Union Square Ventures

Activity from announced rounds

All recorded activity

Union Square Ventures is the venture firm explicitly named by Nous Research and Efficient Computer.

Recorded funding activity

Nous develops open models and agents. Efficient develops processors, while Rune deploys computing at renewable-energy sites. The company records retain separate technologies and financing events.

Sources
Rounds participated in
13
Confirmed lead rounds
0
7 roles undisclosed
New companies
12
First participation on record · 1 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$966.4M
12 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Series A6
Series B3
Undisclosed3
Seed1

By primary sector

Climate tech4
Hardware3
AI2
Healthtech1
Industrial tech1
2 more
Proptech1
Robotics1

By country

United States12
United Kingdom1

Rounds

13 in all activity
Mana Battery

Mana Battery develops anode-free sodium-ion cells and proprietary electrolytes for battery manufacturers.

UndisclosedSeed financing (investment amount undisclosed)
Participant
Nous Research

Open-source AI models and the Hermes agent, which retains project memory and reusable skills across tasks.

$90MSeries B
Participant
Efficient Computer

Efficient Computer develops general-purpose data-flow processors and software tools for computing and AI systems.

$100MAdditional funding
Participant
Rune

A modular clean-compute platform that deploys GPU clusters at renewable-energy sites without building a conventional data center.

$40MSeries A
Participant
Odyssey Energy Solutions

Odyssey Energy Solutions provides finance, procurement, and project-management tools for distributed renewable-energy companies, financiers, and equipment suppliers.

$74MFunding
Participant
Lydian

Lydian develops sustainable aviation fuel.

$43MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Gritt

Combines robotics and AI to automate labor-intensive infrastructure and construction site tasks

$32.4MSeed+Series A
Role not disclosed
Generalist AI

Generalist AI develops foundation models that let robots learn tasks across different hardware and environments.

$400MSeries B
Participant
Board

Builds interactive gaming devices blending board games with video games

$20MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Status AI

Builds a gamified social simulation platform where users roleplay characters inside AI-generated social worlds

$17MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Doctronic

Provides AI-powered personalized health insights and connects users to licensed providers instantly

$40MSeries B
Role not disclosed
Isembard

Develops software to automate manufacturing of key component parts for industries

$50MSeries A
Role not disclosed
Efficient Computer

Efficient Computer develops general-purpose data-flow processors and software tools for computing and AI systems.

$60MSeries A
Role not disclosed