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The crypto markets had a good day yesterday but have been down a lot since peaking in early January. Bitcoin peaked at almost $20,000USD in mid December and has gone down by roughly 60% since then. Ethereum peaked at almost [...]  Read more

On the occasion of our portfolio company Quizlet ‘s announcement of a new round of funding today , I thought I’d talk about what led us to Quizlet and why it is poised to be a game changer in education. Read more

I finally got around to buying the Pixel 2, a phone that several of my USV colleagues have said is the best phone they have owned. It’s too early in my relationship with this phone to comment on whether I [...]  Read more

Syndicating an early stage investment is a time honored practice in the venture capital business. It was extremely common in the VC business in the early 80s when I started. I assume syndicating was a common practice in the early [...]  Read more

Syndicating an early stage investment is a time honored practice in the venture capital business. It was extremely common in the VC business in the early 80s when I started. I assume syndicating was a common practice in the early [...]  Read more

The annual Upfront Summit took place in LA this past week. I attended day two and enjoyed it very much. Prior to the summit, the Upfront team interviewed a bunch of investors in the crypto sector and put together this [...]  Read more

It’s that time again. USV is hiring two analysts, each for a two year rotation . Read more

Yesterday I went to see what the community was talking about and found this at the top of the comment threads: I thought to myself “oh shit, the token scammers have arrived” and immediately deleted those comments and left a [...]  Read more