A historical collection of our writing.
Over five years ago USV launched its first “Opportunity Fund” – a pool of capital meant as a complement to the core activities of our early stage funds. A few years thereafter, in 2014, we raised a second Opportunity Fund. Both of those funds have been continuously active. In light of making our […] Read more
When you wake up in the morning You’ll have a brand new feeling And you’ll find yourself healing -Daniel Johnston The nature of the way we interact – or desire to interact – with medicine and our medical care is starting to change fundamentally. This is less about the unbundling of medicine (which […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
“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 5,000 comments. As the picture made its way through my […] Read more
If I gave you my love, I tell you what I’d do I’d expect a whole lot of love out of you – Al Green Smart people believe that messenger type interfaces and associated “bots” will become a primary way people access new services going forward. We at USV certainly find truth in that, see […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
This dynamic – with incumbents making what appear to be aggressive, risky and expensive moves and at the same time new entrants chipping away at the margins and edges – is also being replicated in other industries. […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
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 view is the primary thing that guides our […] Read more
