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The Historic Fund
Samson Mesele – Jun 4, 2023
We are proud to announce our participation in the Historic Fund, a new initiative supporting HBCUs in the United States. We have invited a number of HBCUs to be limited partners in venture capital funds without having to invest their [...] Read more
Joining the Venture Climate Alliance
Samson Mesele – Apr 25, 2023
At USV we intend to make a meaningful contribution to solving the climate crisis. In addition to making investments from our climate funds, we are committing to track, reduce and offset emissions at both the USV and portfolio levels. To [...] Read more
USV 2022 Climate Fund
Samson Mesele – Dec 9, 2022
We are pleased to announce that we have raised a new $200M Climate Fund. This is our second climate fund dedicated to investing in mitigation for and adaptation to climate change. Given the state of the climate crisis and the [...] Read more
USV 2022 Funds
Samson Mesele – Apr 28, 2022
Co-authored with Andy Weissman We are pleased to announce that we have raised two new funds: a $275M Core Fund and a $350M Opportunity Fund. The new funds will be our eighth early stage fund and our fourth opportunity fund, [...] Read more
Joining Union Square Ventures
Samson Mesele – Apr 28, 2021
I am delighted to join Union Square Ventures as General Counsel. I am joining the team at an exciting moment. We are pursuing many complex investments across our web and mobile, crypto and climate platforms; our team is thinking hard [...] Read more