Union Square Ventures Fund V

Union Square Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

United States

Countries of investment

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B

Industries

Technology
AI
Robotics
Energy
Consumer Products
Fintech
Biotechnology
Web3
Blockchain

About
Union Square Ventures is a venture Capital firm based in New York City. The firm focuses on investing at the edge of large markets that are undergoing transformation due to technological and societal influences. Notable for its strategic investments in the Technology sector, Union Square Ventures has a history of supporting innovative and high growth startups.

Min check size: $500K
Max check size: $10M
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Investment Thesis

Union Square Ventures invests at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures.

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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2003 in New York by Fred Wilson (in venture capital since 1987, founded Flatiron Partners, engineering degree from MIT and MBA from Wharton) and Brad Burnham. Partners are Andy Weissman, Brad Burnham, Fred Wilson, John Buttrick, Michael Mignano, Nick Grossman, and Rebecca Kaden, with Nikhil Raman as Investment Partner, Jared Hecht as Venture Partner, and Scott Belsky as Product Partner. Has raised 14 funds across three strategies since 2004, writing checks of $1M to $30M, with a $275M last core fund. Early backers of Etsy, Stripe, Coinbase, Twilio, Tumblr, Kickstarter, MongoDB, Cloudflare, Duolingo, and Carta. Based at 817 Broadway in New York and invests globally. A generalist investor that revisits its theses every ten years.