since Apple Computer was founded in the iconic Palo Alto garage.

V1 is a hub for imagining, strategizing and building businesses. Founded by serial entrepreneur Cyrus Radfar, the founding engineer of AddThis, which was sold to Oracle in 2016, V1 inspires and advises companies that require new solutions to grow and diversify their risk. V1 works with existing companies to create new business lines which, once established, can be integrated back into the parent company.

We’ve developed a formula for helping shape new, scalable businesses. We work with companies to identify their strengths and learn from their weaknesses, with an eye toward helping them keep their competitive edge. V1 currently focuses on partners in the insurance, financial services, energy, raw materials, transport, manufacturing and media industries.

In terms of education, V1 offers curriculum to new and existing innovation groups to help keep them cutting edge. V1 can also guide corporate development teams through the transitions associated with making an acquisition, including helping support a buyer’s technical and business infrastructure as the target company’s team shifts and reshapes.

V1 is creating a community around ideas and a culture that cultivates them into scalable businesses. We’re looking forward to you helping us make it even better.

Everyone that we work with and partner with is required to share our values.

We believe:

- Take action: To build tomorrow, you must take a step today.

- Be fearless: The only true failure is the failure to learn.

- Create space for yourself: A healthy mind and body drive powerful ideas.

- Create space for others: We are defined by who we help.

- Don’t compete—transcend: We live in a world of abundance, not scarcity.

- The status quo isn’t final: Dogma arises from fear and insecurity.

- Listen more: Empathy is a muscle that requires exercise.

- Perspectives polish new ideas: Inclusion creates a larger creative canvas.