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Unusual Ventures

Venture capital

Menlo Park · Pre-Seed–Series A · 29 people tracked

Also known as INTEGRITY VENTURE PARTNERS, L.L.C. · Unusual Ventures Investment Partners

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Investment thesis

Unusual Ventures focuses on partnering with enterprise founders at the earliest stages, aiming to move product-market fit from improbable to inevitable. The firm emphasizes a proprietary, hands-on playbook to help founders identify product-market fit and scale from first insight to market leadership. Its investment activity, reflected in recent seed and Series A deals in AI infrastructure and enterprise software, centers on supporting technology companies building for enterprise customers.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$1M – $15M
HQ
Menlo Park, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
AUM
$1B
VC funds
6
Tracked investments
83

Team · 29 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Rachel Star· Principalin𝕏
Maya Paet· Operations Manager
Niamh O'Donnell· Director of Programs
Niamh O’Donnell· Director of Programs
Penny Mares· Vice President, Sales & GTM
Robbie Th'ng· Vice President, Customer Development
Robbie Th’ng· Vice President, Customer Development
Simon Zhou· Investorin𝕏

What they invest in

from 32 of 83 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×17Enterprise Software ×12SaaS ×12Developer Tools ×10Cybersecurity ×8Data & Infrastructure ×8Cloud Computing ×6Fintech ×5

HQs:United States×25

Investments · 83 tracked

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Datadogdatadoghq.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DDOG

Datadog is a cloud-based monitoring and security platform that provides observability, analytics, and protection for infrastructure, applications, and data across enterprises.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureNew York, US

Olivier Pomel(Founder & CEO)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Amit Agarwal(Executive Officer)Murat Bicer(Director)Dev Ittycheria(Director)Shardul Shah(Director)

Bunchagobuncha.comin✓ verified

Buncha is a social commerce platform that delivers groceries and products from favorite stores on a neighborhood-based schedule.

CleantechConsumerE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainHopkins, US

Endgameendgame.ioin𝕏✓ verified

Endgame helps sales teams develop buyer trust and advisory relationships through AI-powered insights and guidance.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Alex Bilmes(CEO and co-founder)

Railwayrailway.com𝕏✓ verified

Railway builds a cloud computing platform designed to reduce deployment friction and simplify the software development lifecycle.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Alto SolutionsSEC filingmedium confidence

Automated process for investing in alternatives with IRA savings.

Nashville, US

William Guttman(Director)Ammar Hanafi(Director)Eric Satz(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatSarah Leary· per SEC Form D · $39.9M raise · filed Jan 2022

Arriktoin𝕏

Athens, US

Konstantinos Venetsanopoulos(Executive Officer, Director)Athanasios Kalekos(Director)

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D

CloudBees, Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Jose, US

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D · $966K raise · filed Jul 2024

Contra.Work Inc.SEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

Board seatSarah Leary· per SEC Form D · $14.2M raise · filed Feb 2021

DataStaxdatastax.comSEC filingmedium confidence

DataStax provides enterprise-grade database infrastructure and AI development tools, including Astra DB (a NoSQL vector database built on Apache Cassandra), Hyper-Converged Database for on-premises deployments, and Langflow (an open-source low-code platform for building generative AI applications).

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D · $37.6M raise · filed May 2021

GovSignalsSEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Derek Hoyt(Executive Officer, Director)Ethan Aldrich(Executive Officer, Director)Jeremy Doochin(Executive Officer)Conner Aldrich(Executive Officer)

Board seatLars Albright· per SEC Form D · $5.5M raise · filed Sep 2024

HippoMLSEC filingmedium confidence

Kirkland, US

Hao Lu(Executive Officer, Director)Wei Lien Dang(Director)Bing Xu(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatWei Lien Dang· per SEC Form D · $3.8M raise · filed Apr 2023

Navro Group LtdSEC filingmedium confidence

London

Neil Kinnon(Executive Officer)James Deane(Executive Officer)Kelly Hartman(Executive Officer)George Alexander Davies(Director)Michael Southgate(Executive Officer)Hutchins Robert(Director)

Board seatLars Albright· per SEC Form D · $6.7M raise · filed May 2025

Rasgo IntelligenceSEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

John Vrionis(Director)Jared Parker(Executive Officer, Director)Charles Patrick Dougherty(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jul 2020

Rime Labs

San Francisco, US

Ares Geovanos(Director)Morgan Blumberg(Director)Lily Clifford(Executive Officer, Director)Sandhya Hedge(Director)

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D

Rivington LabsSEC filingmedium confidence

San Francisco, US

ALEXANDER HALLIDAY(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)MIKE DUBOE(Director)MATTHEW HAMMEL(Director, Promoter)SANDHYA HEGDE(Director)

Board seatSandhya Hegde· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Nov 2025

AirOpsairops.comin𝕏

AirOps provides AI-powered workflows for content teams to develop and optimize SEO and AI-engine-optimized content at scale.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Alto IRAaltoira.comin𝕏
Andromedeandromede.ai
AptEdgeaptedge.io
Arctic Wolfarcticwolf.comin𝕏

Arctic Wolf provides managed detection and response (MDR) services with 24x7 security teams that detect, investigate, and respond to threats using an open XDR platform processing trillions of events weekly.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Brian NeSmith(Founder & CEO)

Aurasellaurasell.aiin𝕏
BallerTVballer.tv𝕏

BallerTV is a streaming platform for live and on-demand youth sports events including basketball, volleyball, soccer, and futsal.

Media & EntertainmentSports Tech

Banyan Securitybanyansecurity.io
BluBracketblubracket.com

Vault Radar is a product on the HashiCorp Cloud Platform that automates the detection and identification of unmanaged secrets, personally identifiable information (PII), and non-inclusive language in code to help security and development teams remediate risks.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Cartacarta.comin𝕏

Carta is a cloud-based ERP platform for private capital markets that manages cap tables, equity administration, fund management, and valuations for startups, private companies, and venture funds globally.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS<UNKNOWN>

Henry Ward(Co-founder)Manu Kumar(Co-founder)Charly Kevers(Chief Financial Officer)Jeff Perry(Chief Revenue Officer)Nick Avery(Chief People Officer)Nicole Baer(Chief Marketing Officer)

Chalkchalk.aiin𝕏

Chalk provides data infrastructure and risk modeling for financial services companies.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech

Marc(Co-Founder & CEO)inElliot(Co-Founder)inAndy(Co-Founder)in

CO2 AIco2ai.com
Connectlyconnectly.ai
Contracontra.comin𝕏
Databentodatabento.com
EnFienfi.aiin
Enterpretenterpret.comin𝕏
falfal.aiin𝕏

Fal provides fast inference for generative AI models, particularly for image and video generation tasks like SDXL and Whisper.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Gorkem Yurtseven(Founder & CEO)inBurkay Gur(Founder)in

BoardSteve Jang(Director)Jennifer Li(Director)Glenn Solomon(Director)

Fieldvisionballertv.com𝕏
FluidCloudfluidcloud.comin𝕏
Goldcastgoldcast.ioin

Goldcast provides AI-powered video content creation and management tools that transform long-form videos into production-ready clips, blogs, and social content for go-to-market teams.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechNew York, US

Kishore Kothandaraman(Cofounder)Sumir Chadha(Director)Palash Soni(Executive Officer, Director)

GovSignalsgovsignals.aiin𝕏
Graingrain.comin𝕏
Gustogusto.comin𝕏

Gusto provides payroll processing, employee benefits administration, and HR management tools to businesses, offering integrated software alongside support services for these functions.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSan Francisco, US

Josh Reeves(Founder/CEO)inEdward Kim(Founder/Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(Founder/; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)in

Hallow Prayer and meditationhallow.com𝕏

Hallow is a mobile app that offers guided contemplative and meditative prayer techniques rooted in Catholic tradition.

ConsumerWellness & Fitness

Alex Jones(CEO)

Harnessharness.ioin𝕏

Harness provides software delivery automation and infrastructure for engineering teams to deploy code reliably and efficiently.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Jyoti Bansal(Co-founder & CEO)inRishi Singh(Founding CTO)in

Heartexheartex.comin𝕏

HumanSignal provides data labeling, model evaluation, and quality workflow software for AI teams, including its open source Label Studio tool and an enterprise version that deploys in secure cloud or on-prem environments.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Heliosheliosintel.aiin𝕏
HumanSignalhumansignal.comin𝕏
Illumixillumix.comin

Illumix builds infrastructure for spatial AI, combining computer vision, multimodal AI, and edge deployment technologies for both consumer and enterprise applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsPalo Alto, US

Kirin Sinha(Founder & CEO)

Kipling Securekiplingsecure.aiin
Kusarikusari.dev

Kusari provides visibility and remediation across software supply chains through vulnerability detection, dependency mapping, and automated fixes.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSRidgefield, US

Parth Patel(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Miller(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Lieberman(Executive Officer, Director)

Memmem.ai
Miravoicemiravoice.comin𝕏

Miravoice uses natural language processing to conduct automated voice interviews and surveys, capturing structured data, transcripts, and recordings.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaS

Navronavro.comin𝕏
Neonneon.comin𝕏
Octaveoctavehq.comin
Oloidoloid.aiin𝕏

Sunnyvale, US

Gregg Adkin(Director)Mohit Garg(Executive Officer, Director)Madhu Madhusudhanan(Executive Officer, Director)Anupam Rastogi(Director)

Ordrordr.netin𝕏

Ordr provides a device intelligence and network security platform that identifies and protects connected assets across cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareIoT

Orumorumhq.comin𝕏

San Francisco, US

Ayush Sood(Director)Karthik Viswanathan(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Dorfman(Executive Officer, Director)

Paxtonpaxton.aiin𝕏
Portraitportraitresearch.comin

Portrait is an AI-powered investment research platform that processes filings, transcripts, and news to help investment firms discover companies, conduct deep research, and monitor investment theses.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Unusual Ventures invest at?
Unusual Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Unusual Ventures's typical check size?
Unusual Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
What sectors does Unusual Ventures focus on?
Unusual Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Unusual Ventures located?
Unusual Ventures is headquartered in Menlo Park, US.
Does Unusual Ventures lead rounds?
Yes, Unusual Ventures leads investment rounds.

From the blog

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Unusual Ventures has recently backed three AI-focused companies: Rime, a voice synthesis platform for enterprise, Miravoice, which automates voice-based survey collection, and Theia Insights, which builds dynamic industry classification maps for financial institutions. AI summary

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Why Unusual Ventures is betting on AI-driven workflow design| John Vrionis x Kia Ghorashi

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How Founders Should Approach M&A w/ Lars Albright | Unusual Ventures

Entrepreneurship Handbook · Lars Albright

From Idea to PMF: Founder Stories with Unusual Ventures

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Startup Field Guide: Eynat Guez on how Papaya Global found product-market fit

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Startup Field Guide: Vijay Tella on how Workato found product-market fit

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$250K – $15M
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