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May 22, 2019
Andy wrote about our investment in Sofar yesterday on the USV blog. That is our practice. We publish our investment rationale on our blog every time we make an investment. It creates a permanent record of why we made Read more
May 21, 2019
In a time when there are so many options for getting around the urban landscape (walking, subway, e-bikes, e-scooters, Yellow Cabs, Uber, Lyft, Juno etc), you would think that the six year old Citibike service in NYC would be “old [...]
May 20, 2019
In our talk at Consensus last week, we talked about security in crypto land. There are a few highly trusted custody services in crypto, including the popular consumer and institutional custody services offered by our portfolio company Coinbase. [...]
May 19, 2019
Our portfolio company Dapper Labs, the maker of the popular crypto-collectible game CryptoKitties, is back with their second game, called Cheeze Wizards, also built on the Ethereum blockchain. Cheeze Wizards is in “pre-sale” mode right now. You [...]
May 18, 2019
This past Wednesday, I appeared on stage at Consensus 2019 with Paul Vigna of the Wall Street Journal and Brian Armstrong, CEO of our portfolio company Coinbase. The topic we were supposed to discuss was why crypto has [...]
May 16, 2019
I don’t do as much public speaking as I used to. Fortunately my colleagues at USV have picked up the slack and we are still out there telling the world what we believe in and why. I think that is [...]
May 15, 2019
On Monday, I wrote: With the crypto winter seemingly coming to an end and spring on the horizon, so why do I think winter is behind us and spring is on the horizon? Well you can see in the [...]
May 14, 2019
I remember back in the 2005/2006/2007 time frame when blogging and social media was coming of age, I used this blog as a petri dish to explore ideas like influencer marketing, social advertising, and virality that have become critical parts [...]
May 13, 2019
It is that time of year again, when the entire crypto sector comes to NYC. It is called Blockchain Week NYC and there are a dozen or more industry events like the Coin Center Annual Dinner, The Third Annual [...]