Albert Wenger is a partner at Union Square Ventures according to the firm's own site, where the batch title of Managing Partner is not used. Before joining USV he was president of del.icio.us through the company's sale to Yahoo and an angel investor in Etsy and Tumblr. He is the author of the book The World After Capital and writes about technology, science and philosophy on his blog Continuations. He graduated from Harvard College in economics and computer science and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology from MIT.
Education
A.B. Economics and Computer Science, Harvard College
Ph.D. Information Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Previous Experience
President, del.icio.us (through the company's sale to Yahoo)
Angel investor (Etsy, Tumblr)
Notable Investments
Twilio TWLOgoTennaSimScaleEtsy ETSYTumblr
Career Timeline
2010
Announced on the USV blog that the firm had led Twilio's Series A, which closed in December 2009.
2015
Announced USV's investment in Munich-based SimScale.
2017
Announced that USV was leading the Series B round for goTenna.