Layers
A central concept on the internet is Layering . Each of the protocols in the internet stack talks to the layer directly above and below it — new protocols can be added as long as they speak the language of [...] Read more
Capitulation?
One of the things I have disliked the most about the crypto sector is the idea that people should “hodl” or “hold on for dear life.” I have written many times here at AVC that one should take profits when [...] Read more
Audio Of The Week: Ryan Selkis On The Messari Project
On this episode of the Epicenter podcast, Ryan Selkis , founder of the Messari project , talks about what they are trying to do with Messari and how it might bring needed transparency and accountability to ICOs and other token [...] Read more
Speech and Power
There is a healthy debate going on now about the role of Twitter, Facebook, and others (Google, Apple, …) with regard to moderating speech on their platforms. Rather than writing something entirely new, I decided to go back and look [...] Read more
Regulating and Legislating Tech and Tech Companies
More and more of the news around tech these days is about the relationship between technology companies and government. That was not the case a decade ago when regulators and elected officials took a largely hands off approach to technology, [...] Read more
Reporting
At USV, we report to our investors on our portfolio and performance four times a year, once a quarter. We produce an audited report once a year, with our Q4 results. We do that in writing and we also do a [...] Read more
USV’s Back to School Reading List
Ever want to know what the team at USV is reading? Check out our summer reading list here! Read more
Analyzing Tools Used by Our Network
We gathered over 450 software tools used across 64 companies, representing approximately 86% of our active portfolio. We began by tagging each tool based on department, the type of tool, and then explored how company size impacted usage. Read more
The Distributed Computing Update
One of the applications of cryptocurrency we continue to be excited about is distributed computing. Before crypto, my laptop couldn’t pay a stranger’s idle server as a thank you for running a machine learning program. Cryptocurrencies finally give us the [...] Read more
