Fred Wilson — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Partner at Union Square Ventures since 2003.
Co-founder of Union Square Ventures in 2004.
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Flatiron Partners since 1996.
Holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an SB in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.
Publishes the blog "AVC: musings of a VC in NYC," focusing on venture capital, entrepreneurship, and the Internet.
Serves as a board member for DonorsChoose.org.

Biography

Fred Wilson is an American venture capitalist and blogger. He is a Partner at Union Square Ventures, a firm he co-founded in 2004 with Brad Burnham. Based in New York City, Union Square Ventures has invested in Web 2.

0 companies including Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Zynga, Kickstarter, Etsy, and MongoDB. Wilson also serves as the Managing Partner of Flatiron Partners, a firm he co-founded with Jerry Colonna in 1996.