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Rebecca Kaden – Apr 16, 2021
Co-authored by Hannah Murdoch The language of commerce has always been visual. Tiffany’s published their Blue Book in 1845, the first direct-mail catalogue in the United States. The publication distributed pages of the world’s finest jewels to customers who couldn’t reach [...] Read more
Exploring Geothermal
Hanel Baveja – Apr 1, 2021
This is one of several posts on new areas we are exploring for USV's Climate Fund. Geothermal energy has massive potential: just 0.1% of the Earth’s heat content could supply humanity’s total energy needs for two million years. Geothermal power [...] Read more
USV Algorand Transparency Statement, Q4 2020 & Q1 2021
Nick Grossman – Apr 1, 2021
As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities. Entities and financial relationships: USV’s has made its investment in Algorand, [...] Read more
Mitigating the Climate Crisis: An Overview
Albert Wenger – Mar 15, 2021
Late last year, we announced the USV Climate Fund. At the time, we wrote that “[m]itigation is working on the causes of the climate crisis through either emissions reduction or drawdown of existing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.” In today’s [...] Read more
SmartHop’s Series A
Rebecca Kaden – Feb 10, 2021
The trucking industry is one of the oldest and most interesting in the US. It is also one I’ve always been fascinated by--partly because, for a couple of generations, it was where my family made their living. My paternal great [...] Read more
USV 2021 Fund
Andy Weissman – Jan 26, 2021
We are pleased to announce that USV has raised a 2021 Core Fund with commitments of $250 million. This Core Fund will complement our new Climate Fund and existing Opportunity Fund. This will be USV’s seventh early-stage venture fund since [...] Read more