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Union Square Ventures (USV) — 2023 Investments

12 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Teamshares, Incteamshares.comin𝕏NASDAQ: TMSAug 2023 · $120M

Teamshares acquires small businesses from retiring owners and facilitates employee stock ownership, creating a permanent home for businesses while providing retiring owners with a reliable exit and employees with ownership opportunities.

B2B MarketplacesBrooklyn, US

Michael Brown(Founder)inAlex Eu(Founder)inKevin Rikio Shiiba(Founder)inKevin Shiiba(Founder)Michael Sutherland Brown(Founder)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCollaborative FundContraryEvolution VenturesInspired CapitalPROOF+5 more

Parallel Marketsparallelmarkets.comin𝕏Apr 2023acquired by iCapital

Parallel Markets provides identity, compliance, and onboarding technology for financial services, including KYC/KYB verification, AML monitoring, corporate and investor onboarding, and Regulation D 506(c) accredited investor verification.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechMarketplacesSaaSNew York, US

Lawrence Calcano(Chairman & CEO)Lawrence Peccatiello(Executive Officer, Director)Brian Muller(Director)Nicholas Goss(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDaniel Gulati(Director)

Board seatJohn Buttrick· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesComcast VenturesCorrelation VenturesEniac VenturesFour Acres CapitalSupernode Ventures+1 more

PayJoypayjoy.cominNov 2023

PayJoy provides financial services and credit access to unbanked and underbanked populations in emerging markets across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

B2B MarketplacesFintechImpact & Social GoodRetail TechSan Francisco, US

Mark Heynen(Founder)inDoug Ricket(CEO)inGib Lopez(Co-founder & COO)inTom Ricket(Co-Founder)inNick Zakrasek(President, Product Development)inAmy Pardee(General Counsel)in

Board seatJohn Buttrick· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAidenlair CapitalAssurant VenturesCeniarthCiti VenturesCompoundCore Venture Capital+22 more

Daybreak Healthdaybreakhealth.cominSeries B · Aug 2023

Daybreak Health provides mental health support services to schools, helping school districts build and manage student mental health programs serving over 1 million students across the U.S.

Digital HealthEdTechHealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

Alex Alvarado(Founder)inSid Cidambi(Founder)inLuke MercadoKevin Kuchta(Engineering Manager I)Gabi Zerbib(AE)Nikta Moradi(Product Lead)

Co-investorsAtacama VenturesMaven VenturesMoxxie VenturesOpen Opportunity FundRebel FundY Combinator+5 more

Eatereater.comin𝕏Oct 2023 · $24M

Eater is a digital media brand covering food and dining culture through a national website, iOS app, local city sites, YouTube channel, podcasts, and newsletters.

ConsumerFoodTechMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US

Stephanie Wu(Editor-in-Chief)inJill Dehnert(Publisher)

Co-investorsGotham Gal VenturesThe Vertical GroupAndreessen HorowitzBrooks ReitzQED InvestorsShine Capital+1 more

Journey Clinicaljourneyclinical.comin𝕏Jan 2023

Journey Clinical provides ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) for depression, anxiety, and PTSD, partnering patients with licensed therapists and medical teams while coordinating with major insurance providers.

Digital HealthMedical DevicesMental Health

Jonathan Sabbagh(Founder)inMyriam Barthes(Founder)in

Co-investorsAble PartnersAlleyCorpCoalition OperatorsFifty YearsFJ LabsGaingels+9 more

Karatkarat.comin𝕏Jul 2023 · $70M

Karat conducts expert-led technical interviews, including live AI-native simulations, to evaluate engineering talent and turn hiring data into workforce intelligence for enterprise employers.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSeattle, US

Mohit Bhende(Founder)inJeffrey Spector(Founder)inEric Wei(Founder)inWill Kim(Founder)in

Co-investorsDig Ventures Management LimitedFounder CollectiveHighsage VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersNotable CapitalSemperVirens Venture Capital+13 more

Lydianlydianlabs.cominSep 2023 · $12M

Lydian develops and supplies technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from CO₂, enabling aircraft fuel producers and facilities operators to manufacture drop-in jet fuel at lower capital and operating costs than conventional methods.

CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyCharlestown, US

Joe Rodden(Founder)inBranko Zugic(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJoshua Posamentier(Director)in

Co-investorsCongruent VenturesOverlap HoldingsBreakthrough Energy VenturesGalvanize Climate SolutionsGlobal Founders CapitalGrok Ventures+2 more

Noyanoya.coin𝕏Series A · Apr 2023 · $11MDefunct

Noya converts existing industrial equipment such as cooling towers into carbon dioxide capture systems, lowering the initial investment and deployment time required for direct air capture operations.

Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechSan Francisco, US

Josh Santos(Founder)inDaniel Cavero(Founder)inJoshua Santos-Heard(Co-Founder & CEO (Chief Carbon Removal Officer))Daniel Cavero Rodriguez(Co-Founder & CTO)Sara Riedl(Head of People)

BoardAndrew Clare(Director)in

Co-investorsFifty YearsKayak VenturesLowercarbon CapitalOpen Opportunity FundSur VenturesY Combinator+14 more

Slopeslopepay.comin𝕏Series A · Sep 2023 · $30M

Slope provides a B2B payments platform that enables businesses to accept payments and offer financing, with a focus on digitizing the order-to-cash process for online commerce.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Lawrence Lin Murata(Founder)inAlice Deng(Founder)inJulieAnn McKellogg(Head of Customer Success)Russell Gu(Credit Risk)Marco Ronning(Recruiting)Andrew Albano(President)

Co-investorsAcross Capital PartnersavraCircle VenturesFjor FoundersNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Notable Capital+30 more

Slopeslopeclinical.cominSep 2023 · $30M

Slope provides software to manage the biospecimen lifecycle in clinical trials, giving research sites, sponsors, CROs, and labs oversight of clinical sample inventory and real-time data.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSMobile, US

Rust Felix(Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder)inJonathan Rust Felix(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Felix(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArtis VenturesBasis Set VenturesBreyer CapitalDynamo VenturesEniac Ventures+4 more

Slopeslope.soSep 2023

B2B payments platform using AI for order-to-cash automation, risk assessment and embedded net-terms financing.

Co-investorsAlt CapitalFJ LabsHyphen CapitalMONASHEESMPG FundRogue Capital+4 more

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