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Union Square Ventures

ACTIVE
Venture Capital Firm
USV

American venture capital firm based in New York City, investing in early-stage internet and technology companies.

Founded2003United States
HQNew York CityUnited States
01 · About

Union Square Ventures

Founded 2003 · New York City, United States

Union Square Ventures (USV) is an American venture capital firm based in New York City, founded in 2003 by Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham. The firm invests primarily in early-stage U.S.-based internet and mobile companies considered "disruptive". USV has backed more than 130 startups, including Twitter, Etsy, Stripe, Coinbase, Tumblr, Kickstarter, MongoDB, Cloudflare, Duolingo, SoundCloud, Stack Overflow, Meetup and Carta.

  • Fred Wilson

    Co-founder

    Co-founder of Union Square Ventures (2003).

  • Brad Burnham

    Co-founder

    Co-founder of Union Square Ventures (2003).

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

2 industries
Who for2Industries
  • Finance & banking
  • Software & Technology
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ New York City · 2 regions
USAGlobal
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 2003
2003founded
maturedevelopment stage
Privatenot listed
activestatus
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 5 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stagemature
  • Listed onNoprivate
  • Organization typeVenture Capital Firm