# Investment and Announcements

## Tucows Investment
**Date:** Feb 6, 2017  
Union Square Ventures has made a substantial investment in Tucows, a 23-year-old company that has been publicly traded for over 15 years. Since we have never before invested in a public company, that requires a bit of an explanation. [Read more](/content/writing/2017/02/tucows/index.html)

## Shippo Announces USPS ePostage Access
**Date:** Jan 12, 2017  
Our portfolio company Shippo today announced that it is now providing all customers with access to the United States Postal Service ePostage program. Shippo is the first company to have received such a license from the USPS since 1999. [Read more](/content/writing/2017/01/shippo-and-the-power-of-abstraction-introducing-usps-epostage/index.html)

## Metaverse and Digital Currency
**Date:** Jan 9, 2017  
In Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel, Snow Crash, we were introduced to the concept of a Metaverse, the 3D mixed reality heir to the Internet marked by a convergence of the physical and virtual worlds. Technologists have been trying to bring [Read more](/content/writing/2017/01/digital-currency-for-virtual-worlds/index.html)

## Blockstack Follow-on Funding
**Date:** Jan 6, 2017  
We are excited to announce follow-on funding in our portfolio company Blockstack. [Read more](/content/writing/2017/01/blockstack-funding/index.html)

## Numerai Series A Financing
**Date:** Dec 12, 2016  
Today, we're excited to announce that USV is leading the Series A round of financing in Numerai’s management company. [Read more](/content/writing/2016/12/numerai/index.html)

## Holiday Offers from USV Network
**Date:** Dec 1, 2016  
USV network companies: Let us know if you’d like us to include your holiday offer in this list! The potential of digital network effects has been crucial to our investment thesis from day one. [Read more](/content/writing/2016/12/sharing-holiday-specials-from-the-usv-network/index.html)