When was Union Square Ventures founded?

Union Square Ventures was founded in 2003.

Where is Union Square Ventures' headquarters located?

Union Square Ventures' headquarters is located in New York City ( United States ).

How big is Union Square Ventures' investment team?

Union Square Ventures has a team of 20, including 11 partners.

How many companies has Union Square Ventures invested in?

Union Square Ventures has invested in 226 companies, including Zynga & Stripe.

Which companies has Union Square Ventures invested in lately?

Ostrom & Stash are the latest investments by Union Square Ventures.

What sectors does Union Square Ventures focus on for investments?

Top sectors in Union Square Ventures' portfolio are Enterprise Applications (79 investments) and High Tech (56 investments).

What stages of companies does Union Square Ventures typically invest in?

Union Square Ventures primarily invests in Series A and Seed stages.

How many exits has Union Square Ventures been involved in?

Union Square Ventures' portfolio has seen 10 IPOs and 56 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in Union Square Ventures' portfolio?

There are 12 unicorns in Union Square Ventures' portfolio.

Union Square Ventures - 2025 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends - Tracxn

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Jun 2025, Union Square Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 226 companies, with 10 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it led the $14.6M Series A round of Volteras along with Long Journey Ventures. This round also saw participation from Wright Express and other investors.

Overall, Union Square Ventures portfolio has seen 12 unicorns, 10 IPOs and 56 acquisitions including key companies like Zynga, Duolingo and CloudFlare. A lot of funds co-invest with Union Square Ventures, with names like SV Angel sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.

Union Square Ventures has team of 20 people including 11 partners.

Key Metrics

Team Members

Brad Burnham, Fred Wilson & 18 more

Portfolio Count

Zynga, Stripe & 224 more

Portfolio Sectors

Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 33 more

Portfolio Locations

United States, United Kingdom & 17 more

Rounds of Entry

Series A, Seed & 9 more

Portfolio IPOs

Duolingo, Coinbase & 8 more

Portfolio Acquisitions

Web3Auth, FREE NOW & 54 more

Portfolio Unicorns

Abridge Inc, One Football & 10 more

Portfolio Soonicorns

SoundCloud, DuckDuckGo & 32 more

Deals in last 12 months

Ostrom, Stash & 17 more

Union Square Ventures has a portfolio of 226 companies, including 12 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in FREE NOW and Simulmedia.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Germany and 16 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech and 32 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 9 more. Here is the list of top investments by Union Square Ventures:

1. Zynga

Casual games developer and publisher for mobile and web platforms. The games developed by the company inlcude High heels, Cashier 3D, Blob runner 3D, and many more. The games are available for iOS and Android users.

Key facts about Zynga

Founded Year: 2007
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Annual Revenue: $2.8B as on Dec 31, 2021
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $526M
Employee Count: 1,084 as on Dec 31, 2015
Investors: Kaplan Group Investments, DAG Ventures and 36 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Dec 15, 2020, $762M
Highlight: Acquired

2. Stripe

Payment processing and card issuance solutions for businesses. It offers solutions such as payment gateways, hardware-based POS terminals, billing and subscription payments, and more. It also offers financial services such as the issuance of corporate cards, business financing, and more.

Key facts about Stripe

Founded Year: 2009
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Annual Revenue: 371M SGD as on Dec 31, 2023
Valuation: $91.5B as on Feb 27, 2025
Stage: Series I
Total Funding till date: $9.81B
Employee Count: 5,904 as on Dec 31, 2023
Investors: Glynn Capital, Silver Lake and 117 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series I, Apr 08, 2024, $694M
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. Duolingo

Provider of a gamified language learning platform. It offers courses in languages like Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Dutch and more. It offers features such as a gamified interface, learning solutions for schools, and a reward-based system. The app is available for iOS and Android devices.

Key facts about Duolingo

Founded Year: 2011
Location: Pittsburgh (United States)
Annual Revenue: $531M as on Dec 31, 2023
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $183M
Employee Count: 96 as on Dec 31, 2022
Investors: HTIF, General Atlantic and 20 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Feb 15, 2022
Highlight: Public

4. CloudFlare

Cloud based website security solutions. It is a cloud-based platform providing website security, performance, and content delivery solutions for businesses, enabling them to connect, protect, and build the online presence securely.

Key facts about CloudFlare

Founded Year: 2009
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Annual Revenue: $1.67B as on Dec 31, 2024
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $332M
Employee Count: 4,263 as on Dec 31, 2024
Investors: Venrock, HTIF and 17 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 2021, $1.29B
Highlight: Public

5. Etsy

Online marketplace offering multi-category products from independent designers. Its product catalog includes home improvement products, fashion, beauty, electronics, stationery, arts, books, groceries, smoking products, pet supplies, and more.

Key facts about Etsy

Founded Year: 2005
Location: Dublin (Ireland)
Annual Revenue: $2.75B as on Dec 31, 2023
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $98M
Employee Count: 2,400 as on Dec 31, 2024
Investors: Elliott Management, Sunrise Ventures and 23 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Feb 01, 2024
Highlight: Public

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Union Square Ventures has invested in 226 companies over the last 21 years, with an average of 13 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 22 investments, while as of Jun 2025, it has made 12 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Volteras and most recent follow-on round was in Ostrom.

Here are Union Square Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2025 (YTD)	5	7	12
2024	12	10	22
2023	8	15	23
2022	31	11	42
2021	16	20	36
2020	12	17	29
2019	9	11	20
2018	10	17	27
2017	6	11	17
2016	12	15	27

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Union Square Ventures is primarily an Early Stage Investor investor majorly investing in Series A (111) rounds where average round size is $1.14B, Seed (42) rounds where average round size is $204M and Series B (30) rounds where average round size is $476M.

Here are Union Square Ventures' investments by stage:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Series A	111
Seed	42
Series B	30
Series D	7
Series C	4
Others	11

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Union Square Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, FinTech and Media & Entertainment. Notably, it has invested in 189 Tech companies, 129 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 100 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 98 companies focusing on Software.

Here are Union Square Ventures' investments by sector:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	74
Consumer	59
High Tech	54
FinTech	48
Media & Entertainment	28
Others	260

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Union Square Ventures has made most investments in United States (154), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 12 investments.

Here are Union Square Ventures' investments by geography:

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

Country	No. of Investments
United States	154
United Kingdom	12
Germany	10
Canada	8
France	2
Others	16

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Union Square Ventures has made 12 investments in 2025 so far. Ostrom and Stash are the latest among them.

Here are the most recent investments by Union Square Ventures:

Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Jun 19, 2025	Ostrom	Germany	Series B	$23M	Eneco [+4]
May 12, 2025	Stash	United States	Series H	$187M	Goodwater Capital [+3]
Apr 08, 2025	Blackbird Labs	United States	Series B	$50M	Spark Capital [+3]
Mar 28, 2025	Volteras	United Kingdom	Series A	$14.6M	EXOR [+3]
Mar 05, 2025	Zeitview	United States	Series D	$60M	Climate Investment [+6]

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Union Square Ventures has 12 unicorns in its portfolio - Abridge Inc, One Football, Helium and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Abridge Inc. It became a unicorn in 2025, 4 years after Union Square Ventures first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in Union Square Ventures' portfolio:

Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
55	Abridge Inc	Provider of AI-based health record platform	2018	High Tech [+2]	New York City	Series D	anczety
77	One Football	News media platform for soccer	2008	Consumer [+1]	Berlin	Series D	wpqewqo
65	Helium	Hardware mining solutions for cryptocurrency	2006	FinTech [+3]	San Francisco	Series D	rvjznon
46	Dune Analytics	Data and analytics solutions for cryptocurrency	2018	FinTech [+1]	Oslo	Series B	ismwmzz
60	Shippo	Provider of web-based shipping solution for e-commerce businesses	2013	Consumer [+3]	San Francisco	Series E	zvdxlge

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10 of Union Square Ventures' portfolio companies have become public. Duolingo got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Jul 2021 at marketcap of $3.66B and Coinbase got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $28.7B.

Here are Union Square Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:

Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Duolingo	Jul 28, 2021	Oct 2011	Series A	$3.3M
Coinbase	Apr 14, 2021	May 08, 2013	Series A	$6.11M
Shapeways	Nov 15, 2019	Sep 2010	Series A	$5M
CloudFlare	Sep 13, 2019	Dec 2012	Series C	$50M
Funding Circle	Sep 28, 2018	Mar 27, 2012	Series B	$16M

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56 companies from Union Square Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Web3Auth in Jun 2025 by Consensys.

Here are Union Square Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Web3Auth	Jun 02, 2025	Jan 12, 2022	Series A	$13M
FREE NOW	Apr 16, 2025	Feb 05, 2013	Series B	$30.6M
X	Mar 29, 2025	Jul 01, 2007	Series A	$100K
Parallel Markets	Jan 16, 2025	Jan 07, 2022	Series A	$7.25M
Zynga	Dec 10, 2024	Feb 2008	Series A	$10M

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Union Square Ventures has a team of 20 members including 11 Partners, 3 Venture Partners and 4 Principals located in United States, Vietnam and 2 more locations. Union Square Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

Here is a list of top team members in Union Square Ventures:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact details
Brad Burnham	Partner	New York City	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Fred Wilson	Partner	New York City	-	2 Emails
Andy Weissman	Partner	New York City	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Albert Wenger	Partner	New York City	-	1 Email, 1 Phone number
Nick Grossman	Partner	United States	-	1 Email, 1 Phone number
Samson Mesele	Partner	New York City	-	1 Email, 2 Phone numbers
Camille Tisch	Partner	Brooklyn	-	-
Kelly Tisch	Partner	Brooklyn	-	-
Crystal Peng	Partner	Los Angeles	-	-
Patrick Demare	Partner	France	-	-

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Over the past 21 years, 1639 investors have co-invested in Union Square Ventures's portfolio companies.

Invested before Union Square Ventures: Y Combinator, SV Angel and 405 others have invested in rounds before Union Square Ventures. There are 18 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Union Square Ventures and 9 companies where SV Angel has invested before Union Square Ventures.
Top Co-investors of Union Square Ventures: 544 investors entered a company along with Union Square Ventures. These include investors like SV Angel (12 companies).
Invested after Union Square Ventures: A total of 688 investors have invested in Union Square Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include a16z (12 companies), Spark Capital (9 companies) and Kleiner Perkins (7 companies).