Union Square Ventures is a New York-based fund established in 2003 that invests in early-stage businesses across North America and Europe.
Portfolio
4
companies
Sling Money
Sling Money develops an application for instant and low-cost international money transfers.
m3ter
m3ter provides a pricing operations platform that automates usage-based pricing models for software companies.
CarbonChain
CarbonChain builds carbon accounting software to track supply chain emissions.
Juro
Juro provides a browser-based contract automation platform to streamline agreement workflows.
John Buttrick
Partner
Brad Burnham
Co-founder
Fred Wilson
Co-founder
Fred is the managing partner and co-founder of Union Square Ventures, alongside his role as managing partner at Flatiron Partners.
LinkedInRebecca Kaden
Partner
Union Square Ventures led the round, with participation from Ribbit Capital and Slow Ventures.
"We believe that money should work the same way everything else on the internet works – that it should be easy to use, it should be fast, and it should be global,"
The investment round was led by Notion Capital and will fund product development and North American expansion.
"In a more challenging software market, SaaS businesses are balancing growth with profitability, making pricing an ever-more valuable lever. Hybrid and usage-based pricing are now firmly in the spotlight because of their ability to deliver better customer experiences while reducing churn and increasing revenue, and as their popularity continues to grow, the opportunity for m3ter is obvious. Today’s funding enables us to take our ambitions to the next level, making new pricing models accessible for every software business that needs them."
The Series A round was co-led by Union Square Ventures and Voyager Ventures to support product development and team expansion.
"CarbonChain helps climate-critical sectors take action by filling the data gap for supply chain emissions tracking with accuracy and granularity,"
Kindred Capital led the seed round to support international expansion and product development at m3ter.
"Usage-based pricing offers huge rewards for SaaS businesses, but it isn’t easy to implement. We experienced the pain ourselves when building our previous startup, but we also saw what good tooling can look like at AWS. Today, we’re proud to launch m3ter so that all SaaS businesses can intelligently deploy and manage usage-based pricing."
The Series B round was led by Eight Roads with participation from existing investors including Union Square Ventures and Seedcamp.
"We started Juro in order to make legal contracts frictionless and accessible to everyone. Legacy processes using Word, PDFs and email slow things down not only for lawyers but for everyone who handles contracts. In the last 12 months our customers have processed more than 250,000 contracts in Juro, without leaving their browser. This has saved customers millions of hours of time and helped them to agree terms faster than ever. We are delighted to partner with Eight Roads as we scale up."
Union Square Ventures led the Series A round to support product development and international growth.
"Contract management systems are invariably designed by lawyers for lawyers. We’re rebuilding contracts for the end user. We’re delighted to partner with USV as we execute on our vision to transform legal contracts into dynamic, modular agreements that reflect and empower business relationships. It’s great to see so many businesses supporting this approach and joining our community."
