Union Square Ventures

venture capital
New York, United StatesFounded 2003Website

AUM

$4.0M

Team

1

Funds

1

Investment Thesis

Top Sectors

HR Tech
Fintech
AI / ML

Preferred Stages

Series A
Seed

Deal Pace

0.8

deals/year avg

Team Activity Score55/100

Investment Team

F
Fred Wilson
Managing Partner
Cool 55

Portfolio Companies(7)

Mercury

FintechSeed
$51.0M
Sep 2021

Deel

HR TechSeries A
$24.5M
Apr 2021

Mistral AI

AI / MLSeed
$11.0M
Sep 2020

Gusto

HR TechSeries A
$50.6M
Jan 2020

Zenefits

HR TechSeries A
$3.0M
Jun 2014

Shyp

MarketplaceSeries A
$420K
Apr 2014

Powa Technologies

FintechSeries A
$15.2M
Nov 2013

Portfolio Breakdown

By Sector

HR Tech3 deals · 43%
Fintech2 deals · 29%
AI / ML1 deal · 14%
Marketplace1 deal · 14%

By Stage

Series A5 deals · 71%
Seed2 deals · 29%
7 tracked deals4 sectors · 2 stages

Deal Activity by Year

2013
1
2014
2
2020
2
2021
2

Fund Vehicles

Union Square Ventures Fund 1
Hot
Size: $4.2M
deploying22% deployed