Sublime
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John Buttrick in 2010, following his corporate law career, and Andy Weissman in 2011 after having founded Betaworks in 2007.
* 2023 data by Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund
* 2023 data by Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund
Allocator’s Notebook: Union Square Ventures Funds I-III, 2004-2015
New fund, same @usv approach: small fund, thesis driven, high conviction, low velocity, true partnership model, long term believers.
Endless interest in markets undergoing the most radical change and the approaches that allow outsiders to not just inch them along but completely transform them.... See more
Rebecca Kadenx.comSpark Capital
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More firms are incubating companies as early-stage valuations rise.
A few successes:
• Snowflake ($49B mrkt cap) by Sutter Hill Ventures
• Affirm ($6B mrkt cap) by HVF Labs
• Hims & Hers ($1.3B mrkt cap) by... See more
For their biggest value drivers, USV was neither first nor the only investor to see these companies. It seems like they have recognized the upside in ideas that might’ve been a bit out there at the time for the other investors.
Yavuzhan Yilancioglu • Allocator’s Notebook: Union Square Ventures Funds I-III, 2004-2015
Union Square Ventures ranked at the top of the first Founder's Choice Ranking.
They also have outstanding returns. I got my hands on their fund performance from the $65B Texas public investor UTIMCO.
USV has returned $1.18 billion to UTIMCO on $129 million invested. https://t.co/fFSm9iXj8l
Sequoia Capital, Marc Andreessen and top institutions back New $30m Browder Capital Fund Four:
Today, I’m excited to announce that I’ve raised Browder Capital Fund Four, a $30,000,000 fund backed by Sequoia Capital, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Arthur Patterson (founder of Accel), Walter Kortschak (founder of... See more