Union Square Ventures
4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 26, 2024 by Jared Hecht · said 48 times in 6 episodes since 2024 · across every show →
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2026 2 mentions in 1 episode
2025 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2024 43 mentions in 3 episodes 14 per episode
- Founder of Fundera (Nerdwallet) & GroupMe (Skype/Microsoft) Path to VC | Jared Hecht, USV · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
- Inside VC’s Existential Crisis: Jeff Morris Jr. on Surviving & Winning · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
- Radiant CEO Doug Bernauer on Portable Nuclear Microreactors & the Future of Clean Energy · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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Everything said about Union Square Ventures, oldest first
Apr 26, 2024 neutral
Hecht: USV avoids consensus deals and never leads $30M Series As
“Part of it is it's a small fund, which means that like, we don't do heat seeking things. Like if a company is extremely hot and kind of down the middle and consensus, and it's, you know, someone wants to write a thirty million dollar series, a check another th…”
Apr 26, 2024 positive
Apr 26, 2024 negative
Hecht: USV avoids investing in companies requiring gatekeeper permission
“USB doesn't really love to invest in companies that require permission to do the thing that they want to do. Like we don't like to have to help entrepreneurs slog through dealing with a bunch of gatekeepers. We like when they can go directly to the end custome…”
May 31, 2024 neutral
Radiant has raised about $60 million from a16z and USV
“And then we raised a series A with Union Square Ventures in 20, 22. And then a little over a year ago, we did a series B with Andreessen and raised a forty-five million dollar round. So when you add all that up, we've raised about sixty million in total ventur…”