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Union Square Ventures

4 Investment Tips Warren Buffett Shared at Berkshire’s Annual Meeting

On Bitcoin, Apple, Amazon, Bill Gates, Treasury bills and more.
By Sissi Cao
Venture capitalists invested heavily in Bitcoin's infrastructure technology in its early days.

These Two Venture Capital Firms Are Responsible for the Success of Bitcoin

Prescient venture capital firms placed early bets on cryptocurrency--not by trading it like stocks.
By Sissi Cao
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JUNE 08: A beachgoer poses for a photo at a suggested Instagram spot on Ipanema Beach as the 2014 FIFA World Cup nears on June 8, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Billion-Dollar Messaging App Kik Takes on Google, Facebook With Cryptocurrency

Finally, a dollar value for your selfies.
By Brady Dale
Jimena Almendares speaks at the BEHAVE 2016 behavioral marketing conference.

Consultant and Ex-OKCupid Exec Jimena Almendares Details Her Day

By John Bonazzo
Muneeb Ali speaks at TEDxNewYork 2016 - Down the Rabbit Hole. September 10, 2016, at the SVA Theatre.

A Second Internet, Coming Soon, Courtesy of the Blockchain

By Brady Dale
Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures speaks during TechCrunch Disrupt New York, May 2011.

Union Square Venture’s Fred Wilson Calls Out Banks for Ignoring Bitcoin

By Brady Dale
(Via http://castielmalotovedlucifer.tumblr.com/, God knows the original source)

Fred Wilson Denies PrivCo Report Union Square Ventures Made $253M Off Tumblr [UPDATED]

By Kelly Faircloth
Bitcoins like these will now be traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Flickr)

Union Square Ventures, Other Investors Pump $5M Into Bitcoin Startup Coinbase

By Kelly Faircloth

Rumored $150 M. Deal Should Make Holidays Happy for NYC Startup Behance

By Patrick Clark

Booting Up: Doing Deals at the End of the World

By Patrick Clark
Yup, sounds like a teenager to us. (Photo: Screencap)

Union Square Ventures Hires Two New Bright Young Minds As Analysts

By Nitasha Tiku
(Photo: www.successstories.co.in/)

Codecademy Programs Its Way to a $10M Series B

By Jessica Roy

Digital Publishing Startup Wattpad Raises $17.3M Series B For Social Reading

By Kelly Faircloth

Naveen Selvadurai’s Next Project Explores the Quantified Self

By Nitasha Tiku
Behance CEO Scott Belsky (scottbelsky.com)

Behance Lands $6.5M From USV and Others, Gets Ready to Scale

By Kelly Faircloth
Stacy London of What not to Wear has a new startup called TKTKTKTKTK (Source: Phil Plait

Startup News: Dev Bootcamp, Incubator Deadlines, Closet Monsters From TV and Free Food

By Ben Weitzenkorn

Dwolla Prepares to Launch a New York City Office By Poaching Aviary’s Alex Taub

By Nitasha Tiku

10gen CTO Eliot Horowitz on the Rise of MongoDB, Partnering with Red Hat, and Hiring in a Talent Crunch

By Nitasha Tiku

3D-Printer Shapeways Opens a U.S. Distribution Center in Queens: Next Step, ‘Factory of the Future’

By Nitasha Tiku
A still from The Social Network, found by Googling "Drunk startup" (newwavecrashing.tumblr.com)

The Key to a Really Great Startup Idea? Alcohol.

By Jessica Roy

Dwolla Being Sued by Bitcoiners for $2 M.

By Adrianne Jeffries
Mr. Milne.

Dwolla Announces Funding Led by Union Square Ventures

By Adrianne Jeffries
Rep. Issa.

Reddit and Union Square Ventures Go to Washington to Explain Why DNS and Search Engine Blocking Will Break the Internet

By Adrianne Jeffries

After a Year in New York City, 3D Printer Shapeways Quintuples Its Staff

By Nitasha Tiku
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