Rebecca Kaden

Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures

USV managing partner backing network-driven startups

New York, NY, USA$1M–$20M checks7 notable investments

SeedSeries ASeries B+

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ConsumerAIHealthcareFintechMarketplaces

Background

Rebecca Kaden is a Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures, where she joined in 2017 and became the firm's first female partner. She started her career as a journalist and previously served as a General Partner at Maveron, a consumer-focused early-stage fund. At USV she leads investments aligned with the firm's thesis around networks, platforms, and enabling technologies. Her notable deals include Modern Fertility and companies in women's health and consumer tech. She holds an MBA from Stanford and studied English and American Literature at Harvard. She is based in New York City.

Investment Thesis

Backs companies that use networks and platforms to shift control to individuals, challenge incumbents, and unlock new data access—thesis-driven investing in markets undergoing structural change.