Structural Change Is Always a Good Theme to Invest In
What are venture capitalists looking for? If you are a startup entrepreneur looking for funding, it’s always a good idea to know what investment themes a VC is interested and tailor your pitch to...
View ArticleBoxee Watches $6 Million More In Funding Stream In
Boxee, the media center software startup, has won a lot of fans with its open approach to streaming content. And as a result it has won some more money, to the tune of a $6 million second round, led by...
View ArticleConfirmed: Foursquare Gets $1.35 Million To Play With From Union Square And...
As we alluded to two days ago, the location-based social network Foursquare has just raised its first round of funding. PaidContent found out about the seed round through an SEC document, and we’ve...
View ArticleUnion Square, Spark Capital Double Tumblr's Funding To $10 Million
Microblogging startup Tumblr, based out of New York, has raised $5 million more from the same investors who’d already bankrolled the company with a little over $5 million over two previous rounds,...
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Andreessen Horowitz To Win The Foursquare Investor Badge
A months long fundraising process for Foursquare is in its last stages, we’ve heard from multiple sources, and Andreessen Horowitz looks to be preparing to check-in to Foursquare to take an investor...
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Foursquare Closes $20 Million Series B From Andreessen Horowitz, Union...
Foursquare, the geo-mobile startup everybody tried to invest in or buy, now has officially closed its Series B funding round. The “wire transfer heard ’round the world,” as board member Bryce Roberts...
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Patent Trolling Doesn't Pay: Intellectual Ventures Shows A Negative 73...
You can always count on Hunch founder Chris Dixon for interesting Tweets. He just sent out this one: turns out patent trolling might not pay. Intellectual Ventures has negative 78%...
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Index Ventures Buys Into Etsy, Triples Valuation To Nearly $300 Million
Crafty commerce site Etsy just raised another $20 million in its fifth venture round (that would be the Series E). Index Ventures is the new investor leading the round, with partner Danny Rimer...
View ArticleZemanta Raises $3 Million From Union Square, Eden, To Help You "Blog Smarter"
Exclusive – Zemanta, which assists bloggers by providing tips, suggesting content and helping them promote their contributions to the world, has recently secured its largest venture capital round to...
View ArticleUnion Square Ventures Is Raising A New $200 Million Opportunity Fund
Update 1/15/11: Union Square ended up raising $165 million for this fund. More info here. Union Square Ventures is raising $200 million for a new fund called the Union Square Ventures Opportunity Fund...
View ArticleUnion Square's New $165 Million Fund Is All About Growing With The Network
Back in December, we spotted an SEC filing indicating that Union Square Ventures was raising between $135 million and $200 million for a new “Opportunity Fund.” The offering wasn’t complete and the...
View Article(Founder Stories) Fred Wilson On Frothy Valuations
With acquisition feelers out to Twitter for a reported $8 billion to $10 billion, bubble talk is once again the topic of discussion. It’s a recurring theme, and on this episode of Founder Stories...
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(Founder Stories) Fred Wilson Explains Why He Wouldn't Invest In Groupon Or...
Few VCs have a hotter hand right now than Fred Wilson. His firm, Union Square Ventures, is an investor in Twitter, Zynga, Foursquare, Tumblr, Etsy, Clickable, and more . In this episode of Founder...
View Article(Founder Stories) Fred Wilson, The Full Interview
What was the best business decision VC Fred Wilson ever made? What was the worst? What part of his job does he dislike the most? The answers might surprise you. In the video above, Wilson answers some...
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Is Late Stage the New Early? Behind the Staggering Return of the $1B Venture...
In Silicon Valley it’s not just who you invest in that matters– it’s also when you invest in them. The earlier the investment, the riskier the bet. But the more jawdropping the returns if the company...
View ArticleFred Wilson More Or Less Confirms Twitter Stock Sale, Says Secondary Sales...
To kick off TechCrunch Disrupt today in New York, Erick Schonfeld took the stage to interview investor Fred Wilson, of Union Square Ventures. For background, Wilson was early investor in Twitter,...
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Sequoia, Accel, And Union Square Top SecondMarket's New VC Scoreboard
Demand for private company shares declined in the second quarter versus the first quarter but was up sharply year-over-year, according to a new report released today by SecondMarket. The market for...
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Union Square Ventures, Others Invest In Alternative Search Engine DuckDuckGo
In a blog post, Union Square Ventures‘ Brad Burnham just announced that the firm has invested in DuckDuckGo, a startup building a nifty search engine with less clutter and more privacy. Scott Banister,...
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CircleUp, An Investment Platform For Non-Techie Consumer Startups, Raises...
CircleUp, a startup that connects investors with retail and consumer companies that wouldn’t attract traditional venture funding, has raised a $7.5 million Series A. The round was led by Union Square...
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Union Square Ventures Adds Hacker News-Like Link Sharing Community To Newly...
Union Square Ventures, the New York-based VC firm that has backed Twitter, Foursquare, Etsy, Zynga and many others, has debuted a newly redesigned website today. A VC firm launching a new site isn't...
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