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Unusual Ventures

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

Menlo Park · Pre-Seed–Series A · 28 people tracked

Also known as INTEGRITY VENTURE PARTNERS, L.L.C.

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Investment thesis

Unusual Ventures concentrates on the early-stage journey for enterprise founders, aiming to turn product-market fit from improbable to inevitable. The firm offers a proprietary methodology and playbook (its 'Field Guide') for finding product-market fit, alongside company-building resources and founder services. It positions itself as a hands-on partner leading early rounds and empowering founders with exclusive resources drawn from its own experience in the early-stage space.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
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$1M – $15M
HQ
Menlo Park, CA, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2017
Last 12 months
10 investments
AUM
$1B
VC funds
6
Tracked investments
123
Unicorns
7
IPOs
2
Acquisitions
14

Team · 28 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Maya Paet· Operations Managerin
Niamh O’Donnell· Director of Programs
Penny Mares· Vice President, Sales & GTMin

11 people who came through Unusual Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 101 of 123 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×63SaaS ×54Enterprise Software ×35Data & Infrastructure ×30Developer Tools ×25Fintech ×25Cybersecurity ×21Cloud Computing ×13

HQs:United States×66United Kingdom×3France×1Israel×1Mexico×1Sweden×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 63 portfolio companies
11%
solo founders
7 of 63 mapped founding teams
39%
repeat founders
of 95 founders with career history
~2 yrs
old at investment
median across 23 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×72 founders×263 founders×164+ founders×14

Where their founders studiedfrom 85 founders with education data

Stanford University ×13Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×5Harvard University ×4Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4CentraleSupélec ×3Harvard Business School ×3University of California, Berkeley ×3Academy of Art University ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 82 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×40Engineering ×21Finance & Accounting ×7Mathematics & Statistics ×6Economics ×5Humanities ×5Politics & Policy ×4Business & Management ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 95 founders with career history

Google ×9Palo Alto Networks ×6VMware ×4Bridgewater Associates ×3IBM ×3McAfee ×3Microsoft ×3Splunk ×3

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

8 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 90 with degree data)

Investments · 123 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 62025 · 112024 · 82023 · 82022 · 132021 · 112020 · 42019 · 22018 · 12017 · 266 dated

Datadogdatadoghq.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DDOG

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Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Olivier Pomel(Founder)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Co-founder & CTO)inAmit Agarwal(Executive Officer)inAnthony Merlino(Executive Officer)David Obstler(Chief Financial Officer)inAlexis Lê-Quôc(Founder)

Co-investors8-Bit CapitalAmplify PartnersaVentureBantam GroupBoxGroupComcast Ventures+25 more

Robinhoodrobinhood.comin𝕏NASDAQ: HOODAug 2019

Robinhood is a financial trading platform that enables users to manage portfolios across stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, options, futures, and prediction markets.

FintechMenlo Park, US

Vlad Tenev(Founder)inBaiju Bhatt(Founder)inJason Warnick(Chief Financial Officer)inGretchen Howard(Executive Officer)inVladimir Tenev(Founder)

BoardScott Sandell(Director)in

Co-investors1/1 CapitalACME CapitalAlgerAliya Capital PartnersAmplo VenturesAndreessen Horowitz+66 more

Rimerime.aiin𝕏Jun 2026✓ verified

Rime builds ultra-realistic voice AI models trained on a proprietary in-studio dataset of spontaneous, multilingual conversational speech, designed for enterprise communication use cases.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Lily Clifford(Founder)inBrooke Larson(Founder)inArif Alotaibi(Founder)Mohammed Almarshidi(Founder)

BoardAres Geovanos(Founder)

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCorazon CapitalM13Moth FundCadenzaSEEDRA Ventures+1 more

Aeqiumaeqium.comNov 2022✓ verified

Aeqium provides AI-driven compensation planning software that lets teams configure compensation cycles, build pay logic, manage bands, and run analytics while integrating with HRIS, ATS, and equity management systems.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Peter McKee(Founder)inFrancis Peter McKee(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardIan Sheridan(Director)in

Co-investorsVestigo VenturesRidge Ventures

Bunchagobuncha.comin𝕏✓ 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

Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesStarting LineTechstarsAssembly VenturesFoundryMu Ventures+3 more

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(Founder)inGraham Murphy(Founder)

Co-investorsMenlo VenturesUpfront VenturesEQT VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersGalaxy Interactive

Gain Lifegainlife.comin✓ verified

Crosstie provides automation software for insurance operations, helping carriers, third-party administrators, and self-insured organizations streamline workflows and reduce processing times.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaS

Sean Eldridge(Co-founder & CEO)inJohn Peters, PhD(Co-founder & CSO)

Co-investorsMassMutual VenturesGeneral CatalystWalnut Venture Associates

Heartexheartex.com𝕏✓ verified

HumanSignal builds data labeling and annotation tools that help data scientists and machine learning engineers turn raw data into training data for ML/AI models.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorsBow CapitalRedpoint VenturesSwift Ventures

HumanSignalhumansignal.comin𝕏Series A · May 2022 · $25M✓ verified

HumanSignal offers labeling and evaluation automation within Label Studio Enterprise, using prompts and LLMs to generate pre-labels, run active-learning retraining loops, and score model outputs against rubrics.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Michael Malyuk(Founder)inNikolai Liubimov(Founder)inMax TkachenkoinMaxim Tkachenko(Founder)Nikolay Lyubimov(Founder)

Co-investorsBow CapitalRedpoint VenturesSwift Ventures500 GlobalEssence Venture Capital

Railwayrailway.com𝕏Jan 2026 · $100M✓ verified

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

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Jake Cooper(Founder)inSondre Selbaek(Founder)

Co-investorsRedpoint VenturesTq Ventures LlcBasecamp FundCompoundPioneerAlumni Ventures+4 more

Arriktoarrikto.comin𝕏Aug 2020 · $10M

Arrikto builds a Kubernetes-native storage product designed for AI workloads, combining local NVMe and object storage across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureAthens, US

Konstantinos Venetsanopoulos(Executive Officer, Director)Constantinos Venetsanopoulos(Founder)inVangelis Koukis(Founder)in

BoardAthanasios Kalekos(Director)

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsOdyssey Venture Funds LP

CloudBeescloudbees.comin𝕏Jul 2024 · $62M

CloudBees Unify Feature Management is a control layer for software delivery that decouples code deployment from customer exposure, letting engineering teams ship continuously while leaders retain visibility, governance, and risk control.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US

Sacha Labourey(Founder)inFrançois Déchery(Founder)inMichael Neale(Founder)inMoritz Plassnig(Chief Executive Officer)inPhilippe Van Hove(Chief Revenue Officer)inRaj Sarkar(Chief Marketing Officer)in

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCamber PartnersDelta-v CapitalFoundryLightspeed Venture PartnersMatrixNewView Capital+6 more

Contracontra.comin𝕏Feb 2021

CatchBack is a platform that links digital NFTs with physical Pokémon cards, letting collectors buy, trade, and own cards through digital-to-physical ownership.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3E-commerceFintechFuture of WorkMarketplacesSaaSSan Francisco, US

Gajus Kuizinas(Founder)inBen Huffman(Founder)in

BoardTed Wang(Director)in

Board seatSarah Leary· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAtelierCowboy VenturesHustle FundNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Siesta VenturesVibe Capital+2 more

DataStaxdatastax.comMay 2021acquired by IBMSEC 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

Jonathan Ellis(Founder)inClint Smith(Executive Officer)inBilly Bosworth(Executive Officer, Director)Dennis Wolf(Executive Officer)inDavor BonaciinChet Kapoor(Founder)

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

Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesComcast VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsCrosslink CapitalInvestXKleiner Perkins+17 more

GovSignalsgovsignals.aiin𝕏Seed · Sep 2024 · $5M

GovSignals provides a government contracting intelligence platform that tracks federal and SLED (state, local, education) opportunities, awards, and forecasts from pre-solicitation through award.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechGovTechSaaSNew York, US

Derek Hoyt(Founder)inEthan Aldrich(Founder)inJeremy Doochin(Founder)inConner Aldrich(Founder)in

Board seatLars Albright· per SEC Form D

Navronavro.comin𝕏Series A · Apr 2025 · $18M

Navro provides payment infrastructure for cross-border payroll, handling salary, statutory, and tax payments through a single API or file-based flow across 200+ territories and 130+ currencies.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaSLondon

Aran Brown(Founder)inEddie Harrison(Founder)inNeil Kinnon(Chief Product Officer)inJames Deane(Executive Officer)inKelly Hartman(Executive Officer)inMark O'Meagher(CTO)in

Board seatLars Albright· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesBetter Tomorrow VenturesClocktower VenturesFin CapitalMotive PartnersJump Capital+1 more

SunFundersunfunder.comDec 2021acquired by MirovaSEC filingmedium confidence

Mirova is a sustainable finance asset manager offering investment strategies across asset classes—including equities, fixed income, energy transition infrastructure, natural capital, and private equity—that aim to combine long-term financial performance with positive environmental and social impact.

Climate TechFintechImpact & Social GoodParis, FR

Audrey Desiderato(Director)in

BoardBill Marvel(Director)

Board seatSandhya Hegde· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Jan 2022

Co-investorsNew Ground VenturesCeniarth

AirOpsairops.comin𝕏Nov 2025 · $40M

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

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Berna Gonzalez(Founder)inAlex Halliday(Founder)inMatt Hammel(Founder)in

BoardMike Duboe(Board Director / Investor (Greylock))in

Co-investorsAlt CapitalCalm VenturesFounder CollectiveFrontline VenturesGreylock PartnersVillage Global+2 more

Alpha Vantagealphavantage.coin𝕏Seed

Alpha Vantage provides realtime and historical financial market data APIs covering stocks, ETFs, forex, commodities, and economic indicators for investors, researchers, and developers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Olivier Porte(Founder)inSteve Zheng(Founder)Olivier Porté(Founder)Kyle Vock(Head of Growth \u0026 Partnerships)

Co-investorsY CombinatorFlybridge Capital PartnersAccompliceGeneral Catalyst

Alto IRAaltoira.comin𝕏Jan 2022

Alto operates a platform for self-directed IRAs, letting individuals fund retirement accounts via IRA transfers, employer-plan rollovers, or cash contributions and invest those funds in private markets.

FintechMarketplacesSaaS

Eric Satz(Founder)in

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdvance Venture PartnersAlpha Edisonalphabet angelsAlumni VenturesAmplify.LA+20 more

Ambient.aiambient.aiin𝕏Seed · Sep 2017 · $120K

Ambient.ai develops an AI-powered platform using computer vision to automate physical security monitoring and threat detection for enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Shikhar Shrestha(CEO)inVikesh Khanna(Founder)inVishakh Hegde(Applied Scientist)inRoland Abad(Head of Talent Acquisition)Rodaan Peralta-Rabang(Engineering Manager)Jeff Huisman(Head of Sales)

Co-investors515 VenturesAllegion VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCerity Partners VenturesLobby CapitalMonta Vista Capital+11 more

Andromedeandromede.ai

Andromede is a reinforcement learning data lab that programmatically generates RL environments, tasks, and verifiers from real-world data for the post-training and evaluation of AI agents.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Guillaume Allègre(Founder)inAlexandre Sallinen(Founder)Guillaume Allegre(Founder)

Appmapappmap.io𝕏Nov 2023

AppMap records runtime traces—function calls, SQL queries, HTTP traffic, exceptions, and code paths—from tests and running applications in development and CI, then exposes them to coding agents over MCP and to developers as visual maps.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Elizabeth Lawler(Co-founder)inKevin Gilpin(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArgon VenturesDell Technologies CapitalForgePoint CapitalSecure OctaneUncorrelated Ventures+1 more

AptEdgeaptedge.io

Aakrit Prasad(Founder)inAnthony Kilman(Founder)

Co-investorsCarya Venture PartnersCounterpart VenturesPathbreaker VenturesStage 2 CapitalNational Grid Partners

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 SoftwareSaaSEden Prairie, US

Brian NeSmith(Founder)inKim Tremblay(Founder)

Co-investors1435 Capital33NArtisanal VenturesBlue Cloud VenturesBlue Owl CapitalBright Pixel Capital+21 more

Armorbloxarmorblox.com𝕏acquired by Cisco

Armorblox provides email security services, including customer support for handling security issues for its business customers.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Anand Raghavan(Founder)Arjun Sambamoorthy(Founder)Chetan Anand(Founder)Dhananjay Sampath(Founder)

Co-investorsMango CapitalNext47Point72 VenturesS VenturesTau VenturesA.Capital Ventures+3 more

Aurasellaurasell.aiin𝕏

Aurasell provides AI-powered tools for Go-To-Market teams to enhance sales efficiency by automating routine tasks and enabling more direct human engagement in the sales process.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Jason Eubanks(Founder)Srinivas Bandi(Founder)

Co-investorsMyriad Venture PartnersNext47

BallerTVballertv.com𝕏

BallerTV is a live and on-demand streaming service for youth and amateur sports, recording full-length games to capture footage for families and give student-athletes exposure for recruitment.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports Tech

Robert Angarita(Founder)inAaron Hawkey(Founder)Sandeep Hingorani(EVP & Founding Team Member)

Co-investorsAlbum VCIndex VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersAurumCerity Partners VenturesChaac Ventures+2 more

Banyan Securitybanyansecurity.io

Jayanth Gummaraju(Founder)Tarun Desikan(Founder)Yoshio Turner(Founder)

Co-investorsThird Point VenturesCamford CapitalShasta Ventures

Bits Technologybits.biinSeed · Apr 2023 · $4M

Bits Technology builds compliance infrastructure for regulated financial companies in Europe, covering KYB, KYC, AML risk scoring, transaction monitoring, ongoing due diligence, and case management.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaSStockholm, SE

Fredrik Eriksson(Founder)inJonatan Klintberg(Founder)inRobin Lantz(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlstin CapitalAlliance VCAlliance VentureFin CapitalAtomico

Bits Technologybits.tech

Fredrik Eriksson(Founder)Jonatan Klintberg(Founder)Robin Lantz(Founder)

BluBracketblubracket.comacquired by HashiCorp

Vault Radar is a security tool that scans code, git history, and pull requests to detect unmanaged secrets, personally identifiable information (PII), and non-inclusive language.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Ajay Arora(Founder)inPrakash Linga(Founder)

Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcPoint72 Ventures

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 SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Henry Ward(Founder)inManu Kumar(Founder)inCharly Kevers(Chief Financial Officer)inJeff Perry(Chief Revenue Officer)inNick Avery(Chief People Officer)inNicole Baer(Chief Marketing Officer)in

Co-investors4DX VenturesA*Adventure FundAlign VenturesAlumni VenturesAmity Ventures+75 more

Chalkchalk.aiin𝕏Dec 2023

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

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US

Marc Freed-Finnegan(Founder)inElliot Marx(Founder)inAndy(Co-Founder)inAndrew Moreland(Founder)inAndy Moreland(Founder)

Co-investorsConversion CapitalCore Venture CapitalFelicis VenturesGeneral CatalystInvest In DataTriatomic Capital+1 more

Civilgridcivilgrid.cominMar 2021

CivilGrid consolidates thousands of datasets on underground utilities, land rights, geotech conditions, and other site data into a real-time map for civil engineers, utility operators, and construction teams.

Construction TechData & InfrastructureGovTechSaaS

Josh(Co-founder)Brandon(Co-founder)Brandon Cohen(Founder)Josh Mackanic(Founder)

Co-investors2.12 AngelsA*Afore CapitalAnorak VenturesBURNT ISLAND VENTURESEnergy Impact Partners+14 more

CO2 AIco2ai.comSeed · Sep 2023 · $12M

CO2 AI provides finance teams with emissions data and modeling tools to quantify carbon as a financial risk and integrate sustainability into financial planning.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Charlotte Degot(Founder)Florian Jourda(Founder)

Co-investorsPartech Ventures

Connectlyconnectly.aiApr 2022 · $15M

Connectly builds an AI platform that lets retailers deploy AI agents to handle the full customer lifecycle—support, marketing, loyalty, and post-sales—across messaging (including WhatsApp), voice, and utilities.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales TechSan Francisco, US

Stefanos Loukakos(Founder)inYandong Liu(Founder)

Co-investorsDarkmode VenturesItalian Angels for GrowthCanaryGlobal Founders CapitalMarathon Venture Capital

CoScreencoscreen.co

Making technical teams more collaborative.

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesEssence Venture Capital

Dashbasedashbase.ioacquired by Cisco · Jan 2021

Dashbase built log analytics and observability software for real-time communications infrastructure, helping VoIP and telecom providers troubleshoot chat, video, and voice services using Kubernetes-based data collection.

Alex Munk(Founder)John Wang(Founder)in

Co-investorsUncork Capital

Descopedescope.comin𝕏Sep 2025 · $35M

Descope is a no/low-code customer identity and access management (CIAM) platform that lets developers build authentication and user journeys using a drag-and-drop visual editor, SDKs, or REST APIs.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSLos Altos, US

Slavik Markovich(Founder)inGilad Shriki(Founder)inDan Sarel(Founder)inDoron Sharon(Founder)inGuy Rinat(Founder)inMeir Wahnon(Founder)in

Co-investorsDell Technologies CapitalJ-VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersNotable CapitalTriventuresVerissimo Ventures+2 more

Endgameendgame.com𝕏Jul 2021 · $17Macquired by Elastic · Jun 2019 · $234M

Endgame provided an endpoint protection platform for detecting and preventing advanced threats, with roots in serving U.S. government and defense customers.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareArlington, US

Mark Snell(Executive Officer)Nathaniel C. Fick(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardDavid Cowan(Director)inChris Darby(Director)Kenneth A. Minihan(Director)Thomas E. Noonan(Director)

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersColumbia CapitalGray VenturesKleiner PerkinsMultiplier Capital+13 more

EnFienfi.aiin

EnFi builds AI agents for commercial lending that automate the deal screening and underwriting workflow, including document collection, financial spreading, credit box matching, term sheet creation, credit analysis, and credit memo generation.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSBoston, US

Scott Weller(Founder)inJoshuaJoshua Summers(Founder)Michelle Breitman Hipwood(Founder)Michelle Hipwood(Founder)

Co-investorsBoston Seed CapitalCommerce VenturesFINTOP CapitalPatriot Financial Partners

Enterpretenterpret.comin𝕏

Enterpret offers a customer feedback analytics platform with dashboards and reporting that consolidate voice-of-customer data, rank themes by business impact (ARR, CSAT, NPS), and surface real-time insights.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Arnav S.(Founder)inVarun Sharma(Founder)inArnav Sharma(Founder)Varun D. Sharma(Founder)

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersInvariantes FundKleiner PerkinsPeak XV PartnersRecall CapitalB37 Ventures+3 more

Entrepreneur Firstjoinef.comin𝕏Series C · Jun 2022 · $160M

Entrepreneurs First is an accelerator and founder community that identifies and supports talented individuals from academic institutions and tech communities globally to become founders.

CleantechClimate TechDeep TechFuture of WorkLondon, GB

Matt Clifford(Founder)inAlice Bentinck(Founder)in

BoardReid Hoffman(Board Member)inGreg Lawton(Board Member)in

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Charlie SonghurstElad GilEnterprise Capital FundsFirestartrGreylock Partners+15 more

Expent Incexpent.ai𝕏Seed

Hyperproof provides an AI-native third-party risk management platform that automates vendor security assessments and centralizes risk data for security, procurement, and compliance teams.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Harikrishna Narayanan(Founder)inSrikanth Veeraraghavan(Founder)in

Co-investorsFour Acres CapitalLorimer VenturesPJCSupernode VenturesY CombinatorCoyote Ventures+2 more

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)inBurkay Gur(Founder)inBerkay Gur(Founder)

BoardSteve Jang(Director)inJennifer Li(Director)inGlenn Solomon(Director)in

Co-investors500 Emerging EuropeAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersCortical Venturese2vc+17 more

FluidCloudfluidcloud.comin𝕏Seed · Jul 2025 · $8M

FluidCloud provides a multi-cloud platform that clones, migrates, backs up, and restores full infrastructure stacks—including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and policies—across regions, accounts, and providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, Oracle, Vultr, and OVH.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePleasanton, US

Sharad Kumar(Founder)inHarshit O.(Founder)inJames Bayer(Founder)

Fractionalfractional.appin𝕏Seed · Nov 2021 · $5.5M

A financial technology platform that enables fractional home ownership through partnerships with payment processors and banking services.

B2B MarketplacesFintechFuture of WorkPropTechSan Francisco, US

Stella Han(Founder)inCarlos Treviño(Founder)inLauren Garza(Operations \u0026 Client Success Manager)Vincent Ding(Strategy \u0026 Operations Manager)Esteban Alvarado(Head of Community)Austen Yueh(Recruiting)

Co-investorsContraryDreamers VCLeft Lane CapitalOutbound VenturesPath VenturesSoma Capital+15 more

Goldcastgoldcast.ioinSeed · Jun 2022 · $10M

Goldcast provides an AI-powered platform for creating and repurposing video content such as webinars, field events, video podcasts, and customer testimonials, using agentic workflows to turn long-form video into clips, blogs, emails, and social posts.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

Kishore Kothandaraman(Founder)inPalash Soni(Founder)inKishore K(Co-Founder)Aashish Srinivas(Founder)inKelly Cheng(CMO)inLauren Creedon(Chief Product Officer)in

Co-investorsAfore CapitalHubSpot VenturesNewBuild.VCUnderscore VCArray Ventures Management LlcKearny Jackson+2 more

Graintrygrain.comin𝕏

Grain is a mobile app that lets users draw on a line of credit linked to their existing debit card, offering credit access based on their spending patterns rather than traditional credit assessment.

FintechSan Francisco, US

Patrick De Suza(Founder)inChristian-Robert Joseph(Founder)inCarl-Alain Memnon(Founder)inAharon Navon(Founder)Dor Golan(Founder)Jake Adams(Founder)

Co-investorsAperture Venture CapitalMerus CapitalPioneerSLVCY CombinatorAleph+15 more

Graingrain.comin𝕏Series A · Apr 2022 · $16M

Grain is an AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes video calls, tracks topics in customer conversations, and syncs notes to tools like HubSpot.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Ryan Johnson(Founder)in

Co-investorsCampus Founders FundKickstartNat Turner

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(CEO)inEdward Kim(Empowering Gusto's Engineering Team)inTomer London(; Empowering Gusto's Product and Design Teams)inJoshua Reeves(Founder)Nick Baum(Empowering the Payroll Product Team at Gusto)inNeal Kemp(Software Engineer (Consultant))

Co-investors137 VenturesA*Acrew CapitalAkkadian VenturesAspect VenturesAurum+63 more

Hallowhallow.com𝕏

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

ConsumerMental HealthWellness & Fitness

Alex Jones(Founder)Alessandro DiSanto(Founder)inErich Kerekes(Founder)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesContraryDrive CapitalFJ LabsGeneral CatalystHomebrew+11 more

Harnessharness.ioin𝕏Dec 2025

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

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Jyoti Bansal(Founder)inRishi Singh(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationArtisanal VenturesBattery VenturesCollective LiquidityCrosslink CapitalEniac Ventures+17 more

Harnessgoharness.comApr 2022

Harness is a fundraising platform designed for nonprofits to increase donation revenue without expanding staff or software tools.

FintechImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Jyoti Bansal(Founder)in

Co-investorsFlorida FundersAlkeon CapitalBAM ElevateBattery VenturesCapital One VenturesCiti Ventures+8 more

Harnessharnessfi.cominApr 2022

Harness turns financial institutions' raw transaction and member data into real-time, personalized engagement campaigns for card and rewards programs.

Data & InfrastructureFintechMarketing Tech

Co-investorsTruStage VenturesAlkeon CapitalBAM ElevateBattery VenturesCapital One VenturesCiti Ventures+9 more

Heliosusehelios.aiin

Helios deploys AI voice agents that handle customer support, payment collections, sales, and retention calls for enterprise customers, particularly financial institutions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSMexico City, MX

Eric Yáñez(Founder)inBrandon Smith(Founder)Joe Scheidler(Founder)Joseph Farsakh(Founder)Juan Carlos (JC) Garza Rodriguez

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator1517AccelAt One VenturesGoodwater Capital+7 more

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Helios builds an AI-native policy intelligence platform for high-stakes policy, legal, regulatory, and legislative teams, and offers specialist-led consultancy across public sector readiness, government contracting, and political intelligence.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechLegalTechSaaSNew York City, US

Brandon Smith(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCollide CapitalEquity AllianceStray Dog CapitalSUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

Illumixillumix.cominSep 2018 · $8.6M

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)inMarianne Dang(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesDisney AcceleratorLightShed VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersMaveronRaptor Group+6 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Alto SolutionsHippoMLRasgo IntelligenceRivington LabsBIG LabsDoptKnackitLeadSquaredOliver AIOmnitionSocraticworksWarmOven

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.

Exits · 16

2 IPOs · 14 acquisitions · showing 13

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How many investments has Unusual Ventures made?
Unusual Ventures has 123 tracked investments, 16 of which have exited, including 17 dated in the last 24 months.
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, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, 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.
Who does Unusual Ventures co-invest with?
Unusual Ventures most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, among 310 tracked co-investors.

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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

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Co-investors · 112

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

$500K – $50M
Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.

$100K – $10M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

$1M – $5M
SV Angel

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based firm that invests long-term in founders, supporting them with advice, introductions, and network access at key business inflection points.

$150K – $20M
Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm backing transformative technology companies, with a strong current emphasis on artificial intelligence across enterprise, healthcare, and consumer markets.

$1M – $20M
Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

$100K – $50M
Techstars

Techstars is a global startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds and mentors ambitious founders, providing $220K in capital, a three-month program, and access to a worldwide network of mentors, investors, and corporate partners.

$220K
Battery Ventures

Battery Ventures is a global investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies over its 40-year history, operating its investment staff as a single global unit.

$500K – $100M
Gaingels

Gaingels is a large venture investor that co-invests alongside lead VCs in companies committed to building diverse and inclusive teams, while advocating for LGBTQ+ representation and equity of access in venture capital.

$200K – $500K
Redpoint Ventures

Since 1999, Redpoint Ventures has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones. The firm invests early in startups building category-defining companies, from AI and infrastructure to security. Redpoint has backed hundreds of companies, including Netflix, Snowflake, Stripe, Ramp, Twilio, Ramp, and Hims, and today backs the next generation of AI leaders like OpenAI, Legora, Modal, Abridge and Physical Intelligence. Redpoint is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Woodside. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/

$100K – $10M
Notable Capital

This page announces that GGV Capital split into two separate firms in March 2024: Granite Asia (Singapore, covering APAC) and Notable Capital (US, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, investing in the US, Israel, Europe, and Latin America).

$5M – $50M
Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$500K – $100M
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Greylock PartnersBain Capital VenturesFoundation CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)CRV (Charles River Ventures)Meritech Capital PartnersSlow VenturesWingUncorrelated VenturesSalesforce VenturesDell Technologies CapitalAdvance Venture PartnersArtisanal VenturesBoxGroupSignalFireSouth Park CommonsCrosslink CapitalEQT VenturesCiti VenturesKearny JacksonStorm VenturesVoyager CapitalFin CapitalMoment Ventures, LlcDesigner FundFounders FundAtomicoPlug and Play VenturesPartech VenturesFreestyle CapitalScale Venture PartnersFlybridge Capital PartnersFloodgateTodd and Rahul’s Angel FundTrajectory VenturesPolaris PartnersUpfront VenturesPantera CapitalArray Ventures Management LlcCostanoa VenturesBallistic VenturesWebb Investment NetworkShrug CapitalNewView CapitalTen ElevenAdams Street PartnersPositive Sum CapitalMotive Partners33NBright Pixel CapitalUberKrakenTrue VenturesOffline VenturesC2 InvestmentsPhysical IntelligencePrecursor VenturesMadrona Venture GroupStride VCPoint NineParadigmDCM VenturesCyberstartsAwesome People VenturesFootworkAIX VenturesDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Tribeca Venture PartnersDnx VenturesTransmedia CapitalCisco InvestmentsFounders' Co-opSignia Venture PartnersVenture HighwayBIOSPRING PARTNERSG2 Venture PartnersVera EquityArtis VenturesBlume VenturesDeciensAccenture VenturesBetter CapitalTet VenturesmParticleSalica InvestmentsTwo Bear CapitalRepublic Capital (ex Republic Labs)FoundersData Point CapitalVinyl CapitalOceans VenturesConnect VenturesHarpoon VenturesReciprocal VenturesRecharge Thematic Ventures Management LlcSpringbankMAGIC FundCore Ventures GroupNorth Bridge Venture Partners & Growth EquityCloudBees

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