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The Historic Fund

Samson Mesele

Samson Mesele – Jun 4, 2023

We are proud to announce our participation in the Historic Fund, a new initiative supporting HBCUs in the United States. We have invited a number of HBCUs to be limited partners in venture capital funds without having to invest their [...]  Read more

Joining the Venture Climate Alliance

Samson Mesele

Samson Mesele – Apr 25, 2023

At USV we intend to make a meaningful contribution to solving the climate crisis. In addition to making investments from our climate funds, we are committing to track, reduce and offset emissions at both the USV and portfolio levels. To [...]  Read more

USV 2022 Climate Fund

Samson Mesele

Samson Mesele – Dec 9, 2022

We are pleased to announce that we have raised a new $200M Climate Fund. This is our second climate fund dedicated to investing in mitigation for and adaptation to climate change. Given the state of the climate crisis and the [...]  Read more

USV 2022 Funds

Samson Mesele

Samson Mesele – Apr 28, 2022

Co-authored with Andy Weissman We are pleased to announce that we have raised two new funds: a $275M Core Fund and a $350M Opportunity Fund. The new funds will be our eighth early stage fund and our fourth opportunity fund, [...]  Read more

Joining Union Square Ventures

Samson Mesele

Samson Mesele – Apr 28, 2021

I am delighted to join Union Square Ventures as General Counsel. I am joining the team at an exciting moment. We are pursuing many complex investments across our web and mobile, crypto and climate platforms; our team is thinking hard [...]  Read more