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Shippo and the Power of Abstraction: Introducing USPS ePostage
Albert Wenger – Jan 12, 2017
Our portfolio company Shippo today announced that it is now providing all customers with access to the United States Postal Service ePostage program. Shippo is the first company to have received such a license from the USPS since 1999. But [...] Read more
Digital Currency for Virtual Worlds
Jacqueline Garavente – Jan 9, 2017
In Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel, Snow Crash, we were introduced to the concept of a Metaverse, the 3d mixed reality heir to the Internet marked by a convergence of the physical and virtual worlds. Technologists have been trying to bring [...] Read more
Blockstack Funding
Albert Wenger – Jan 6, 2017
We are excited to announce follow-on funding in our portfolio company Blockstack. Read more
Numerai
Andy Weissman – Dec 12, 2016
Today, we're excited to announce that USV is leading the Series A round of financing in Numerai’s management company. Read more
Sharing Holiday Specials from the USV Network
Bethany Crystal – Dec 1, 2016
USV network companies: Let us know if you’d like us to include your holiday offer in this list!The potential of digital network effects has been crucial to our investment thesis from day one. As an extension of this thesis, we [...] Read more
Nurx
Andy Weissman – Oct 24, 2016
Nurx is a service that today prescribes and delivers medication from a mobile app and in doing so is redefining the doctor-patient relationship and the practice of primary care. We are announcing today that USV had led the company's latest round of financing. Read more