VC  Union Square Ventures

https://www.usv.com/





     Office Locations:

915 Broadway, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-994-7880
Fax: 212-994-7399

 

Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Communications & Networking
  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • Media & Digital Media
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Founded in 2003, Union Square Ventures is a stage agnostic venture capital firm based in New York City. The partnership manages over $1B across six funds. The firm invests in young companies that use information technology in innovative ways to create high growth business opportunities in the Media, Marketing, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and Healthcare industries. Union Square has been directly involved in the development of 40 companies and, through prior firms, participated in the launch of over 120 companies. Union Square will consider investing in companies that need $250,000 to test an idea, or $25,000,000 to buy an undervalued asset.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Albert Wenger Partner
    Andy Weissman Partner
    Brad Burnham Partner
    Fred Wilson Partner
    John Buttrick Partner

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      03/26/2024


      Viam


      NY


      $45,000,000


      Series B


      02/23/2024


      Abridge


      PA


      $150,000,000


      Series C


      10/04/2023


      Blackbird Labs


      NY


      $24,000,000


      Series A


      09/28/2023


      Slope


      CA


      $30,000,000


      


      09/05/2023


      PayJoy


      CA


      $360,000,000


      Venture Debt & Equity


      08/21/2023


      Ghost B2B


      CA


      $30,000,000


      Series B


      07/19/2023


      Karat Financial


      CA


      $70,000,000


      Series B


      05/19/2023


      Odyssey


      CO


      $15,000,000


      Series A


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Abridge


      AdaptiveBlue D/B/A GetGlue
        web link


      Algofi
        web link


      Algorand
        web link


      Amino
        web link


      Amino Apps
        web link


      Anthro Energy
        web link


      Assembly


      Blackbird Labs
        web link


      C2FO


      Casetext


      CircleUp


      Clarifai
        web link


      CloudFlare
        web link


      Codeacademy


      Codecademy
        web link


      Coinbase


      CoverWallet
        web link


      Covestor
        web link


      David Energy
        web link


      Dia&Co
        web link


      Duolingo


      Dwolla


      Edmodo
        web link


      Etsy
        web link


      Fiveable
        web link


      Flurry


      Funding Circle
        web link


      Ghost B2B
        web link


      goTenna


      Justworks
        web link


      Karat Financial
        web link


      Kitchensurfing
        web link


      Koko


      Modern Fertility
        web link


      MongoDB


      Nurx
        web link


      Odyssey
        web link


      Outschool
        web link


      Patch Homes
        web link


      PayJoy


      Pollenware (C2FO)
        web link


      Possible Finance
        web link


      Quizlet


      RealtyShares
        web link


      Science Exchange
        web link


      Shapeways
        web link


      Shippo
        web link


      SideCar Technologies
        web link


      Sift Science
        web link


      SigFig
        web link


      Simulmedia
        web link


      Skillshare
        web link


      Slope


      SmartHop


      Sofar Ocean
        web link


      Splice


      Stack Exchange
        web link


      Stack Overflow


      Stash


      Upgrade
        web link


      Veniam
        web link


      VHX
        web link


      Viam
        web link


      Wattpad


      Work Market
        web link


      YieldMo


      YouNow
        web link


      Zemanta
        web link


     

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