Fred Wilson

Feb 7, 2018

The crypto markets had a good day yesterday but have been down a lot since peaking in early January. Bitcoin peaked at almost $20,000USD in mid December and has gone down by roughly 60% since then. Ethereum peaked at almost  Read more

Feb 6, 2018

On the occasion of our portfolio company Quizlet ‘s announcement of a new round of funding today , I thought I’d talk about what led us to Quizlet and why it is poised to be a game changer in education.
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Feb 5, 2018

I finally got around to buying the Pixel 2, a phone that several of my USV colleagues have said is the best phone they have owned. It’s too early in my relationship with this phone to comment on whether I  Read more

Feb 4, 2018

Syndicating an early stage investment is a time honored practice in the venture capital business. It was extremely common in the VC business in the early 80s when I started. I assume syndicating was a common practice in the early  Read more

Feb 3, 2018

The annual Upfront Summit took place in LA this past week. I attended day two and enjoyed it very much. Prior to the summit, the Upfront team interviewed a bunch of investors in the crypto sector and put together this  Read more

Feb 1, 2018

It’s that time again. USV is hiring two analysts, each for a two year rotation .
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Jan 31, 2018

Yesterday I went to see what the community was talking about and found this at the top of the comment threads: I thought to myself “oh shit, the token scammers have arrived” and immediately deleted those comments and left a  Read more