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Union Square Ventures (USV) β€” 2015 Investments

4 investments dated 2015 Β· listed companies and verified rows first Β· show all

Crowdrisecrowdrise.com𝕏Dec 2015acquired by GoFundMe

CrowdRise is an online fundraising platform that enables individuals and organizations to raise money for charitable causes and personal needs.

FintechMarketplacesLos Angeles, US

Edward Norton(Co-founder)Shauna Robertson(Co-founder)Robert Wolfe(CEO)Jeffrey Wolfe(Co-founder)in

BoardFred Wilson(Director)inBijan Sabet(Director)in

Co-investorsLightbankSpark Capital

Quizletquizlet.comOct 2015

San Francisco, US

Andrew Sutherland(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inJon Foster(Executive Officer)

BoardFred Wilson(Director)inDavid L. Margulius(Director, Promoter)Greg Sands(Director)inMark Selcow(Executive Officer, Director)in

PartnerFred WilsonΒ· led

Co-investorsIcon VenturesOwl VenturesAltos VenturesCostanoa VenturesOwl

Stack Exchangestackexchange.comJan 2015Acquired

Stack Exchange operates a network of question-and-answer communities where users ask and answer questions across topics such as board games, mathematics, and other subject areas.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocialNew York, US

Avram Joel Spolsky(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Howard Pryor(Executive Officer, Director)Jack Sinclair(Executive Officer)Jeff Szczepanski(Executive Officer)

BoardBrad Burnham(Director)inNeil Rimer(Director)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzBezos ExpeditionsIndex VenturesSpark Capital

Work Marketworkmarket.comin𝕏Jan 2015

WorkMarket is a platform for onboarding, verifying, and paying independent contractors (1099 workers and freelancers) with features for compliance, work management, and payment processing.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSHuntington, US

Jeffrey S. Wald(Co-Founder & President/COO)Jeffrey Leventhal(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Stephen DeWitt(Chief Executive Officer)

BoardMoshe Koyfman(Investor Board Director)Jordan Levy(Investor Board Director)Fred Wilson(Investor Board Director (Union Square Ventures))in

Co-investors137 VenturesSoftBank Group

Rows marked β€œSEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D β€” public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.