Venture Capital Investors

Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital fund that backs tech companies.

Venture Investor Overview

Venture Investor
Union Square Ventures
Status
Active
Investor Type
Venture Capital
Activity Level
332 transactions
Funds Raised
At least $1.8 billion
Industry Focus
Advanced Materials
AgTech
Alternative Energy
Biopharmaceutical
Blockchain
Clean Tech
Communications
Digital Media & VR & AR
ECommerce
Electronics
Energy & Battery
Enterprise IT
Entertainment
FinTech
Healthcare IT
Healthcare Services
HRTech
Infrastructure
Internet & IoT
Manufacturing
Robotics
Software
Transportation

Contact Information

Contact
Brad Burnham
Title
Partner
Mailing Address
915 Broadway 19th Floor
New York, NY 10010
USA
Phone
(212) 994-7880
Website
www.usv.com
Email Address
Not Recorded

Background Information

Overview
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City. We invest in companies that use information technology in innovative ways to create high growth business opportunities in the Media, Marketing, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and Healthcare industries. Our venture capital firm was conceived as a place where a small number of very experienced investment professionals, working collaboratively from a single office, could build a portfolio of promising startup companies and then put our experience and our networks to work to help those companies build valuable businesses.
Profile
Union Square Ventures LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Union Square Ventures Company Twitter Account
Company News
Union Square Ventures News
Facebook
Union Square Ventures on Facebook
YouTube
Union Square Ventures on YouTube
Last Transaction
10/31/2024

Transaction History

Our records indicate that Union Square Ventures invested in the VC transactions listed below. Dollar amounts are for the entire raise, which may include other investors.

Company
Date
Amount
Glow International
10/31/2024
$30,000,000
SuppCo
10/18/2024
$5,500,000
Ghost
10/15/2024
$40,000,000
Daylight
9/24/2024
$6,000,000
David Energy
9/23/2024
$23,000,000
Consensus
8/14/2024
$11,500,000
Sling Money
8/14/2024
$15,000,000
Molten Industries
6/20/2024
$25,000,000
UNIGRID Battery
6/13/2024
$12,000,000
Farcaster
5/21/2024
$150,000,000
Zanskar
5/6/2024
$30,000,000
Anon
4/25/2024
$6,500,000
Hume AI
3/27/2024
$50,000,000
Viam
3/26/2024
$45,000,000
Blixt
3/21/2024
$5,410,000
Anthro Energy
2/29/2024
$20,000,000
Abridge
2/25/2024
$150,000,000
Jam
2/6/2024
$8,900,000
Code
2/6/2024
$6,500,000
Teamshares
2/1/2024
$100,000,000
Transmutex
1/29/2024
$23,325,000
Bolt.Earth
10/5/2023
$20,000,000
Blackbird Labs
10/4/2023
$24,000,000
Slope
9/27/2023
$30,000,000
Mundi
9/25/2023
$15,000,000
Ostrom
9/10/2023
$8,000,000
PayJoy
9/6/2023
$360,000,000
Lydian
9/6/2023
$12,000,000
Ghost
8/21/2023
$30,000,000
Teamshares
8/20/2023
$245,000,000
Daybreak Health
8/8/2023
$13,000,000
Karat Financial
7/19/2023
$70,000,000
Leap
7/18/2023
$12,000,000
Odyssey
5/19/2023
$15,000,000
M3ter
4/27/2023
$14,000,000
CarbonChain
4/25/2023
$10,000,000
Noya
4/11/2023
$11,000,000
Clue
4/4/2023
$7,664,000
DroneBase
2/7/2023
$55,000,000
DroneBase
2/7/2023
$55,000,000
Hume AI
1/26/2023
$12,700,000
Journey Clinical
1/24/2023
$8,500,000
Revel
12/19/2022
$7,800,000
WalletConnect
11/3/2022
$12,500,000
Lithos Carbon
10/20/2022
$6,230,000
Brave Health
10/11/2022
$40,000,000
Blackbird Labs
10/6/2022
$11,000,000
Anthro Energy
10/6/2022
$7,230,000
Jobbatical
9/9/2022
$11,780,000
Super Payments
8/17/2022
$27,000,000
Abridge
8/11/2022
$12,500,000
Stadium Live
7/28/2022
$10,000,000
Ghost
7/19/2022
$13,000,000
Primitives
5/25/2022
$4,000,000
Possible Finance
5/3/2022
$20,000,000
Slope.so
4/15/2022
$24,000,000
Brilliant Planet
4/6/2022
$12,000,000
SmartHop
4/6/2022
$30,000,000
David Energy
3/28/2022
$20,500,000
Gumball
3/8/2022
$10,000,000
Shortwave
2/27/2022
$9,000,000
Mundi
2/27/2022
$16,000,000
Trust Machines
2/15/2022
$150,000,000
M3ter
2/8/2022
$17,500,000
Bolster
2/5/2022
$11,000,000
Soona
2/1/2022
$35,000,000
Juro
1/27/2022
$23,000,000
Web3Auth
1/19/2022
$13,000,000
Algofi
12/1/2021
$2,800,000
Sofar Ocean
11/2/2021
$39,000,000
Brave Health
10/27/2021
$10,000,000
Clarifai
10/18/2021
$60,000,000
Leap
10/14/2021
$33,500,000
Fiveable
9/30/2021
$10,000,000
Code Climate
9/2/2021
$50,000,000
Agentero
7/28/2021
$13,500,000
Dwolla
7/22/2021
$21,000,000
Karat Financial
7/5/2021
$26,000,000
Recount Media
5/6/2021
$18,000,000
Sift
4/23/2021
$50,000,000
Soona
4/17/2021
$10,200,000
Outschool
4/16/2021
$75,000,000
Dapper Labs
3/31/2021
$305,000,000
Codecademy
2/24/2021
$40,000,000
Splice
2/23/2021
$55,000,000
SmartHop
2/11/2021
$12,000,000
Top Hat
2/5/2021
$130,000,000
NCX
1/11/2021
$4,400,000
Meet Cute
12/10/2020
$6,250,000
Jam
10/21/2020
$3,500,000
Possible Finance
10/21/2020
$11,000,000
Abridge
10/7/2020
$15,000,000
Sora High School
10/2/2020
$2,700,000
Outschool
9/21/2020
$45,000,000
Bolster
9/9/2020
$6,000,000
Nurx
8/12/2020
$22,500,000
Skillshare
8/11/2020
$66,000,000
Dapper Labs
8/7/2020
$12,000,000
Stack Overflow
7/29/2020
$85,000,000
DroneBase
6/18/2020
$7,500,000
Upgrade
6/18/2020
$40,000,000
Props
5/1/2020
$2,000,000
Stash
4/30/2020
$112,000,000
Shippo
4/8/2020
$30,000,000
Recount Media
3/12/2020
$13,000,000
Top Hat
2/5/2020
$55,000,000
Justworks
1/29/2020
$50,000,000
Leap
1/17/2020
$8,200,000
Juro
1/8/2020
$5,000,000
Duolingo
12/5/2019
$30,000,000
Arweave
11/6/2019
$5,000,000
Science Exchange
10/17/2019
$20,000,000
Patch Homes
9/13/2019
$5,000,000
Dapper Labs
9/13/2019
$11,000,000
Blockstack
9/11/2019
$23,000,000
C2FO
8/8/2019
$200,000,000
Nurx
7/12/2019
$42,000,000
goTenna
6/20/2019
$24,000,000
Simulmedia
6/13/2019
$29,000,000
Helium
6/13/2019
$15,000,000
PayJoy
5/29/2019
$20,000,000
Outschool
5/29/2019
$8,500,000
Splice
3/21/2019
$57,500,000
Stash
3/14/2019
$65,000,000
Dia&Co
11/16/2018
$40,000,000
Dapper Labs
11/2/2018
$15,000,000
Foursquare
10/3/2018
$33,000,000
Upgrade
8/24/2018
$62,000,000
Skillshare
7/25/2018
$28,000,000
Nurx
7/11/2018
$5,300,000
SigFig
6/20/2018
$50,000,000
Amino Apps
6/13/2018
$45,000,000
Modern Fertility
6/1/2018
$6,000,000
ShopShops
4/5/2018
Unknown
Sift Science
3/22/2018
$53,000,000
CryptoKitties
3/21/2018
$12,000,000
OB1
3/14/2018
$5,000,000
C2FO
2/28/2018
$100,000,000
DroneBase
2/16/2018
$12,000,000
Algorand
2/16/2018
$4,000,000
Stash
2/13/2018
$37,500,000
Quizlet
2/7/2018
$20,000,000
Splice
12/16/2017
$35,000,000
Blockstack
12/11/2017
$50,000,000
Shippo
11/1/2017
$20,000,000
CoverWallet
10/13/2017
$18,500,000
Jobbatical
9/29/2017
$4,000,000
RealtyShares
9/15/2017
$28,000,000
Filecoin
8/14/2017
$257,000,000
Science Exchange
6/30/2017
$28,000,000
Caretaker
6/28/2017
$2,200,000
Top Hat
6/15/2017
$7,500,000
Figure 1
6/14/2017
$10,000,000
goTenna
4/14/2017
$7,500,000
Casetext
3/23/2017
$12,000,000
Top Hat
2/16/2017
$22,500,000
Dwolla
1/21/2017
$6,850,000
Funding Circle
1/12/2017
$100,000,000
OpenBazaar
12/17/2016
$3,000,000
Amino Apps
12/16/2016
$19,200,000
Coinbase
12/12/2016
$10,000,000
Clue
12/1/2016
$20,000,000
CoverWallet
11/18/2016
$7,800,000
Nurx
11/2/2016
$5,300,000
Clarifai
10/26/2016
$30,000,000
Code Climate
10/7/2016
$4,500,000
Shippo
9/12/2016
Unknown
Koko
8/10/2016
$2,500,000
Sift Science
7/19/2016
$30,000,000
Codecademy
7/12/2016
$30,000,000
Mediachain
6/3/2016
$1,500,000
Skillshare
5/27/2016
$12,000,000
SigFig
5/25/2016
$40,000,000
BentoBox
5/23/2016
$1,240,000
Splice
3/31/2016
$245,000
C2FO
3/31/2016
$3,000,000
Science Exchange
3/23/2016
$25,000,000
Jobbatical
3/3/2016
$2,000,000
RealtyShares
2/24/2016
$20,000,000
Veniam
2/11/2016
$22,000,000
Foursquare
1/14/2016
$45,000,000
Quizlet
11/24/2015
$12,000,000
CircleUp
11/11/2015
$30,000,000
Figure 1
10/14/2015
$5,000,000
Clue
10/10/2015
$7,000,000
Narvii
9/30/2015
$6,500,000
CloudFlare
9/22/2015
$110,000,000
Shapeways
6/30/2015
$30,500,008
OpenBazaar
6/15/2015
$1,000,000
Duolingo
6/10/2015
$45,000,000
Clarifai
4/29/2015
$10,000,000
Casetext
2/3/2015
$7,000,000
WorkMarket
1/21/2015
$20,000,000
Stack Exchange
1/20/2015
$40,000,000
Coinbase
1/20/2015
$75,000,000
Carta
1/5/2015
Unknown
Veniam
12/3/2014
$4,900,000
Assembly
11/21/2014
$2,900,000
Kik Interactive
11/19/2014
$38,300,000
Onename
11/17/2014
$1,500,000
YieldMo
10/22/2014
$10,000,000
Narvii
9/30/2014
$1,831,900
Dwolla
9/30/2014
$9,700,000
Splice
9/18/2014
$4,500,000
SideCar Technologies
9/15/2014
$15,000,000
Figure 1
8/6/2014
$4,000,000
Funding Circle
7/17/2014
$65,000,000
Amino Apps
7/10/2014
Unknown
CrowdRise
4/22/2014
$23,000,000
Wattpad
4/8/2014
$46,000,000
Kitchensurfing
3/31/2014
$15,000,000
CircleUp
3/26/2014
$14,000,000
SideCar Technologies
2/19/2014
$10,000,000
SoundCloud
1/27/2014
$60,000
Coinbase
12/12/2013
$25,000,000
Simulmedia
12/10/2013
$25,000,000
YieldMo
12/6/2013
$8,000,000
Human Dx
11/15/2013
Unknown
Zemanta
11/6/2013
$2,000,000
Splice
10/10/2013
Unknown
VHX
8/30/2013
$3,200,000
C2FO
7/23/2013
$18,000,000
SigFig
7/2/2013
$15,000,000
Kitchensurfing
6/30/2013
$3,500,000
Firebase
6/20/2013
$5,600,000
Covestor
6/13/2013
$12,750,000
WorkMarket
5/14/2013
$10,000,000
CircleUp
5/7/2013
$7,500,000
Coinbase
5/7/2013
$5,000,000
Science Exchange
4/30/2013
$3,000,000
Dwolla
4/30/2013
$16,500,000
Shapeways
4/23/2013
$30,000,000
Kik Interactive
4/22/2013
$19,500,000
Foursquare
4/11/2013
$41,000,000
Smart Balloon
3/31/2013
$4,310,000
Sift Science
3/19/2013
$4,000,000
Simulmedia
2/12/2013
$5,000,000
Hailo
2/5/2013
$30,000,000
CloudFlare
12/31/2012
$50,000,000
Duolingo
9/18/2012
$15,000,000
Edmodo
7/19/2012
$25,000,000
Shapeways
6/19/2012
$6,200,000
Wattpad
6/6/2012
$17,300,000
MongoDB
5/29/2012
$42,000,000
Behance
5/15/2012
$6,500,000
Etsy
5/9/2012
$40,000,000
Simulmedia
4/30/2012
$6,000,000
Return Path
3/31/2012
$1,629,900
Dwolla
2/8/2012
$5,000,000
GetGlue
1/12/2012
$12,000,000
Edmodo
12/9/2011
$15,000,000
Twilio
12/7/2011
$17,000,000
Shapeways
11/18/2011
$5,100,000
Codecademy
10/28/2011
$2,500,000
Clickable
10/17/2011
$12,000,000
DuckDuckGo
10/13/2011
Unknown
WorkMarket
9/30/2011
$5,000,000
Tumblr
9/26/2011
$85,000,000
Turntable.fm
9/13/2011
$7,000,000
Wattpad
9/12/2011
$3,500,000
MongoDB
9/12/2011
$20,000,000
Skillshare
8/16/2011
$3,100,000
Lending Club
8/3/2011
$25,000,000
Foursquare
6/25/2011
$50,000,000
TargetSpot
3/31/2011
$8,000,000
Bug Labs
3/31/2011
$999,900
Stack Exchange
3/9/2011
$12,000,000
Kik Interactive
3/8/2011
$8,000,000
Boxee
3/1/2011
$16,500,000
Flurry
12/7/2010
$15,000,000
MongoDB
12/3/2010
$6,500,000
Tasty Labs
11/24/2010
Unknown
Hashable
11/22/2010
$3,800,000
Twilio
11/9/2010
$12,000,000
Etsy
8/27/2010
$20,000,000
Bug Labs
6/30/2010
$3,000,000
Smart Balloon
6/30/2010
$2,500,000
Foursquare
6/29/2010
$20,000,000
Heyzap
6/23/2010
$3,000,000
WorkMarket
6/14/2010
Unknown
Stack Exchange
5/4/2010
$6,000,000
Simulmedia
4/22/2010
$8,000,000
Tumblr
4/20/2010
$5,000,000
Twitter
3/31/2010
$5,167,000
Flurry
1/12/2010
$7,000,000
Twilio
12/30/2009
$3,690,000
Outside.in
12/7/2009
$7,000,000
Zynga Game Network
11/16/2009
$180,000,000
MongoDB
11/3/2009
$3,400,000
Return Path
9/30/2009
$5,500,000
Twitter
9/24/2009
$100,000,000
Foursquare
9/4/2009
$1,350,000
Boxee
8/12/2009
$6,000,000
Heyzap
6/1/2009
Unknown
Instant Information
3/31/2009
$3,495,900
Simulmedia
3/5/2009
$4,000,000
Twitter
2/13/2009
$35,000,000
Return Path
1/19/2009
$6,000,000
Outside.in
12/16/2008
Unknown
Tumblr
12/11/2008
$4,500,000
Boxee
11/18/2008
$4,000,000
GetGlue
10/10/2008
$4,520,000
Twitter
9/30/2008
$17,366,100
Clickable
7/30/2008
$14,500,000
Meetup
7/24/2008
Unknown
MongoDB
7/21/2008
$1,500,000
Bug Labs
6/30/2008
$5,000,000
Zynga Game Network
6/30/2008
$5,026,000
Twitter
6/30/2008
$98,000
Pinch Media
5/30/2008
Unknown
Covestor
4/7/2008
$6,500,000
Disqus
3/18/2008
$500,000
TargetSpot
3/11/2008
$8,600,000
Etsy
1/29/2008
$27,000,000
Zynga Game Network
1/15/2008
Unknown
Twitter
12/31/2007
$4,815,000
Tumblr
10/22/2007
$750,000
Outside.in
10/10/2007
$1,500,000
Etsy
9/30/2007
$3,250,000
Clickable
7/2/2007
$3,000,000
Wesabe
6/20/2007
$4,000,000
TargetSpot
4/25/2007
Unknown
Outside.in
3/1/2007
$900,000
GetGlue
2/23/2007
Unknown
TACODA
2/9/2007
$7,000,000
Etsy
12/31/2006
$1,000,000
Etsy
6/30/2006
$615,000
Bug Labs
6/30/2006
$500,000
Oddcast
6/13/2006
$4,000,000
Federated Media Publishing
3/31/2006
$2,020,000
TACODA
3/14/2006
$12,000,000
NewStar Financial
6/30/2005
$42,000,000

 

Investor Contacts

Title
Name
Email & Social
Partner
Brad Burnham
  Brad Burnham LinkedIn Profile  Brad Burnham Twitter Account  Brad Burnham News  Brad Burnham on Facebook
Partner
John Buttrick
  John Buttrick LinkedIn Profile  John Buttrick Twitter Account  John Buttrick News  John Buttrick on Facebook
Partner
Nick Grossman
  Nick Grossman LinkedIn Profile  Nick Grossman Twitter Account  Nick Grossman News  Nick Grossman on Facebook
Partner
Rebecca Kaden
  Rebecca Kaden LinkedIn Profile  Rebecca Kaden Twitter Account  Rebecca Kaden News  Rebecca Kaden on Facebook
Partner
Gillian Munson
  Gillian Munson LinkedIn Profile  Gillian Munson Twitter Account  Gillian Munson News  Gillian Munson on Facebook
Managing Partner
Andrew Weissman
  Andrew Weissman LinkedIn Profile  Andrew Weissman Twitter Account  Andrew Weissman News  Andrew Weissman on Facebook
Managing Partner
Albert Wenger
  Albert Wenger LinkedIn Profile  Albert Wenger Twitter Account  Albert Wenger News  Albert Wenger on Facebook
Partner
Fred Wilson
  Fred Wilson LinkedIn Profile  Fred Wilson Twitter Account  Fred Wilson News  Fred Wilson on Facebook

 

Funds

Our database includes the following fund closing(s) for Union Square Ventures. If we are missing funds, please contact us.

Fund Description
Vintage Date
Fund Amount
2021 Core Fund
1/27/2021
$250,000,000
USV Climate 2021
1/4/2021
$151,335,000
USV Opportunity 2019
5/1/2019
$250,000,000
USV 2019 Core Fund
5/1/2019
$200,000,000
USV 2016
3/17/2016
$175,000,000
USV 2014
1/24/2014
$175,000,000
USV Opportunity 2014
1/24/2014
$175,000,000
Union Square Ventures 2012 Fund
10/14/2011
$116,500,000
Union Square Ventures Opportunity Fund
1/15/2011
$165,000,000
Union Square Ventures 2008
7/18/2008
$156,000,000

 

Portfolio Companies

Union Square Ventures has invested in the companies below, according to our database records. If we are missing a portfolio company, please let us know.

Tech Company
Abridge
Agentero
Algofi
Algorand
Amino Apps
Anon
Anthro Energy
Arweave
Assembly
Behance
BentoBox
Blackbird Labs
Blixt
Blockstack
Bolster
Bolt.Earth
Boxee
Brave Health
Brilliant Planet
Bug Labs
C2FO
CarbonChain
Caretaker
Carta
Casetext
CircleUp
Clarifai
Clickable
CloudFlare
Clue
Code
Code Climate
Codecademy
Coinbase
Consensus
CoverWallet
Covestor
CrowdRise
CryptoKitties
Dapper Labs
David Energy
Daybreak Health
Daylight
Dia&Co
Disqus
DroneBase
DuckDuckGo
Duolingo
Dwolla
Edmodo
Etsy
Farcaster
Federated Media Publishing
Figure 1
Filecoin
Firebase
Fiveable
Flurry
Foursquare
Funding Circle
GetGlue
Ghost
Glow International
goTenna
Gumball
Hailo
Hashable
Helium
Heyzap
Human Dx
Hume AI
Instant Information
Jam
Jobbatical
Journey Clinical
Juro
Justworks
Karat Financial
Kik Interactive
Kitchensurfing
Koko
Leap
Lending Club
Lithos Carbon
Lydian
M3ter
Mediachain
Meet Cute
Meetup
Modern Fertility
Molten Industries
MongoDB
Mundi
Narvii
NCX
NewStar Financial
Noya
Nurx
OB1
Oddcast
Odyssey
Onename
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