How Nikhil Raman went from Google engineer to USV investor, mastering the art of spotting market inflection points before they transform entire industries.

Creato da alumni della Columbia University a San Francisco
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Creato da alumni della Columbia University a San Francisco

Picture this: a 25-year-old engineer leaves Google's advertising empire to join a tiny fintech startup called Daffy, then two years later lands at one of venture capital's most legendary firms. That's exactly the path Nikhil Raman took to Union Square Ventures, where he's now helping identify the next Twitter or Coinbase. But here's what makes this story fascinating—USV isn't your typical VC firm throwing money at the latest trends. They've built their entire reputation on a single, contrarian bet: investing at the "edge" of massive markets right before they transform. And Nikhil's unique background as both a product engineer and startup founder gives him a rare lens for spotting these inflection points that others miss completely.