A historical collection of our writing.
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
Fred WilsonAs we get to that time of the year when we look back and take measure of 2020, it will be one for the ages, and not in a good way. I saw this photo book project on Kickstarter today and thought “it would be good to have this book to remember the early spring […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonDan Frommer , who many of you likely know from his writing at Recode, Quartz, Business Insider and other places on the web, has teamed up with my friends at Coefficient Capital to create a 120 page report called Consumer Trends 2021. Here’s a slide from that report: There is no doubt that 2020 has […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
The Bitcoin whitepaper is now over a decade old and Bitcoin as a system has been up and running continuously since January 3, 2009. Much has happened in the crypto world since then, including of course the launch of Ethereum and more recently a series of new general and specialized basechains […] Read more
Fred WilsonIt’s winter in NYC now and I am reminded of all the apartments the Gotham Gal and I lived in during our 20s and 30s in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The typical heating system was hot water or steam-powered radiators that clanged all night long and had two settings, on and off. Sometimes the handle […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
