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Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 406 cheques on record.
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50 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Series A and Series B: 51% of its rounds
Sole investor in 23 rounds, median $6.6M
19 exits from the portfolio
Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.From their own website
Every round we can evidence, newest first406 appearances
43 rounds
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration12 named
We also hold 31 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
Who backs their funds
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Sept 2025.
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund13 funds$235M| Fund | Vintage | Committed |
|---|---|---|
| USV 2024 | 2024 | $13M |
| USV Opportunity 2022 | 2022 | $19M |
| USV Climate 2022 | 2022 | $15M |
| USV 2022 | 2022 | $15M |
| USV 2021 | 2021 | $15M |
| USV Climate 2021 | 2020 | $15M |
| USV Opportunity 2019 | 2019 | $19M |
| USV 2019 | 2019 | $15M |
and 5 more
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed19 in all
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
The investors most often in the same rounds as Union Square Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
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One book written by people at Union Square Ventures: Albert Wenger.
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6 episodes naming Union Square Ventures in the title, and 4 more that mention it.
351. Founding Union Square Ventures, Driving Persistent, Top Decile Returns, How Top Founders Have Changed, and the Outlook for Web 3.0 and Data Control (Brad Burnham)
WithBrad Burnham
MentionsUnion Square Ventures
Union Square Ventures' Rebecca Kaden on their theme based investing approach, fund sizing for USV, and navigating hot markets
WithRebecca Kaden
MentionsUnion Square VenturesFred WilsonMaveron+1
Ep 49: Albert Wenger, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
Episode #15: Rebecca Kaden of Union Square Ventures on Healthcare, Fintech and Venture Firms
WithRebecca Kaden
MentionsUnion Square Ventures
Andy Weissman, Union Square Ventures
WithAndy Weissman
MentionsUnion Square Ventures
20 VC 053: Inside Union Square Ventures with Jonathan Libov @ Union Square Ventures
MentionsUnion Square VenturesFred Wilson
20VC: Why Now is the Time for the Application Layer | Why OpenAI & Anthropic Won't Win the App Layer | Why Startups Should be TokenMaxxing | Why VCs Should Reduce Weighting on Price & Ownership in an Age of AI with Mike Mignano, USV
The Hidden Strategies of Venture Capital - E687
Uncapped #17 | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta
20VC: Duolingo Co-Founder on Why $3M is Harder than $100M to Raise | Why You Should Always Take Tier 1 VCs Even at Worse Terms | Why Europe Can't Win Unless the US Screws Up | How AI Impacts the Future of Work and Education with Severin Hacker
Union Square Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (51% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Advertising (AdTech) and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML).
406 investments on record, 50 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 17. The most recent was in Oct 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: Machenta (Seed, Oct 2026), Paradev (Seed, Oct 2026) and Tolan (Oct 2026).
The median round it joins is $17M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $20M.
Sometimes: it led 17 of its 406 investments on record (4%).
Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (72%), Colombia (10%) and the United Kingdom (5%).
Yes: it is actively investing, with 50 investments in the last 12 months.
Most often Andreessen Horowitz (36 rounds together), Spark Capital (35 rounds together) and SV Angel (33 rounds together).
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