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Quarantine Creativity
Nick Grossman – Apr 3, 2020
Continuing to look for glimmers of hope and positivity in the middle of this crisis, one area that is for sure glimmering is at-home creativity. I know from seeing the numbers from some of USV’s portfolio companies in the “creator” [...] Read more
The SoundCloud Stimulus Plan
Fred Wilson – Apr 2, 2020
As Billboard is reporting this morning , our portfolio company SoundCloud is putting up $15mm to support it’s creator community in this difficult time for musicians. Musicians can’t tour right now. That’s a huge part of their earnings. Many are [...] Read more
An Emergency Response Startup Story
Fred Wilson – Apr 1, 2020
My friend Matt Blumberg, who ran USV’s former portfolio company Return Path for twenty years before selling it last spring, got a call from Colorado’s Governor Polis two and half weeks ago asking him to fly out and be the [...] Read more