chloe & Isabel, Edmodo, Flurry, GoInstant (sold to Salesforce), Indiegogo, Indochino, Julep, Sparkbuy (sold to Google), Suite101, Top Hat Monocle, Wattpad and Yapta.

Recent Milestones

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  Boris Wertz added a position as founder & general partner at Version One Ventures. (7/18/12)
  Posted 7/18/12 at 3:58pm
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  Boris Wertz invested in Octopusapp. (2/23/12)
  Posted 2/24/12 at 11:08am via venturebeat.com
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Co-founder at Growlab Ventures . (5/26/11)
  Posted 6/17/11 at 4:57pm
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  Boris Wertz invested in Summify. (3/30/11)
  Posted 4/14/11 at 9:02pm via techcrunch.com
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  Boris Wertz invested in Empire Avenue. (8/12/10)
  Posted 8/12/10 at 1:07pm via techcrunch.com
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Empire Avenue. (8/12/10)
  Posted 8/12/10 at 8:50am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Bootup Labs. (8/12/10)
  Posted 8/12/10 at 8:50am
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  Boris Wertz — Invested in Empire Avenue (8/12/10)
  Posted 8/12/10 at 8:54am via techcrunch.com
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Board Member at Bootup Labs. (4/20/10)
  Posted 11/28/09 at 6:03am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Investor at Weddingful. (1/12/10)
  Posted 8/12/10 at 8:50am
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  Boris Wertz invested in Vivity Labs. (1/1/08)
  Posted 4/7/08 at 4:44pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Founder and CEO at W Media Ventures. (11/1/07)
  Posted 12/12/09 at 5:21pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Founder at W Media Ventures. (11/1/07)
  Posted 5/30/08 at 9:25pm
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Co-Founder at JustBooks.
  Posted 8/1/08 at 10:16am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Director at Suite101.
  Posted 8/1/08 at 10:20am
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  Boris Wertz added a position as Chairman at Nexopia.
  Posted 8/1/08 at 10:20am

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Empire Avenue Lands $200K For Stock Market To Measure Social Influence (techcrunch.com) [edit]
1. Manage your service business with Jobber (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Techcrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Empire Avenue Lands $200K For Stock Market To Measure Social Influence (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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