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CrowdRise
Fred Wilson – Apr 21, 2014
In November 2010 my friend Shana Fisher sent me an email suggesting I meet Edward Norton about his crowdfunding site for charities, called CrowdRise. I was pretty dismissive in my response to Shana. I told her that USV was “all [...] Read more
When did America become too afraid to explore a frontier?
Brad Burnham – Feb 27, 2014
America's idea of itself is inextricably tied to the opening of the American West. In the 19th century America embraced the entrepreneurs, and rugged individuals who sought to reinvent themselves by going west. Joe Manchin seems to have forgotten who [...] Read more
A VC: Sidecar
Fred Wilson – Feb 19, 2014
Announcing the investment in Sidecar that USV made last summer Read more
CloudFlare
Brad Burnham – Dec 17, 2013
Joi Ito likes to say the Internet is a belief system. At Union Square Ventures, we believe in the Internet. We spend a lot of time thinking about how the Internet enables young companies to radically transform markets. We try [...] Read more
Human Dx
Albert Wenger – Nov 14, 2013
One of the amazing things that the Internet has given us is the ability for people all over the world to collaborate. At times we use this for silliness (supercuts of animal videos on YouTube) and at other times to [...] Read more
Bitcoin As Protocol
Albert Wenger – Oct 31, 2013
We owe many of the innovations that we use every day -- from our favorite longstanding websites to the latest mobile applications -- to the existence of underlying highly technical protocols. Endusers don't need to understand these any more than [...] Read more