By Matt Mandel—Mar 2, 2023

I’m thrilled to be starting at USV as an analyst on our investment team. I’m joining USV from AeroFarms, a startup building vertical farms around the world. During my time there, I wore a bunch of different hats, ranging from working with executives as chief of staff to developing our expansion […] Read more

By Nick Grossman—Feb 27, 2023

I find myself today flying across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, en route to Denver for ETH Denver followed by LA for the Upfront Summit . I often end up writing blog posts on planes — partially because of the large block of unscheduled time, but I think it’s more than that. I think there […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Feb 27, 2023

I saw Dan Primack assert that the venture capitalist’s customer is their limited partners in this tweet about the Citizen app, the recap, and their VCs: Regular reminder that, ultimately, VC funds works for their limited partners, not for their portfolio companies. https://t.co/0uGuk8KUZo — Dan […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Feb 21, 2023

When a new technology comes to market, we often look for “native” applications of that technology. What is a “native” AI application? What is a “native” Web3 application? I have not seen a better articulation of “native” than my partner Albert’s post from 2009 on native mobile applications . He […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Feb 16, 2023

Co-authored by Mona We recently announced that we have started to invest from our second climate fund. Much like our first climate fund this is an early stage fund, making initial investments at the seed and Series A stages. Generally these are companies that have something working, whether it is […] Read more

By Fred Wilson—Feb 14, 2023

First and foremost, this is not tax advice. I am not a tax advisor and you should never take anything you read here as tax advice. If you read something here that makes you think you should take some tax-related action, please always consult your tax advisor. With that disclosure out of the way, I […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)