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The Future That Will Unfold

Some like it hot, others like it cold. But we all want to hold the remote control. - Beastie Boys
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Broaden Access

We believe we are still at the beginning of the opportunity to broaden access with the most critical implications ahead of us. As a result, we decided to revise our thesis into a third version:

USV backs trusted brands that broaden access to knowledge, capital, and well-being by leveraging networks, platforms, and protocols.
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Using Networks to Build Better Businesses

The USV portfolio network consists of 67 active companies with over 7,000 employees across the US, Canada, and Europe. We believe in using the power of networks to help our portfolio companies build better businesses through peer-to-peer learning, external network relationships, and shared resources. On average, we host 60 portfolio events each year and, in 2017, we are on track to host nearly 80 in total.
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Redefining Doctor-Patient Relationship

Nurx is a service that today prescribes and delivers medication from a mobile app and in doing so is redefining the doctor-patient relationship and the practice of primary care. We are announcing today that USV had led the company's latest round of financing.
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Interactions with Medicine

The nature of the way we interact - or desire to interact - with medicine and our medical care is starting to change fundamentally. This is less about the unbundling of medicine (which may also be happening) but instead the Read more

The Internet Getting Meaner

Last week, Farhad Manjoo of the New York Times mused in his column that the Internet was getting meaner: "If you’ve logged on to Twitter and Facebook in the waning weeks of 2015, you’ve surely noticed that the Internet now
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Investment in Clue

We are excited about our investment in Berlin-based Clue, which puts women around the world in charge of their fertility and their health more generally. Clue does this by offering a period tracker and fertility app. We have been pursuing Read more

Digital Healthcare Series

A four-part series on the state of digital healthcare.
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Broken Medical System

The point of this story is that it shows me how broken the medical system is. Even in the best case, there is such a lack of communication, coordination, and information sharing. Data is everywhere and nowhere. Decisions are slower
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