The Ledger
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.
why aren't all 4 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
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…”
Hecht: USV provides pro-rata bridge support 100% of the time
“I've seen this firm support companies when they need to be bridged, when they need to, an entrepreneur needs USB to do its prorata in order to look good or to get somebody else on board a hundred percent of the time.”
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…”
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…”