Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. Since its inception in 2004, the firm has raised and invested 14 funds across three strategies: Core, Climate, and Opportunity. The Core fund targets early-stage internet-enabled businesses across all sectors, the Climate Fund focuses on early-stage startups addressing the climate crisis, and the Opportunity Fund invests in later-stage opportunities and special situations. Union Square Ventures typically takes an active role as lead or co-lead investors in company development. The firm maintains relatively small fund sizes, with the most recent core fund being $275 million. Over the years, Union Square Ventures has invested in more than 230 companies spanning categories such as social media, marketplaces, developer tools, learning, health, fintech, web3, decentralized systems, energy, and climate. The firm follows a guiding investment thesis that emphasizes rapid experimentation and avoiding market gatekeepers to foster innovation. Union Square Ventures seeks to broaden access to knowledge, capital, wellbeing, energy, and other resources through technology. With a long-term partnership approach, the firm has built a decades-long track record of supporting founders through various challenges and opportunities.