Joining Union Square Ventures
I am delighted to announce that I have joined Union Square Ventures partnership. What started a few months ago as a catch up breakfast with my friend Andy Weissman, became a series of conversations...
View ArticleFree Learning
There is an aptitude test that measures creativity by asking people to name use cases for objects such as a paper clip. People who score in the genius category not only come up with many use cases for...
View ArticleCarta Act III
In October 2014 we were fortunate to lead the Series A financing in a company then called eshares. At that point the company was offering cap table management services for private companies in the...
View ArticleLearning & Development at USV
A few years ago, in a survey of 500+ employees across USV portfolio companies, we were surprised to see questions about best practices in management and leadership bubbling to the top. When we asked...
View ArticleSofar
At a Sofar, you are sitting on the floor in a room full of mostly strangers, listening to artists you’ve never heard of, perhaps in a city you’ve never been to before, and yet it’s possible to feel...
View ArticleEducation By The Numbers
We have been spending a fair bit of time thinking about education in the US and wanted to share some of what we’ve learned so far. Below is a deck with some of the data we’ve come across, and broadly...
View ArticleWelcoming Outschool to USV
Welcoming Outschool to USV In the last 25 years, the growth and increased convenience of commercial internet has fundamentally changed how we live most aspects of our lives. It has created new ways for...
View ArticleSimulmedia
Those of you who have followed our history may remember that it was a shared angel investment in Dave Morgan’s pioneering Internet advertising company, TACODA, that led to the formation of Union Square...
View ArticleHelium
One of the pillars of USV’s investment thesis 3.0 is “broadening access to capital”, and we often get asked what we mean by that. While “capital” includes financial capital, we have always meant it...
View ArticleWhy USV is Joining the Libra Association
A new blockchain & cryptocurrency project, Libra, was announced today. Libra has been incubated by Facebook. USV will be one of the founding members of the governing body, the Libra Association....
View ArticlegoTenna Series C
We are excited that Founders Fund has led a Series C financing for goTenna. It is a recognition of the tremendous progress the company has made in serving the communication needs of first responders...
View ArticleAlgorand Launch
Today marks a big milestone for the Algorand Core Team and Algorand Foundation. They conducted the first on-chain Algorand auction and it came off without a hitch. It took a lot to get here and so:...
View ArticleOtis
Museums are a wonderful way to see art and to make art accessible to the public. On the opposite spectrum of accessibility are private collections, locked away in the homes, or sometimes simply the...
View ArticleBlockstack Reg A Token Sale
Our portfolio company Blockstack is the first company to have received qualification from the SEC to sell a crypto token in an offering to the general public. The Reg A Stacks token sale is now live...
View ArticleAnnouncing Abridge
White walls. You’re sitting on the hospital bed with that paper crinkling under you every time you shift around. It’s harder to focus on what the doctor is saying. The doctor just said the words “blood...
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