Union Square Ventures

Venture Capital Est. 2003

USD 1B

Estimated FUM

Type: Venture Capital
HQ: New York, NY, United States
Founded: 2003
Focus: Generalist Tech

About

Union Square Ventures is a small collegial partnership based in New York that manages over $1B across seven technology-focused venture funds. Union Square Ventures is one of the most successful venture funds in the world and has been an early-stage investor in some of America's most successful startups such as Zynga, Indeed, Tumblr, Twitter, Lending Club, Etsy, Twilio and MongoDB. USV was founded in 2003 by Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham.

Strategies

Venture Capital

Breadth not publicly established

Stated investment focus

Firm-wide focus

Marketplaces & Platforms

“social media, marketplaces, developer tools, learning, health, fintech, web3, decentralized systems, technology, and climate”

Stated focus Source

Technology

“technology”

Stated focus Source

Sources & freshness

Public evidence and reporting dates used for the structured profile. Internal confidence scores are not displayed.

Marketplaces & Platforms · Firm-wide focus

Reviewed secondary source · Observed Aug 9, 2026

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Technology · Firm-wide focus

Reviewed secondary source · Observed Aug 9, 2026

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Venture country & capital evidence

Offices, investment mandates and recorded deals are separate connections. Reported manager capital and individual fund sizes retain their original basis and date.

Venture evidence & capital sources · checked 2026-10-12

Country evidence

Venture office · New York City, United States
Official source

Investment Focus

Investment size

USD 200K - USD 15M

Reported investment size. Actual commitments may vary by stage, ownership and follow-on participation.

Focus Areas

Stages

Seed Series A Series B

Focus

Generalist Tech

Investment Geographies

Primary Markets

United States

Coverage

Global

Regions

North America

Coverage is a guide only.

Location

Headquarters

New York, NY, United States

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Office Presence

1 country

United States

1 known office

New York, NY, United States (HQ)

Deals & Activity

Tracked Deals

Most common deal types

Unknown (1)

Recent tracked deals

Forerunner

2026

$39M