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Numerai
Andy Weissman – Dec 12, 2016
Today, we're excited to announce that USV is leading the Series A round of financing in Numerai’s management company. Read more
Fat Protocols
Joel Monegro – Aug 8, 2016
Note: see the 2020 follow-up post here: Thin Applications Here's one way to think about the differences between the Internet and the Blockchain. The previous generation of shared protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SMTP, etc.) produced immeasurable amounts of value, but most [...] Read more
Mediachain
Andy Weissman – Jun 1, 2016
"This picture of Justin Bieber getting choked at a nightclub looks like a Renaissance painting" This photograph, and its caption, were posted on Imgur on April 17th. It quickly made it to the front page of Reddit, ultimately garnering over [...] Read more
USV Thesis 2.0
Andy Weissman – Dec 12, 2015
Union Square Ventures has always been a “thesis” driven firm. We maintain specific principles about the internet that guide our investment decisions. While other things like stage and to a lesser extent geography, also matter, our thesis or point of [...] Read more
Introducing OB1
Brad Burnham – Jun 11, 2015
We have said many times that we believe in emergent, decentralized, start-up innovation. Institutions public and private, no matter how well intentioned, tend to protect their institutional interests, whether is it a current revenue stream, or a position of market [...] Read more
Onename
Albert Wenger – Nov 12, 2014
In discussing bitcoin we have always emphasized that payment is only one potential application of blockchain technology. The decentralized public ledger is a new protocol that enables a fundamenatlly new class of systems: logically centralized but with decentralized control. What does that [...] Read more
Bitcoin As Protocol
Albert Wenger – Oct 31, 2013
We owe many of the innovations that we use every day -- from our favorite longstanding websites to the latest mobile applications -- to the existence of underlying highly technical protocols. Endusers don't need to understand these any more than [...] Read more
Coinbase
Fred Wilson – May 8, 2013
We have been thinking about and looking to make an investment in the Bitcoin ecosystem for several years. Today, we are happy to be able to talk about our first investment in the sector. We have made an investment in [...] Read more
Introducing Bug Labs
Brad Burnham – May 9, 2006
The two things we respect most in an entrepreneur are experience and passion. In entrepreneurship, as in life, they do not always go together. So we are thrilled to be working with Peter Semmelhack, the founder of Bug Labs, our [...] Read more