Union Square Ventures

aid: union-square-ventures
name: Union Square Ventures
description: >-
  Union Square Ventures (USV) is a thesis-driven, early-stage venture capital
  firm founded in 2003 by Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham and headquartered at 817
  Broadway in New York City. USV invests at the edge of large markets being
  transformed by technological and societal pressures, historically backing
  large networks of engaged users that are differentiated through user
  experience and defensible through network effects, and more recently companies
  that broaden access to knowledge, capital, and well-being. The firm invests
  primarily at Seed and Series A across three strategies — a Core fund, a
  Climate fund, and an Opportunity (later-stage) fund — with check sizes
  typically ranging from roughly $1M at seed to the low-to-mid single-digit
  millions at Series A. USV runs a small, collegial partnership and focuses on
  social media, marketplaces, developer tools, learning/education, health,
  fintech, web3/decentralized protocols, energy, and climate. It reports roughly
  $1.9B in assets under management across 14 funds. Notable investments include
  Twitter, Etsy, Coinbase, Stripe, Cloudflare, MongoDB, Twilio, Duolingo,
  Kickstarter, Stack Overflow, SoundCloud, and Carta.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
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  callable_host: false
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  confidence: low
  source:
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
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  label: Unknown
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://www.usv.com/favicon.ico
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Fintech
  - Marketplace
  - Developer Tools
  - Web3
  - Climate
  - New York
tags_raw:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Fintech
  - Marketplaces
  - Developer Tools
  - Web3
  - Climate
  - New York
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.usv.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.usv.com/companies
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/union-square-ventures-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.usv.com/people/
  - type: Team
    url: team/union-square-ventures-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.usv.com/about/
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.usv.com/idea/usv-investment-thesis/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.usv.com/writing/
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://jobs.usv.com/
  - type: Contact
    url: mailto:info@usv.com
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/union-square-ventures
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/union-square-ventures
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/usv
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: Seed and Series A (early-stage), plus later-stage via the Opportunity fund'
      - 'Typical check: ~$1M at seed, low-to-mid single-digit millions at Series A'
      - 'Sectors: social media, marketplaces, developer tools, learning/education, health, fintech, web3/decentralized protocols, energy, climate'
      - 'Geography: United States (NYC-based), with global investments including Europe'
      - 'AUM: ~$1.9B across 14 funds (self-reported)'
      - 'Strategies: Core fund, Climate fund, Opportunity (later-stage) fund'
      - 'Founded: 2003'
      - 'Founders: Fred Wilson, Brad Burnham'
      - 'HQ: 817 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10003'
    sources:
      - https://www.usv.com/about/
      - https://www.usv.com/idea/usv-investment-thesis/
      - https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/union-square-ventures
    updated: '2026-07-17'
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  - FN: Union Square Ventures
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