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Healthcare at the Edge
Andy Weissman – Jan 25, 2024
Co-authored with Jared Hecht USV invests at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures, and we believe that healthcare is at a transformational inflection point. At the edge we have a confluence of movements ranging [...] Read more
Investing at the Edge of Large Markets Under Transformative Pressure
Nick Grossman – Jan 23, 2024
Union Square Ventures turns 20 this year. Brad and Fred began to deploy the first USV fund in 2004. The dot com bubble had recently popped, modern smartphones hadn’t been invented, “social media” wasn’t a thing, and the first bitcoin [...] Read more
Weird
Jared Hecht – Jan 10, 2024
The proliferation of generative AI has opened up a brand new frontier of exploration for consumer internet entrepreneurs, particularly those looking to build new types of networks around social media and communications. When we talk about social media as it [...] Read more
Joining Union Square Ventures
Jared Hecht – Jan 4, 2024
I am delighted to share that I have joined USV as a Venture Partner in NYC where I will lead new investments, help to support founders in our portfolio, and work with the USV team as we evolve our thesis. [...] Read more
NFTs Have Evolved, NFTs Endure
Nikhil Raman – Jan 3, 2024
USV started playing with NFTs in 2017. First when Rare Pepes were starting to gain some niche popularity and then again when cryptokitties launched. Shortly after that exploration, we invested in the team behind cryptokitties and wrote: We think digital [...] Read more
Web3 Compensation and Hiring
Matt Cynamon – Dec 21, 2023
This post was co-written with Tom Dils and Calder Zwerling. A version of the post also appears on the Variant website Earlier this year, Variant and USV conducted an extensive web3 compensation survey of our portfolio companies. Our goals were [...] Read more