When was One Way Ventures founded?

One Way Ventures was founded in 2017.

Where is One Way Ventures' headquarters located?

One Way Ventures' headquarters is located in Boston ( United States ).

How big is One Way Ventures' investment team?

One Way Ventures has a team of 15, including 4 partners.

How many companies has One Way Ventures invested in?

One Way Ventures has invested in 69 companies, including Brex & Chipper Cash.

Which companies has One Way Ventures invested in lately?

Qashio & Qashio are the latest investments by One Way Ventures.

What sectors does One Way Ventures focus on for investments?

Top sectors in One Way Ventures' portfolio are Enterprise Applications (29 investments) and High Tech (22 investments).

What stages of companies does One Way Ventures typically invest in?

One Way Ventures primarily invests in Seed and Series A stages.

How many exits has One Way Ventures been involved in?

One Way Ventures' portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 5 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in One Way Ventures' portfolio?

There is 1 unicorn in One Way Ventures' portfolio.

One Way Ventures - 2025 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends - Tracxn

1. Brex

SaaS-driven credit card and spend management solutions platform for businesses. It offers corporate cards for credit lines and corporate lab expenses. It enables corporates to link credit cards, bank accounts, payments, and accounting for expense management. Its feature includes cash management accounts, credit card controls, expense tracking, and virtual accounts. Its app is available on iOS and Android devices.

Key facts about Brex

Founded Year: 2017
Location: Draper (United States)
Valuation: $12.3B as on Oct 22, 2021
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $1.2B
Investors: Bank of America, Credit Suisse and 58 Others
Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jan 13, 2025, $235M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. Chipper Cash

Cross-border remittance platform for individuals. It enables users to connect multiple mobile money accounts to the wallet and use the wallet to transfer money globally. The application is available on iOS and Android platforms.

Key facts about Chipper Cash

Founded Year: 2018
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Annual Revenue: $5M - $25M
Valuation: $1.25B as on Dec 07, 2022
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $305M
Employee Count: 13 as on Dec 31, 2020
Investors: TeleSoft Partners, Bezos Expeditions and 38 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 02, 2021, $150M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. Preply

Preply is an online marketplace for tutoring on language learning. Tutoring is offered for learning English, French, Spanish, Chinese, German, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, etc languages. Allows students to book tutors based on preference and tutor's qualification. Conducts tutoring via Skype.

Key facts about Preply

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Brookline (United States)
Valuation: $273B as on Jan 22, 2025
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $171M
Investors: EBRD, Point Nine and 34 Others
Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jul 19, 2023
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Wire

Cloud-based unified collaboration management software provider. It offers voice calling and one-to-one or group messaging. Users can also share pictures, Soundcloud music, and Youtube videos. Wire users on the web will be able to create and leave group conversations, as well as block users. The app is available on Android and iOS platforms.

Key facts about Wire

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Berlin (Germany)
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $54.7M
Investors: Cipio Partners, Marbruck Investments and 6 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 12, 2022, $24.8M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

5. Buddy

AI-based English learning solution for kids. It enables learning spoken English using voices. It also enables learning and using vocabulary, improving pronunciation, and practicing real English dialogues. It provides a personal English tutor, gamified learning solution, and learning curriculum. Its app is available for Android and iOS devices.

Key facts about Buddy

Founded Year: 2016
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $16.1M
Investors: Evolution VC Partners, Ergos and 11 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 31, 2024, $11.1M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

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One Way Ventures has invested in 69 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2024, it made 3 investments, while as of May 2025, it has made 2 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Impilo and most recent follow-on round was in Qashio.

Here are One Way Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2025 (YTD)	0	2	2
2024	3	0	3
2023	5	3	8
2022	4	0	4
2021	11	6	17
2020	8	0	8
2019	4	0	4
2018	6	0	6

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One Way Ventures has made 27 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $6.07M, 8 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.2M, 5 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $23.7M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $100M.

Here are One Way Ventures' investments by stage:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	27
Series A	8
Series B	5
Series C	1

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One Way Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer, FinTech and Transportation and Logistics Tech. Notably, it has invested in 59 Tech companies, 41 Software companies, 39 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 24 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).

Here are One Way Ventures' investments by sector:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	22
High Tech	13
Consumer	10
FinTech	5
Transportation and Logistics Tech	5
Others	46

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One Way Ventures has made most investments in United States (31), followed by Canada where it has made 2 investments.

Here are One Way Ventures' investments by geography:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Country	No. of Investments
United States	31
Canada	2
Israel	2
China	1
Germany	1
Others	4

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One Way Ventures has made 2 investments in 2025 so far - Qashio and Qashio.

Here are the most recent investments by One Way Ventures:

Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
May 28, 2025	Qashio	United Arab Emirates	Conventional Debt	Undisclosed	Rocketship [+2]
May 28, 2025	Qashio	United Arab Emirates	Series A	$19.8M	Rocketship [+2]
Nov 14, 2024	Impilo	United States	Series A	$11.5M	Construct Capital [+2]
Oct 31, 2024	Buddy	United States	Seed	$11.1M	BITKRAFT Ventures [+4]
Apr 09, 2024	Bite	United States	Series A	$9M	Staley Capital Management [+3]

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One Way Ventures has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Chipper Cash. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Chipper Cash which became a unicorn in 2021.

Here is a list of unicorns in One Way Ventures' portfolio:

Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
72	Chipper Cash	Cross-border remittance platform for individuals	2018	FinTech	San Francisco	Series C	jsz{gyg

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1 of One Way Ventures' portfolio company became public - Momentus Space. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Aug 2020.

Here are One Way Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:

Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Momentus Space	Aug 14, 2020	Nov 14, 2018	Seed	$8.3M

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5 companies from One Way Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were ClassTag in Aug 2023 by SchoolStatus.

Here are One Way Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
ClassTag	Aug 16, 2023	Feb 04, 2019	Seed	$2M
Legalpad	Aug 04, 2022	Oct 09, 2019	Seed	$2M
Tone	Jun 09, 2021	-	-	-
Kenzie	Mar 09, 2021	-	-	-
Airfox	May 22, 2020	-	-	-

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One Way Ventures has a team of 15 members including 4 Partners, 3 Venture Partners and 3 Principals located in United States, Canada and 2 more locations. One Way Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.

Here is a list of top team members in One Way Ventures:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact details
Eugene Malobrodsky	Partner	Mountain View	-	-
Semyon Dukach	Partner	Boston	-	1 Email
Lex Zhao	Partner	Boston	-	1 Email
Leonardo Arango	Partner	Denver	-	-
Nadia Asoyan	Venture Partner	San Francisco	-	-
Philippe Kalaf	Venture Partner	Montreal	-	1 Email
Masha Levin	Venture Partner	New London	-	-
Vital Laptenok	Principal	Kyiv	IntellectoKids	3 Emails
Dmitriy Peregudov	Principal	Boston	-	-
Janeesa Hollingshea	Principal	Chicago	-	-
Nicole Glaros	Advisor	Boulder	-	-

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Over the past 7 years, 348 investors have co-invested in One Way Ventures's portfolio companies.

Invested before One Way Ventures: Techstars, Y Combinator and 48 others have invested in rounds before One Way Ventures. There are 4 companies where Techstars has invested before One Way Ventures and 2 companies where Y Combinator has invested before One Way Ventures.
Top Co-investors of One Way Ventures: 180 investors entered a company along with One Way Ventures. These include investors like Y Combinator (4 companies).
Invested after One Way Ventures: A total of 118 investors have invested in One Way Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Gaingels (2 companies), Contour Venture Partners (2 companies) and FTX (1 company).