Hi, I'm Nick. I'm a partner at Union Square Ventures where I've been investing in and supporting supporting startups since 2012.
I grew up in Brooklyn and now split time between Boston, where I live with my wife and two teenage kids, and NYC where USV is. I'm a Red Sox fan now (it's complicated).
I've always been a hacker and tinkerer, and I've always been fascinated by the connection between user experience and infrastructure (both in the physical and digital worlds).
I've been blogging here (and recently publishing podcasts) since 2006. The blog and pod are called "The Slow Hunch" after my favorite idea about how ideas form over time from Steven Johnson's book Where Good Ideas Come from. In 2024 I had Steven on the pod.

Latest Post
The Internet's Next Business Model: A Conversation with Cloudflare's Matthew Prince
Sep 24, 2025
Latest Episode
Clyde Lawrence (Lawrence)
Feb 4, 2026Selected
- The Myth of the Infrastructure PhaseOct 2018
- The Butter ThesisJun 2024
- Bitcoin as BatteryJan 2024
- Meet the Agents @USV