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Union Square Ventures to Allocate 30% of New $250M Fund to Crypto-Related Investments

Planned investments "will include holding tokens directly as well as equity in early-stage blockchain-related projects."

Por Kevin Reynolds
Actualizado 14 sept 2021, 11:01 a. .m.. Publicado 26 ene 2021, 7:48 p. .m.. Traducido por IA
Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson, left, with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at Consensus 2019.
Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson, left, with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at Consensus 2019.

Union Square Ventures said it will invest roughly 30% of its freshly minted $250 million 2021 Core Fund in crypto-related investments as it has with other recent funds.

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  • The venture capital firm, known for bets on Twitter, Tumblr and Coinbase, said in a blog post written by Managing Partner Andy Weissman that planned crypto-related investments "will include holding tokens directly as well as equity in early-stage blockchain-related projects."
  • "We believe the opportunity to decentralize systems is still in early stages, seeing adoption tailwinds and with a lot of interesting new activity," Weissman wrote.
  • USV said it's also interested in ventures that are finding new ways to broaden access to learning and healthcare.

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