### Apr 11, 2023

USV's climate thesis is to "invest in companies and projects that provide mitigation for or adaptation to the climate crisis." When it comes to mitigation, we believe that capturing carbon and sequestering it is a critical effort. Someone once told [...] [Read more](/content/writing/2023/04/noya/index.html)

[Fred Wilson](/content/people/fred-wilson/index.html)

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### Apr 10, 2023

I have watched so many leaders over the years in my various roles as lead investor, board member, board chair, investor, and advisor. And one thing I have learned from this front-row seat is that leading from the heart is [...] [Read more](https://avc.com/2023/04/leading-from-the-heart/)

[Fred Wilson](/content/people/fred-wilson/index.html)

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### Apr 5, 2023

The first project launched this week on our portfolio company Blackbird’s platform. It is a friends and family program at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn called Gertie. Blackbird wrote about it today on their excellent Supersonic blog: [...] [Read more](https://avc.com/2023/04/the-blackbird-platform/)

[Fred Wilson](/content/people/fred-wilson/index.html)

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### Mar 29, 2023

USV is an investor in Bolster, a marketplace for fractional and full-time executive talent for startups and growth companies. This week Bolster launched a daily short (5min) podcast and email with actionable insights and advice from founders, operators, and [...] [Read more](https://avc.com/2023/03/the-daily-bolster/)

[Fred Wilson](/content/people/fred-wilson/index.html)

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### Mar 20, 2023

Mike Zamansky is the person who got me interested in K12 Computer Science Education in NYC, a cause I have now contributed almost fifteen years of my life to. Our family’s public charity, Gotham Gives, has been funding the [...] [Read more](https://avc.com/2023/03/a-conversation-with-mike-zamansky/)

[Fred Wilson](/content/people/fred-wilson/index.html)

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### Mar 6, 2023

Last Thursday, three new blog posts hit USV.com announcing our three new analysts: This is our tradition at USV. When someone starts at USV, we ask them to write a post on the USV blog introducing themselves. This helps founders [...] [Read more](https://avc.com/2023/03/the-newest-members-of-the-usv-team/)

[Fred Wilson](/content/people/fred-wilson/index.html)

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### Feb 27, 2023

I saw Dan Primack assert that the venture capitalist’s customer is their limited partners in this tweet about the Citizen app, the recap, and their VCs: Regular reminder that, ultimately, VC funds work for their limited partners, not for their [...] [Read more](https://avc.com/2023/02/the-vcs-customer/)

[Fred Wilson](/content/people/fred-wilson/index.html)

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### Feb 21, 2023

When a new technology comes to market, we often look for “native” applications of that technology. What is a “native” AI application? What is a “native” Web3 application? I have not seen a better articulation of “native” than my partner [...] [Read more](https://avc.com/2023/02/what-does-native-mean/)

[Fred Wilson](/content/people/fred-wilson/index.html)

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### Feb 14, 2023

First and foremost, this is not tax advice. I am not a tax advisor and you should never take anything you read here as tax advice. If you read something here that makes you think you should take some tax-related [...] [Read more](https://avc.com/2023/02/the-83b-election/)