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Mercury Fund
Early-stage VC investing in frontier-tech startups; led Venus Aerospace's $91M Series B (July 2026).
Mercury Fund is a Houston-based early-stage venture firm investing outside Silicon Valley across fintech, logistics, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and defense, using what it calls the 'Mercury Method' and describing itself as 'operators first, investors second.'
Overview
- Firm
- Mercury Fund
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas
- Founded
- 2005
- AUM
- ~$750M across five funds
- Stages
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Thesis
- Mercury Fund is a Houston-based early-stage venture firm investing outside Silicon Valley across fintech, logistics, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and defense, using what it calls the 'Mercury Method' and describing itself as 'operators first, investors second.'
- Website
- www.mercuryfund.com/
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- What is Mercury Fund?
- Mercury Fund is a Houston-based early-stage venture firm investing outside Silicon Valley across fintech, logistics, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and defense, using what it calls the 'Mercury Method' and describing itself as 'operators first, investors second.'
- How much does Mercury Fund manage?
- Mercury Fund manages ~$750M across five funds in assets, and was founded in 2005.
- What stages does Mercury Fund invest at?
- Mercury Fund invests at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A.
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Mercury Fund led Venus Aerospace's $91 million Series B round (July 2026)
Venus Aerospace (company newsroom): Venus Aerospace Raises $91M to Mature the World's First Flight-Proven High-Thrust RDRE Into Full Propulsion SystemsVerified2026-07-08 - 2
Mercury Fund is a Houston-based early-stage VC with ~$750M AUM across five funds, founded in 2005.
Mercury Fund: Mercury Fund — HomeVerified2026-08-09