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Union Square Ventures

Venture capital firm · Founded 2003 · Active in 2026

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2003. The page below shows 32 Power Law outcomes from Union Square Ventures's portfolio — 30 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 2 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · Edtech · Other; top portfolio geographies are USA · Germany · Canada. Union Square ranks #184 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

32 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #184 · Global · 32 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 25% 5y
30
Decacorns → 0% 5y
6
Thoroughbreds ↑ 31% 5y
24
01 · Exits

Union Square’s biggest exits.

Union Square portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

$4.4B IPO · 2019
Entered Series B+Now $75.8B
$73.6B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $46.0B
IPO · 2013
Entered Series ANow $45.0B
$2.0B IPO · 2016
Entered Series ANow $27.2B
$1.6B IPO · 2017
Entered Series ANow $23.9B
IPO · 2011
Entered Series ANow $12.7B
IPO · 2015
Entered Series ANow $7.6B
$6.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $3.8B
$2.0B IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $684M
$1.8B acquisition · 2021
Entered Series A
IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $1.1B
02 · Estimated holdings

Union Square’s selected top holdings.

An estimate of Union Square’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 8 companies where Union Square is a named shareholder, worth about $2.8B in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 CartaFintech · Unicorn 13.5% $7.4B $999M
  2. 2 UpgradeFintech · Unicorn 12% $7.3B $876M
  3. 3 OutschoolEducation · Unicorn 10% $3.0B $300M
  4. 4 AbridgeHealth · Unicorn 5.5% $5.3B $292M
  5. 5 C2FOFintech · Unicorn 12% $1.0B $120M
  6. 6 ShippoTransportation · Unicorn 10% $1.0B $100M
  7. 7 7% $1.0B $70M
  8. 8 11.5% $500M $58M

2 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = Union Square’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

03 · Portfolio analysis

The 32 Union Square Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA25
  2. Germany3
  3. Canada2
  4. UK1
  5. Norway1
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech11
  2. Edtech4
  3. Other4
  4. Other B2B Software3
  5. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  6. Cybersecurity3
  7. Marketing1
  8. Transportation1
  9. Energy1
  10. Health Tech & Medtech1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+9
  2. Series A23
04 · Portfolio market map

Union Square's 32 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
32 of 32 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does Union Square stack up?

Union Square in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Union Square's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

61 founders across the 32 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Harvard Business School and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States39
Canada5
Germany2
United Kingdom2
Iran2
Switzerland1
Kosovo1
France1
India1
Guatemala1
+1 more →
UniversityCount
Harvard Business School5
Carnegie Mellon University3
Stanford University3
Cornell University3
Harvard University2
Columbia Engineering2
University of Pittsburgh2
McGill University1
University of Waterloo1
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology1
+25 more →
Origin companyCount
Microsoft4
Alphabet | Google4
LendingClub4
Amazon3
Apple2
Digital Turbine2
Airbnb2
Sift1
NeoPhotonics1
Animoca Brands1
+10 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Union Square Ventures

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Union Square on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about Union Square Ventures

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Union Square — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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