What we're thinking about

USV Investment Thesis

The core ideas driving USV's investment decisions
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Creative A.I.

Machines that produce art and creative work
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The Blockchain App Stack

An emerging architecture for decentralized applications on the blockchain's shared data layer
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Digital Healthcare

How can the internet improve healthcare?
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The Nomad Stack

Tools for global living.
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Union 2.0 / Benefits 2.0

The right to be represented by a bot: will tomorrow's union be less like an org and more like a data platform?
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Command Line Interfaces

User interfaces in which you simply type what you want
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Regulation 2.0

A model for lightweight, adaptive regulation based on real-time open data
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Universal Basic Income

Unconditional basic income as a way to embrace automation and simplify benefits delivery
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Where protocols come from

How do tech giants agree on when & where to interoperate openly?
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Recent investments

Koko is a social network that actually calms your mind
Seed, 2015
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Simscale is a web-based engineering simulation platform
Series A, 2015
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Quizlet builds simple tools that let you study anything, anywhere
Series A, 2015
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Clue empowers people to understand their fertility through a cycle tracking app
Series A, 2015
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Since 2004, USV has invested in 80+ companies

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Videos and talks

Fireside Chat with USV's Andy Weissman

with Figure1, Toronto, 2016

Albert Wenger - 10 Things You've Always Wanted to Know About the Future of Work

DLD, Munich, 2016

Open Conversations: An Evening with Union Square Ventures

tech openair, Berlin, 2015

Nick Grossman - The Evolution of the Venture

Ouishare Rethink/Remix, Barcelona, 2015

Brittany Gorevic - How to Stop Talking About Diversity and Actually Do Something About it

TechFestNW, Portland, 2015