## What's in your kitchen?

Probably a stove, sink, running water, oven, refrigerator, cutlery and other utensils, sometimes a microwave oven. Precisely the same things as every commercial restaurant kitchen. Every kitchen is indeed an ad hoc restaurant waiting to happen.  
[Read more](/content/writing/2013/04/kitchensurfing/index.html)

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## Online Fraud

As more and more economic activity moves online, fraud is never far behind. Online fraud is in many ways more attractive to criminals as it can be committed at a safe distance from its targets and scales far better.  
[Read more](/content/writing/2013/03/sift-science/index.html)

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## Hailo Financing Announcement

We're excited to announce today that USV led the recent round of financing in Hailo, the e-hail company based in London and New York. Hailo is rapidly becoming a global platform for regulated taxi service and we are delighted to  
[Read more](/content/writing/2013/02/hailo/index.html)

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## Investment in Behance

Earlier this year we invested in New York based Behance. We had known and followed Scott and the team for several years and kept an active dialog about the network of creatives that they have been building. As it turns  
[Read more](/content/writing/2012/12/behance-joins-adobe-to-scale-creative-network/index.html)

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## Our Investment Thesis

Union Square Ventures is a thesis driven firm. We don't really invest in the consumer web, networks, mobile, the cloud, or any specific technology. We invest in the disruption of the global economy caused by the increasing liquidity of information  
[Read more](/content/writing/2012/11/visualizing-our-investments/index.html)

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## Behance Talent Audition

We are excited to announce a Behance talent audition to identify five designers that will be commissioned to update the look and feel of USV's identity. You can find a detailed design brief at Behance. We have decided on a  
[Read more](/content/writing/2012/10/looking-for-design-talent/index.html)