A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI am in Park City Utah right now so I checked to see what Kickstarter projects were near me and I found this cool carbon fiber guitar project right here in Park City and backed it this morning. Email readers can see the video here . USV TEAM POSTS: […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
The trucking industry is one of the oldest and most interesting in the US. It is also one I’ve always been fascinated by–partly because, for a couple of generations, it was where my family made their living. My paternal great grandfather, David Kaden, started a small trucking business in Perth […] Read more
We are pleased to announce that USV has raised a 2021 Core Fund with commitments of $250 million. This Core Fund will complement our new Climate Fund and existing Opportunity Fund. This will be USV’s seventh early-stage venture fund since the firm was founded in 2003. As before, we continue to […] Read more
Key to addressing the climate crisis is changing the balance in the so-called carbon cycle. At present, every year we are adding roughly 5 gigatons of carbon to the atmosphere*. Since atmospheric carbon acts as a greenhouse gas this increases the energy that’s retained rather than radiated back […] Read more
At USV we describe ourselves as a “thesis-driven venture capital firm.” For our core fund, we have been investing against Thesis 3.0 for some time. Over the last couple of years, we have been developing a separate Climate Thesis, including making investments in companies such as Leap and Wren. We […] Read more
Hannah MurdochMore than ten years ago, USV hosted a small group of educators, entrepreneurs, activists, and investors for a day-long session called Hacking Education. In summarizing that discussion, our partner Brad described the group’s collective optimism about the role technology would play in driving down […] Read more
