Joining Union Square Ventures
More than a decade ago, I had the privilege of pitching USV when I was raising capital for the podcasting startup I was building at the time, Anchor. While I dreaded many fundraising pitches, I was excited for this one, [...] Read more
Welcoming Mike Mignano to the USV Partnership
We're thrilled to welcome Mike Mignano to the USV partnership. Mike has been part of the NYC ecosystem and a friend of USV for over a decade. Many of us first got to know him when he was raising capital [...] Read more
Tasklet
Meet the Agents at USV: Arthur, Ellie, Sally, and Friends
There’s a great story in Stewart Brand’s How Buildings Learn about how a temporary wooden structure left over from World War II became one of the most loved buildings at MIT. During the war, MIT needed a new building to [...] Read more
History Rhymes?
It is said that while history doesn’t repeat, it does rhyme. This is a pattern we've observed before in the Internet era. When a novel technology arrives, early infrastructure is controlled (or attempted to be controlled) by a small number [...] Read more
The Future of Programmable Everything Runs on Efficient Energy: Efficient Computer’s Series A
The world is becoming programmable and, increasingly, easy to program. But the underlying and consistent current running through this massive and systemic wave is a need for abundant, efficient energy. The rate of change makes what’s possible feel unbounded but [...] Read more
