21-580: [REDACTED] Look up usv in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. USV may refer to: Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Union Square Ventures , an American venture capital company University of Silicon Valley USV Private Limited , an Indian pharmaceutical company Government and military [ edit ] United States of Venezuela United States Volunteers , non-regular US Army troops 76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV) ,
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63-656: A corporate attorney at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz , joined USV as general counsel and partner. Red Herring (magazine) Red Herring is a media company that at different times has published a magazine about tech innovation, an online daily technology news service, and technology newsletters, and has hosted events for technology leaders. Red Herring is perhaps best known for its Red Herring Top 100 technology awards and international conferences it hosts each year. The Red Herring Top 100 began in 1996 and highlights startup companies and private ventures in Asia, Europe, and
84-406: A focus on influential technology companies large and small around the world. He refocused Red Herring's target audience to C-level tech executives and international readers. Building a solid editorial team and keeping costs low were also high priorities for Vieux during Red Herring's revival. He claimed to have spent 20 percent less per weekly issue than publishers spent previously. Shortly after
105-511: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Union Square Ventures Union Square Ventures ( USV ) is an American venture capital firm based in New York City. The firm has backed more than 130 startups, including Twitter , Etsy , Stripe , Coinbase , Zynga , Tumblr , Stack Overflow , Meetup , Kickstarter , MongoDB , Flurry , and Carta . Union Square Ventures (USV)
126-512: The Americas. Red Herring began as a technology business magazine in 1993 and flourished during the dot com boom , with global distribution and bureaus in Bangalore, Beijing, and Paris. It also sponsored conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. The magazine went into decline with the dot com crash , and ceased print publication in 2003. It
147-593: The Herring as a website, with James Daly as editor-in-chief. The first official issue of the relaunched print publication was published in November 2004. Perkins had previously founded Upside magazine with Rich Karlgaard (who later became publisher of Forbes ). Chris Alden and Zack Herlick, friends since junior high school, had started a computer consulting company and taught computer science prior to partnering with Perkins. Ron Conway, of Angel Investors ,
168-543: The companies that are regularly included in Red Herring ’s lists of top venture capital firms. As of 2016, USV had 7 billion dollar exits, including Twitter in 2013 and Twilio in 2016. USV's 2004 fund is one of the best-performing venture capital funds in history. In 2011 USV was chosen as the best-performing venture capital firm the United States, based on investment return rate. In 2007, Albert Wenger ,
189-408: The company through an assignment for the benefit of creditors (ABC), which is a California state process similar to a federal bankruptcy . RHC Media, owned by BCP, bought the Red Herring assets out of ABC and kept the business operating. After trying unsuccessfully to sell the company, RHC Media decided in early 2003 to cease operations and sell the company's assets. The subscription obligation
210-504: The company's website. In recent years, Red Herring has been focused on promoting events and awards for new innovative startups, venture capital scene and these events are called Red Herring Global 100, Red Herring North America 100, Red Herring Europe 100 and Red Herring Asia 100. Some noted critics say that the Red Herring Top 100 is a scam and companies are forced to pay a large fee to attend award ceremonies in order to receive
231-500: The company, with Eric Hippeau, then CEO of ZD, joining the Red Herring board. Scott Briggs, a former president of Ziff Davis, joined the board in 1997 as well. Broadview Capital Partners invested $ 25 million into Red Herring in 2000, with Steven Brooks and Stephen Bachman joining the board. Red Herring was joined in the late 1990s by competitors such as IDG 's The Industry Standard and Imagine Media's Business 2.0 . It
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#1732765103937252-487: The former president of del.icio.us , joined the firm as a managing partner. In 2011, Betaworks co-founder Andy Weissman joined USV. In 2018, Rebecca Kaden, previously a General Partner at Maveron joined USV. In 2019, USV announced two new partners–Gillian Munson, formerly the CFO of XO Group , and Nick Grossman, who had previously worked at USV on special projects such as policy and crypto. In 2021, Samson Mesele, previously
273-456: The prospectus for an initial public offering of stock. The publication initially focused on the venture capital community and expanded its focus to include more of the technology sector. The founders sold stakes in the magazine to outside investors, but as the dot-com bust deepened, the magazine struggled, ceasing publication in 2003. Later that year, Alex Vieux of Dasar acquired some of the company's assets. In September 2003, Vieux relaunched
294-485: The purchase by DASAR, the new owners brought in a team of new editors with experience at competitors of the former print magazine. Red Herring re-launched as a website in the fall of 2003. Red Herring produced several test issues of the print magazine in the fall of 2004 and launched as a full-fledged weekly magazine in January 2005. The print edition came to an end in 2007, but a digital edition continued, available via
315-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title USV . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USV&oldid=1129270448 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
336-475: The undisclosed purchase price. Vieux began hiring employees and refocusing the Red Herring brand out of offices in Mountain View, Calif. James Daly, founding editor-in-chief of Business 2.0 , was hired to head the Red Herring editorial staff. James Dreyfuss, a former editor of PC Week and Information Week, was hired as editor-in-chief. Vieux vowed to make the magazine "systematically global", with
357-515: Was also compared to Wired magazine, Fast Company , and Inside.com . Hilary Schneider was hired by the board as CEO in late 2000 and succeeded Alden (who had succeeded Perkins as CEO). Red Herring's revenues reached nearly $ 100 million with a staff around 350, but contracted in 2001 and 2002. BCP invested in several additional rounds to help stabilise the organisation, which went through several rounds of layoffs. Through these financings, BCP obtained control of Red Herring and in 2002 put
378-694: Was an early adviser and board member. Red Herring launched an event and an Internet division on the same day in May 1995 when Venture Market West premiered in Monterey, California , accompanied by the company's first website. The Venture Market series (including West, East, South, and Europe) ran successfully until 2001 and was accompanied by other events, such as NDA, Venture, and Herring on Hollywood. The Internet operation grew steadily and peaked in 2000 when it acquired Stockmaster.com . Ziff Davis invested $ 2 million in Red Herring in 1997 for approximately 10% of
399-459: Was founded in 2003 by Fred Wilson (a former partner of Flatiron Partners) and Brad Burnham (a former Executive in Residence with AT&T Ventures). They created USV with the intent of investing in and fostering the development of early-stage companies. Their investments are "mostly U.S.-based Internet and mobile companies considered to be ‘disruptive’". Since its establishment, USV is one of
420-502: Was relaunched in late 2004 under publisher Alex Vieux and editor-in-chief Joel Dreyfuss , but again ceased print publication in 2007, continuing publication in digital form until 2011. Red Herring continues to publish technology sector news online. Red Herring began as a magazine in Belmont, California , founded in 1993 by a former banker named Anthony Perkins. Perkins named the magazine "Red Herring" after what bankers use to describe
441-420: Was sold to Time Inc. and the Red Herring brand, URL, and Intellectual Property (such as back issues and online content) were sold to Alex Vieux , Anam Alpenia, Ana Baltodano and Dani Essindi Behrendt of DASAR . In April 2003, Vieux , a French technology leader and entrepreneur, purchased the Red Herring brand with plans to revive the magazine. DASAR, a French company led by Vieux, held a 20 percent stake in
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