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Update on 2020 Analyst Recruiting
Gillian Munson – Dec 20, 2019
We are in the final stages of our first cut for our 2020 Analyst Program. The next stage is phone/video interviews for a subset of the applicants. We will be reaching out to those candidates over the next 2 weeks [...] Read more
Hiring New Analysts @ USV
Gillian Munson – Nov 25, 2019
We are excited to announce that we are again recruiting new analysts at USV. As is tradition, analysts at USV join our firm for a two-year “tour of duty,” where they sit on the investment team and work closely with [...] Read more
USV Supports Extended Algorand Vesting Schedule
Albert Wenger – Nov 25, 2019
Earlier this year the Algorand blockchain launched and the Algo started trading. It relatively quickly became evident that there was a large supply-demand imbalance for Algos. This imbalance resulted from the combination of an overly aggressive vesting schedule for Algos [...] Read more
The Education Transformation
Rebecca Kaden – Nov 18, 2019
10 years ago, in March 2009, USV hosted an event called Hacking Education. The team pulled together a group of operators, founders, and investors to talk about how to create transformation in education. Following the event, my partner Brad wrote [...] Read more
Welcoming Arweave To USV
Dani Grant – Nov 5, 2019
We are thrilled to be welcoming the Arweave team to the USV portfolio. Part of USV’s most recent investment thesis is about investing in companies that broaden access to knowledge and Arweave is doing exactly that by building a self-sustaining, [...] Read more
Network Leaders Program
Lauren Young – Nov 1, 2019
Activity led by a Network Leader: Write 3 areas of interest around your face and draw lines to those who share a common interest At USV we believe in the power of network effects. This belief weaves heavily into our [...] Read more