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Mercury Fund

Mercury Fund

Houston, Texasmercuryfund.com

Overview

Mercury Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm partnering with software entrepreneurs to drive innovation across Middle America. Mercury's investment themes target B2B and B2B2C SaaS and Data platforms enabling the digital transformation of markets, industries, and customer relationships. To date, Mercury has created over $9 billion of value with an operationally focused investment strategy helping startups achieve rapid, sustainable growth. Mercury is headquartered in Houston with offices in Austin, Chicago, and Detroit.

Year Founded

2004

AUM

$750M

Portfolio Companies

68

Investments

Mercury Fund investments
CompanyDateStageLead
Venus AerospaceJul 2026Series BLead
The People's Internet ExperimentJun 2026Series ACo-investor
OpenTradeMay 2026StrategicLead
DreambaseApr 2026SeedCo-investor
RowanMar 2026SeedCo-investor

Key People

Blair Garrou

Managing Partner

Aileen Allen

Venture Partner

Austen Trimble

Growth Partner

Heath Butler

Partner

Michael Himmelfarb

Growth Partner

Peter Commons

Growth Partner

Samantha Lewis

Partner

Dan Kang

CFO

Kelsey Knigin

Venture Capital Intern

Lindsey Pesqueira

Venture Capital Intern

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersHouston, Texas
Year Founded2004
AUM$750M

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