By Fred Wilson—Oct 15, 2018

There is a debate going on about the impact of Facebook, Google, and Amazon’s growing dominance on the consumer internet on the supply of venture capital to entrepreneurs. Facebook funded this report that was published back in July and concluded that “big tech” was not impacting the supply of […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 14, 2018

We checked into a hotel today and next to the desk in our room was a block of USB ports to charge our phones with and a Bluetooth button. I pushed the button and my phone paired with the room. Now I can play music on the sound system in the room with my phone. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 13, 2018

Nadia Boujarwah is the co-founder and CEO of our portfolio company Dia & Co . She dropped by the Gotham Gal’s offices last week and they recorded a conversation about starting an apparel business in the competitive online commerce sector. Here it is: USV TEAM POSTS: Bethany Crystal — October 12, […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—Oct 12, 2018

Nouriel Roubini has done the crypto ecosystem a great service by pulling together pretty much all issues and criticisms in a single document. While he is prone to hyperbole (not unlike some people in crypto) and plays fast and loose with technical issues, everyone who cares about crypto should read […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 11, 2018

I wrote about something called TxTenna back in May. It is a way to move Bitcoin from one wallet to another without needing to be connected to the Internet. Well TxTenna is now live and if you want to see it in action you can try it out by following the instructions here . And […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Oct 10, 2018

Google had its big event yesterday and announced two new Pixel phones, the Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3XL. I’ve been using Google phones for quite a while now, first the Nexus phones and now the Pixel phones. I love my Pixel phone but I will be upgrading shortly, probably to the larger form factor […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)