# Andy Weissman at Union Square Ventures (USV)

> Andy Weissman, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV). The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-weissman (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

New York City, US · Partner

# Andy Weissman

Managing Partner at [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 6 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 4 +2 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 6 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Union Square Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Union Square Ventures** VC firm · US **48** cheques in 12 months **404** all time **15** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Abridge](https://millionrounds.com/startup/abridge-4)
- [Backupify](https://millionrounds.com/startup/backupify)
- [Beauty By Design](https://millionrounds.com/company/beauty-by-design)
- [Embedly](https://millionrounds.com/startup/embedly)
- [Figure 1](https://millionrounds.com/startup/figure-1-2)
- [Flip](https://millionrounds.com/company/flip)
- [Funding Circle](https://millionrounds.com/company/funding-circle)
- [Heart to Heart](https://millionrounds.com/startup/heart-to-heart)
- [Karat Financial](https://millionrounds.com/startup/karat-financial)
- [Keep Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/startup/keep-holdings)
- [Kickstarter](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kickstarter)
- [Lascaux](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lascaux)
- [Lotame](https://millionrounds.com/startup/lotame)
- [Meet Cute](https://millionrounds.com/startup/meet-cute)
- [Science Exchange](https://millionrounds.com/company/science-exchange)
- [ShowMe](https://millionrounds.com/startup/showme)
- [UberMedia](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ubermedia)
- [UserVoice](https://millionrounds.com/startup/uservoice)
- [Yieldbot](https://millionrounds.com/company/yieldbot)
- Bloom Studio
- CircleUp
- Mob.ly
- Stadium Live
- YouNow

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Headgum Inc.** Director on 3 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Creators Collective Inc.** Director since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Ryzac, Inc.** Director since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raising **YouNow, Inc.** Director of the Issuer on 2 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raising **YouNow, Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Narvii Inc.** Director since 2015

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Union Square Ventures

- [**Albert Wenger** Partner *6 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/albert-wenger-2)
- [**Fred Wilson** Partner *6 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/fred-wilson)
- [**Brad Burnham** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-burnham)
- [**John Buttrick** Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/john-buttrick)
- [**Ava John** Director of Operations *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ava-john)
- [**Hannah Murdoch** Senior Advisor (Contr), Office of Technology Transitions *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/hannah-murdoch)
- [**Jay Yu** Founder, Executive Chairman and President *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-yu)
- [**Jessica Schaeffer** Venture Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jessica-schaeffer)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 31 Oct 2017 · 52 min Andy Weissman, Union Square Ventures With [Andy Weissman](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-weissman) Mentions [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) About this episode In this episode, we sit down with Andy Weissman, a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. Previous to USV, Andy was a co-founder of betaworks, and earlier in his career an executive at AOL. Andy’s one of the most thoughtful and admired VCs in the industry, and this was plain and simple one of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 11 Sept 2017 · 30 min 20VC: USV's Andy Weissman on The Future of The VC Industry, Why USV Does Not Vote On Investment Decisions & Why VCs Should Be Invisible With [Andy Weissman](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-weissman) Mentions [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) About this episode Andy Weissman is a Partner @ Union Square Ventures, one of the world's leading VC firms with investments in Twitter, Twilio, Zynga, Soundcloud, Tumblr, Lending Club and many more. At USV, Andy sits on the boards of YouNow, ScienceExchange, Figure 1 and previous guest, CircleUp. Prior to joining… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Upfront Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/upfront-ventures) · 18 Feb 2017 · 27 min Fred Wilson & Andy Weissman: Managing Generational Change in VC | Upfront Summit 2017 With [Andy Weissman](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-weissman) Mentions [Fred Wilson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fred-wilson)[Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry)[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures)[Lindel Eakman](https://millionrounds.com/person/lindel-eakman) About this episode Fred Wilson and Andy Weissman of Union Square Ventures join Lindel Eakman of Foundry Group Next to discuss managing generational change at a venture capital firm. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) · 29 Nov 2016 · 48 min Andy Weissman, Partner USV, on blockchain, network effect businesses & the evolution of social web With [Andy Weissman](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-weissman) Mentions [Betaworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/betaworks)[Dawntreader Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dawntreader-ventures-llc)[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) About this episode Union Square Ventures, the New York-based venture capital firm, is famous for investing in ‘large networks of engaged users, differentiated by user experience, and defensible though network effects’, but how does that thesis apply today? In what sectors are there valuable network effects that… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Andy Weissman in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 14 Aug 2025 · 1h 58m The Past, Present, and Future of AI, Robotics, Venture Capital, Crypto | Why Deep Tech Startups Mess up Value Capture | Michael Dempsey, Managing Partner, Compound With [Michael Dempsey](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-dempsey) Mentions [Compound](https://millionrounds.com/fund/compound-4)[Andy Weissman](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-weissman)[Blake Robbins](https://millionrounds.com/person/blake-robbins) About this episode Michael Dempsey is the Managing Partner at Compound, a thesis-driven, research-centric investment firm. We spent two hours talking through the past, present, and future of a bunch of topics in technology and investing. Michael started investing in AI in 2016. He was the first investor in… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 27 Oct 2017 · 22 min 20VC: Why Decentralisation is Key For Digital Media Distribution, Why Gradual Decentralisation Is The Most Practical Approach and Why Incumbents Are The Biggest Barrier To The Rise of Crypto with Adi Sideman, Founder & CEO @ YouNow Mentions [Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock)[Andy Weissman](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-weissman)[David Pakman](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-pakman)[Oren Zeev](https://millionrounds.com/person/oren-zeev) About this episode Adi Sideman is the Founder & CEO @ YouNow. Since founding the company in 2011, Adi has grown YouNow to be a global social network with more than 100 million user sessions a month, and creators now producing more than 50,000 hours of original live content each day. They recently released PROPS… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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