A historical collection of our writing.
Electrification of transportation, heating, and various industrial processes is crucial to fighting the climate crisis. Of course that’s only true if we wind up generating that electricity without carbon emissions. Renewable energy, including wind, hydro and solar will play a big role in this. Yet […] Read more
Mona AlsubaeiThe availability of abundant and affordable energy is directly linked to the quality of life. Energy consumption of 100 GJ or more per capita appears to be a precondition to achieving a high degree of human development (the United Nations Human Development Index includes measures such as life […] Read more
Lauren YoungCo-authored by Alex Gachanja As captured in USV Thesis 3.0, the potential to leverage networks is a core component of our investment criteria. Over the years, it has become clear that diversity within networks builds better businesses. Organizations with diverse teams are 8x more likely to have […] Read more
Co-authored by Hannah Murdoch Ten years ago, USV wrote about how technology was changing the way people funded their ideas and earned a living. Investing in Kickstarter, we noted: “Creative people will continue to produce amazing works. We do not think technology and the Internet will change that, […] Read more
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 has made its investment in Algorand, Inc., and holds its node […] Read more
“Danger, Will Robinson!” was one of the catchphrases of Robot Model B-9, mostly known simply as the Robot, in the 1960s TV Series Lost in Space. More than half a century later, we have plenty of industrial robots toiling away in factories and warehouses, but whatever happened to robots that are out […] Read more
