Where does Albert Wenger work?

Albert Wenger is Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV) and Board director at Viam and Board director at Clarifai and Board director at Dwolla.

What check size does Albert Wenger write?

Albert Wenger typically writes checks of $1M – $6M.

What boards does Albert Wenger sit on?

Albert Wenger holds tracked board seats at Dwolla, Shift EV.

What companies has Albert Wenger invested in?

Investments tracked here include Help Centre, Tumblr exited.

Where did Albert Wenger go to school?

Albert Wenger studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Information Technology); Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics); Harvard University (BA, Economics).

Albert Wenger

InvestorFounder

Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV) · Board director at Viam · Board director at Clarifai · Board director at Dwolla

New York, New York

Writes $1M – $6M checks · typically $4.3M

About

Albert Wenger is the author of Continuations, a blog with over 2,000 posts and a subscriber base of 600+ readers. The publication is themed around the transition toward what he calls the knowledge age.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

a•••@usv.comreveal100% confident

Invests in

Climate TechCrypto & Web3EdTechFintechHealthtech

Board director at Viam

Intro paths

→

In turn, Albert can intro founders to Viam's investors below.

Viam's investors · 7

Alley Robotics VenturesCohasset · $500K – $2M checks AlleyCorpNew York · $1M – $5M checks Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks Formus Capital Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks USV 2024New York · since 2024

Co-founders at Viam

Eliot HorowitzCo-founder

Board director at Clarifai

Intro paths

→

In turn, Albert can intro founders to Clarifai's investors below.

Clarifai's investors · 20

Bright Pixel CapitalLisbon Corazon CapitalChicago · $150K – $500K checks CPP InvestmentsToronto Department of Defensesince 2020 GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks LDV CapitalNew York · $500K – $1.5M checks Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2016 Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks · since 2016 New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks Numeta CapitalLos Angeles NYU Innovation Venture FundNew York · $100K – $500K checks Osage University PartnersBala Cynwyd OUP (Osage University Partners)Bala Cynwyd · $1M – $20M checks Qualcomm Qualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checks R/GA VenturesBrooklyn Runa CapitalSofia · $500K – $5M checks SINEWAVE VENTURESMclean · $500K – $25M checks U.S. Air Forcesince 2020 Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks · since 2016

Co-founders at Clarifai

Matthew ZeilerExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Dwolla

Intro paths

→

In turn, Albert can intro founders to Dwolla's investors below.

Dwolla's investors · 7

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Firebrand VenturesBoulder · $500K – $1M checks FoundryBoulder · $250K – $15M checks High AlphaIndianapolis Ludlow VenturesOak Park · $50K – $1M checks · since 2016 Next Level VenturesDes Moines · $500K – $5M checks Union Square Ventures (USV)New York City · $1M – $8M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Dwolla

Ben MilneExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Humane GenomicsDirectorcurrent2025 — present
Anthro EnergyDirectorcurrent2024 — present
ZanskarDirectorcurrent2022 — present
WalletConnectDirectorcurrent2022 — present
Bolt.EarthDirectorcurrent2021 — present
ViamDirectorcurrent2021 — present
Shift EVDirectorcurrent2021 — present
ShippoDirectorcurrent2016 — present
SimScale GmbHDirectorcurrent2015 — present
Code ClimateDirectorcurrent2016 — present
Union Square VenturesPartnercurrent2008 — present
goTennaDirector2017 — 2025Greater New York City Area
Top HatDirector2017 — 2022
Blockstack IncDirector2014 — 2022
Clue by BiowinkDirector2015 — 2022
Sift ScienceDirector2013 — 2021
WattpadDirector2011 — 2021
foursquareDirector2009 — 2021
Skillshare.Director2011 — 2020
ShapewaysDirector2010 — 2020
EdmodoDirector2010 — 2018
MongoDBDirector2008 — 2017
heyzap.comDirector2010 — 2016
Twilio, Inc.Director2010 — 2015
AMEEDirector2009 — 2015
CovestorDirector2008 — 2015
EtsyBoard Observer2006 — 2015
DailyLitCo-founder2006 — 2013New York
Behance Inc.Director2012
ClickableDirector2007 — 2012
Eckford GroupPartner2003 — 2008
del.icio.usPresident2005 — 2006

Education

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Information Technology1993 — 1996
Harvard UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Economics1987 — 1990
Harvard UniversityBA, Economics1987 — 1990
Harvard UniversityBA, Economics1987 — 1990

Deals · 2

Shift EVBoard seat

via Union Square Ventures (USV) · filed Jan 2022 · $8M raise

DwollaBoard seat

via Union Square Ventures (USV) · filed Jul 2021 · $25.5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Investor

Help CentreTumblr exited

Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website.

Writing

All posts ↗

Wenger has recently been developing his Universal Moral Core philosophy, laying out its first principle about growing knowledge and applying it to lying, censorship, and AI alignment, alongside a piece on economic policy for the AGI age covering borrowing costs, competition, and basic income.

Universal Moral Core Principle 1: Implications2026-08-10

Wenger explores how his Universal Moral Core first principle guides judgments about lying, censorship, and academic fraud for individuals, societies, and artificial super intelligences.published summpublished_date

The Cost of Capital in the AGI Age2026-08-09

Wenger argues borrowing costs excluded from inflation measures explain the vibecession and proposes competitive markets and basic income to address rising rates in the AGI age.

Universal Moral Core Principle 12026-08-03

Wenger introduces the first Universal Moral Core principle, growing knowledge as the source of technological and moral progress, defining knowledge as physically embodied information actively maintained.

Colleagues at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Akhil Ramgopal

AI Lead at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Andy Weissman

Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Brad Burnham

Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Fred Wilson

Co-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures

Grace Carney

Analyst at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Hanel Baveja

Partner at Creandum

Hannah Murdoch

Analyst at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Jared Hecht

Venture Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Network14

Scott SandellScout

Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEA

David HelgasonScout

Unity co-founder; Partner at Transition

Andy WeissmanScout

Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)

Anjali BansalScout

Founder at Avaana Capital

Anne GloverScout

CEO of Amadeus Capital Partners at Amadeus Capital Partners

Asheem ChandnaScout

Partner at Greylock; enterprise and cybersecurity investor since 2003

BorisScout

Founding Partner at Version One Ventures

Carter CallawayScout

Associate at Ultratech Capital Partners

Chris MoodyScout

Partner at Foundry Group investing in technology companies

Federico Pirzio-BiroliScout

Founding Partner & Chairman at Playfair Capital

Mike DuboeScout

Partner at Greylock Partners

Hanel Baveja

Partner at Creandum

▶2 more connections

Hannah Murdoch James Loftus

Investors connected to Albert in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Albert Wenger?: Albert Wenger is the author of Continuations, a blog with over 2,000 posts and a subscriber base of 600+ readers. The publication is themed around the transition toward what he calls the knowledge age.
Where does Albert Wenger work?: Albert Wenger is Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV) and Board director at Viam and Board director at Clarifai and Board director at Dwolla.
What does Albert Wenger invest in?: Albert Wenger invests in Climate Tech, Crypto & Web3, EdTech, Fintech, Healthtech.
What check size does Albert Wenger write?: Albert Wenger typically writes checks of $1M – $6M.
What boards does Albert Wenger sit on?: Albert Wenger holds tracked board seats at Dwolla, Shift EV.
What companies has Albert Wenger invested in?: Investments tracked here include Help Centre, Tumblr exited.
Where did Albert Wenger go to school?: Albert Wenger studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D., Information Technology); Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics); Harvard University (BA, Economics).