Union Square Ventures

Dune Analytics, Home of DIY Data Dashboards, Raises $8M in USV-Led Series A

Dune lets anyone with on-chain know-how share their data creations with the world.

Business  ·  12 August 2021

Union Square Ventures to Allocate 30% of New $250M Fund to Crypto-Related Investments

Planned investments "will include holding tokens directly as well as equity in early-stage blockchain-related projects."

News  ·  26 January 2021
Token Sales

Numerai Raises $3M in Another NMR Token Sale With Union Square Ventures, Placeholder

Numerai has sold an additional $3 million in NMR tokens to a slate of investors led by Union Square Ventures on the strength of its latest product, Erasure.

Tech  ·  3 June 2020
Prediction Markets

This USV-Backed Startup Has a Solution for Buying Information With Confidence

Erasure is a smart contract on Ethereum for people to share information and to express confidence about that information by putting money behind it.

Tech  ·  10 March 2020
Anchorage

Anchorage, Bison Trails Execs to Helm Libra’s New ‘Technical Steering Committee’

The Libra Association has formed a steering committee to oversee the creation of its technical roadmap.

News  ·  17 January 2020
Data Storage

Filecoin, But Forever: Arweave Raises $5 Million to Build Out ‘Permaweb’

Arweave, a startup building a decentralized storage protocol for the world's knowledge, raises $5 million via token sale from a16z, USV and Multicoin.

Markets  ·  5 November 2019
Coinbase

Libra Association’s Crypto Members Remain Unfazed by Regulatory Backlash

Despite government scrutiny, crypto firms in the Libra Association say they're committed to the project.

Markets  ·  27 August 2019
News

Napster Founder’s IoT Startup to Go Crypto With $15 Million Series C

Helium, an internet-of-things startup founded in 2013, is adding crypto tokens to its business model with the backing of two major funders.

Markets  ·  12 June 2019
Regulation

Major Investors Met with SEC to Discuss Crypto Exemption

VC firms Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures reportedly met with the SEC in March to request that tokens be exempted from SEC oversight.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 April 2018
Ethereum

A16z, USV Lead $12 Million Funding for CryptoKitties

CryptoKitties will break away from its developer, Axiom Zen, after raising $12 million of venture capital.

Business  ·  20 March 2018
Markets

USV’s Fred Wilson Predicts ‘Big’ Cryptocurrency Crash

USV's Fred Wilson says investors should diversify ahead of any potential "big crash" in cryptocurrencies.

Markets  ·  26 September 2017
Investments

Investor Albert Wenger to Fund ‘XPRIZE’ for Blockchain-Powered Blogs

Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger has said he will fund a prize aimed to incentivize the creation of blockchain-powered blogging platform.

Business  ·  18 August 2017
Investments

Filecoin Presale Raises $52 Million Ahead of ICO Launch

San Francisco-based startup Protocol Labs has sold $52 million in a token pre-sale ahead of an initial coin offering launch next week.

Markets  ·  4 August 2017
Venture Capital

Bitcoin-Powered Marketplace OpenBazaar Raises $3 Million

The developers behind OpenBazaar, the open-source marketplace protocol powered by bitcoin, have raised $3m in new funding.

Business  ·  13 December 2016
Exchanges

A16z, USV Invest $10 Million in Blockchain Token Trading Firm

A hedge fund that specializes in the trading of blockchain-based assets has raised $10m from a notable cast of VCs.

Business  ·  9 December 2016