Union Square Ventures (USV) — 2018 Investments
7 investments dated 2018 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
The Algorand Foundation supports and grows the Algorand blockchain ecosystem by improving the developer experience, contributing to core protocol infrastructure and standards, and enabling decentralized governance.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechDeveloper ToolsFintechQuantum Computing
Silvio Micali(Founder)inSteven Kokinos(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndromeda CapitalArrington CapitalBasecamp FundBig Candle CapitalBixin Capital+27 more
Turns buildings into power plants.
New York, US
Robyn Beavers(Founder)Jonathan Jaffe(Director)Claire Woo(Founder)Nicholas Squires(Founder)
Co-investorsCongruent VenturesFifth WallMetaProp VenturesMoxxie VenturesThird SphereBrad Burnham+3 more
Early consumer NFT use case launched in 2017.
Co-investorsDapper LabsAndreessen HorowitzAnimoca BrandsBalaji SrinivasanCoinFundDigital Currency Group+10 more
Happen Bank originates and sells unsecured personal loans to institutional investors including banks, credit unions, and asset managers seeking high-yield, short-duration credit assets.
ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechSector AgnosticLehi, US
Scott SanborninRenaud Laplanche(Founder)Soul Htite(Founder)
Co-investors3Spoke CapitalAlpaca VCCanaan PartnersCanvas VenturesCapitalGCoatue Management+16 more
OB1 develops OpenBazaar, an open-source protocol and software for decentralized, cryptocurrency-based peer-to-peer commerce.
Fairfax, US
Brian Hoffman(Executive Officer, Director)inWashington Sanchez(Executive Officer, Director)Samuel Patterson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardWilliam Mougayar(Director)
Co-investorsOMERS VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBitmainBlueYard CapitalDigital Currency Group
Revel operates a fast electric vehicle charging network built for urban drivers, with charging stalls that can recharge vehicles in as little as 15 minutes.
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationBrooklyn, US
Frank Reig(Executive Officer, Director)inPaul Suhey(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMichael Granoff(Director)in
Co-investorsBlue CollectiveBroadscaleEvolution VC PartnersGoodyear VenturesIbex InvestorsManiv Mobility+1 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BP Products North America
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