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USBN Ventures

About

USBN Ventures,DUMBO Brooklyn.

Manhattan skyline at night seen from Brooklyn, amber lights reflecting on the East River

David Ratner, founder

The team behind USBN built its first real business in 2005. The lesson came fast: nothing matters until a customer pays you — and the only way to get a customer is to show up consistently. That first business taught us how to hire, how to price, and eventually how to sell for a profit.

By 2009 the team was running a consulting practice and getting real results. A year later came dog products — scaling a brand across the US and Canada to over $5M in sales, building it for five years, and selling it for a profit. Around the same time, the team entered real estate and scaled multiple categories to millions in revenue.

In 2019 the team helped Creative Office Lofts build, market, and scale to millions in revenue. In 2020 the company opened as USBN Media, now operating as USBN Ventures from DUMBO, Brooklyn. Today we design, market, and scale businesses like AmpScouts and Human Verified — and we're already working on what's next.

The office sits on Front Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, a few minutes from the Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge Park. It is a neighborhood of small operators — shops, studios, contractors, restaurants — which is exactly the kind of business we spend our days growing.

The record

What the years built

Twenty years of building, marketing, and scaling businesses. First our own, then our clients'.

  1. 2005

    The team behind USBN built its first business from the ground up and eventually sold it for a profit.

  2. 2009

    Built a consulting practice and delivered strong, measurable results for its clients.

  3. 2010

    Pivoted into dog products, scaling the brand across the US and Canada to over $5M in sales, then sold it for a profit after five years.

  4. 2010

    Entered real estate and scaled several categories to millions of dollars in revenue.

  5. 2019

    Helped Creative Office Lofts build, market, and scale the company to millions of dollars in revenue.

  6. 2020

    Opened USBN Media, now operating under USBN Ventures.

  7. 2026

    Built and marketed AmpScouts and Human Verified, and is helping both scale.

  8. 2026

    Working on a few new projects.

Manhattan skyline at night from Brooklyn
The Manhattan Bridge seen from Brooklyn Bridge Park across the water at blue hour

Ready to scale?

Tell us about your business. We'll tell you where the growth is.

or email hello@usbnventures.com