Union Square Ventures

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in New York City. They are known for their generalist approach, investing in a variety of sectors and technologies, including social media, marketplaces, developer tools, learning, health, fintech, web3, energy, and climate. USV prioritizes investing at the "edge" of large markets that are being transformed by technological and societal pressures, seeking companies that can disrupt existing systems and broaden access to key resources like knowledge, capital, and well-being.

USV has a long history of investing in successful companies, with a portfolio that includes Twitter, Etsy, Tumblr, Foursquare, Behance, Kickstarter, MongoDB, Twilio, Cloudflare, and Coinbase. They are known for their collaborative approach to investing, with all partners participating in investment decisions and supporting portfolio companies over the long haul. USV also emphasizes building "trusted brands" - companies that align with their values and have a positive societal impact.

Union Square Ventures is based in New York City, but many of their portfolio companies offer remote or hybrid work options. They have a specific page devoted to open jobs at these companies, allowing you to search by location, industry, company stage and skills.

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City that invests at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures. They look for startups that leverage new technologies to create new behaviors and business models, often disrupting traditional market structures and broadening access to knowledge, capital, and well-being.

Union Square Ventures cultivates a collaborative and collegial work environment characterized by a shared intellectual curiosity and a commitment to identifying transformative opportunities at the edge of large markets. The firm emphasizes teamwork and encourages its partners and analysts to invest across all areas of the company's investment thesis, fostering a generalist approach and a shared understanding of the market landscape. This collaborative spirit extends beyond the internal team to include close partnerships with entrepreneurs and portfolio companies, fostering long-term relationships built on trust and mutual respect.

Union Square Ventures has a strict policy against all types of workplace harassment, including harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital, parental, registered domestic partnership or military or veteran status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, victim of domestic violence status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable laws. They strongly encourage their portfolio companies to institute a comparable harassment policy.