Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures, known as USV, is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2003 by Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham, widely regarded as one of the most intellectually influential and consistently successful early-stage venture capital firms of the internet era. Note: the original directory lists USV's sector as Climate and Energy, which is incomplete; USV is a generalist early-stage investor across consumer, enterprise, web3, and increasingly climate sectors. The firm invests with initial checks from $5 million to $15 million. Twitter was backed by USV from a very early stage. Coinbase completed a Nasdaq direct listing in 2021 with USV as an early institutional investor. Etsy completed a Nasdaq IPO in 2015 with USV as a significant early investor. Beyond its original investments in Twitter, Coinbase, and Etsy, the USV portfolio includes MongoDB, Tumblr, Foursquare, SoundCloud, Stripe, Duolingo, and additional consumer and enterprise technology companies.