Brad Burnham
Managing Partner · Union Square Ventures
Check $500K–$15M
SEED
SERIES A
Consumer
Crypto
Civic
Marketplaces
Quick profile
Investment thesis
Founders thinking about the public-benefit effects of their work, not just the financial returns. I back businesses aligned with broader civic interests.
Communication style
Slow, philosophical, asks about long-term effects on the world.
Red flags
Founder purely optimizing for short-term growth at the cost of users
No awareness of the bigger system their product sits in
Signature questions
1.How does this business make the world better?
2.What are the second-order effects of this product at scale?
3.Who is included or excluded by your design choices?
Fund facts
Fund size $275M
Vintage 2022
DEPLOYING
Twitter
Etsy
Tumblr
Kickstarter
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