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Unusual Ventures

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

Menlo Park · Pre-Seed–Series A · 30 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 from their earliest insight all the way to market leadership. The firm emphasizes helping companies achieve product-market fit, describing a proprietary playbook designed to move product-market fit from improbable to inevitable. Based on the investments highlighted, the firm supports early-stage rounds such as seed and Series A across enterprise software and AI infrastructure companies.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 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
109
Unicorns
7
IPOs
2
Acquisitions
12

Team · 30 people

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Maya Paet· Operations Managerin
Niamh O'Donnell· Director of Programs
Niamh O’Donnell· Director of Programs
Penny Mares· Vice President, Sales & GTMin
Robbie Th’ng· Vice President, Customer Development

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

What they invest in

from 91 of 109 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×55SaaS ×45Enterprise Software ×33Data & Infrastructure ×25Developer Tools ×23Fintech ×20Cybersecurity ×19Cloud Computing ×14

HQs:United States×58United Kingdom×1Israel×1Sweden×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 51 portfolio companies
33%
solo founders
17 of 51 mapped founding teams
53%
repeat founders
of 89 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 10 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×172 founders×223 founders×84+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 77 founders with education data

Stanford University ×11Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×5Harvard University ×4CentraleSupélec ×3Harvard Business School ×3University of California, Berkeley ×3Academy of Art University ×2California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 72 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×35Engineering ×17Finance & Accounting ×6Humanities ×5Mathematics & Statistics ×5Economics ×4Politics & Policy ×4Business & Management ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 89 founders with career history

VMware ×4Bridgewater Associates ×3IBM ×3Intel Corporation ×3McAfee ×3Stanford University ×3AppDynamics ×2Arachnys ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

6 founders hold a PhD · 9 hold an MBA (of 80 with degree data)

Investments · 109 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

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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 & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

Olivier Pomel(Co-founder & CEO)inAlexis Le-Quoc(Co-founder & CTO)inMichael Jaconi(Executive Officer, Director)Amit Agarwal(Executive Officer)inAnthony Merlino(Executive Officer)

BoardCHRISTOPHER MOORE(Director)

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

BAIJU BHATT(Executive Officer, Director)inVlad Tenev(Co-founder & CEO)inBaiju Bhatt(Co-founder)inJASON WARNICK(Executive Officer)inGRETCHEN HOWARD(Executive Officer)in

BoardSCOTT SANDELL(Director)in

Co-investors1/1 CapitalACME CapitalAlgerAmplo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBLN Capital+42 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(Co-founder)inBrooke Larson(Co-founder)in

BoardAres Geovanos(Co-founder)Morgan Blumberg(Director)inSandhya Hedge(Director)

Board seatJohn Vrionis· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCorazon CapitalMoth FundM13M13 VenturesSEEDRA VenturesTwilio Ventures

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+1 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(CEO and co-founder)in

Co-investorsMenlo VenturesUpfront VenturesEQT Ventures

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.comin𝕏✓ 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 Tkachenkoin

Co-investorsBow CapitalSwift VenturesRedpoint Ventures500 GlobalEssence Venture Capital

Railwayrailway.com𝕏✓ verified

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

Cloud ComputingDeveloper Tools

Jake Cooper(CEO)in

Co-investorsTq Ventures LlcBasecamp FundCompoundPioneerFPVRedpoint Ventures

Railwayrailway.app𝕏Jan 2026 · $100M✓ verified

Railway is a cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure for developers to build, deploy, and ship software with reduced operational overhead.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Jake Cooper(Founder)in

Co-investorsBasecamp FundRedpoint VenturesTq Ventures LlcPreston-Werner Ventures

Unusualunusual.vcin𝕏✓ verified

Rime develops voice synthesis technology using a linguistics-first approach for enterprise applications, powering voice agents for healthcare and financial services providers requiring high accuracy on complex terminology and compliance-compliant natural-sounding conversations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech

Jyoti Bansal(Founder)inJohn Vrionis(Co-founder)inLily Clifford(CEO)Brooke Larson(Co-Founder)Ares Geovanos(Co-Founder)

Co-investorsCorazon CapitalM13Twilio VenturesSputnik ATXBoxGroupLong Journey Ventures+1 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 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

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(Executive Officer, Director)inFrançois Déchery(Co-founder & Unified Platform Executive Sponsor)inMichael Neale(Founder)inMic Neale(Founder)inMoritz Plassnig(Chief Executive Officer)inPhilippe Van Hove(Chief Revenue Officer)in

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

Co-investorsCamber PartnersDelta-v CapitalFoundryLightspeed Venture PartnersMatrixNewView Capital+2 more

DataStaxdatastax.cominMay 2021AcquiredSEC 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(Executive Officer, Director)inClint Smith(Executive Officer)inBilly Bosworth(Executive Officer, Director)Dennis Wolf(Executive Officer)inDavor Bonaciin

BoardEric Chin(Director)in

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

Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesComcast VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsCrosslink CapitalInvestXKleiner Perkins+10 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(Executive Officer, Director)inEthan Aldrich(Executive Officer, Director)inJeremy Doochin(Executive Officer)inConner Aldrich(Executive Officer)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(Co-founder & CEO)inEddie Harrison(Co-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-investorsBetter Tomorrow VenturesClocktower VenturesMotive PartnersBain Capital VenturesJump CapitalSignalRank

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(Co-Founder & CTO)inAlex Halliday(Co-Founder & CEO)inMatt Hammel(Co-Founder & COO)in

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

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

Alto IRAaltoira.comin𝕏

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 & CEO)in

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdvance Venture PartnersAlpha Edisonalphabet angelsAlumni VenturesAmplify.LA+18 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(Founder/CEO)inVikesh Khanna(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllegion VenturesAndreessen HorowitzCerity Partners VenturesLobby CapitalMonta Vista CapitalY Combinator+1 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)in

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)in

Co-investors33NArtisanal VenturesBright Pixel CapitalClearSkyCyber Mentor FundDelta-v Capital+16 more

Armorbloxarmorblox.comin𝕏Acquired

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

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsMango CapitalNext47Point72 VenturesS VenturesTau VenturesGeneral Catalyst+1 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

Co-investorsMyriad Venture PartnersNext47

BallerTVballer.tv𝕏

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

Media & EntertainmentSports Tech

Robert Angarita(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlbum VCIndex Ventures

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(Co-CEO, Co-Founder, Board Member)inAaron Hawkey(Co-CEO, Co-Founder, Board Member)Sandeep Hingorani(EVP & Founding Team Member)

Co-investorsAlbum VCBessemer Venture PartnersIndex VenturesAurumCerity Partners VenturesChaac Ventures+2 more

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

BluBracketblubracket.comacquired by HashiCorp

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Ajay Arora(Founder)in

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(Co-founder)inManu Kumar(Co-founder)inCharly Kevers(Chief Financial Officer)inJeff Perry(Chief Revenue Officer)inNick Avery(Chief People Officer)inNicole Baer(Chief Marketing Officer)in

Co-investorsA*Align VenturesAmity VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAnthemis VentureDraper Associates+36 more

Chalkchalk.aiin𝕏

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

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US

Marc Freed-Finnegan(Co-Founder & CEO)inElliot Marx(Co-Founder)inAndy(Co-Founder)inAndrew Moreland(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsConversion CapitalCore Venture CapitalFelicis VenturesTriatomic CapitalXfund

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

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(Co-founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsGlobal Founders CapitalMarathon Venture Capital

Contracontra.comin𝕏

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 WorkMarketplacesSaaS

Gajus Kuizinas(Founder)in

Co-investorsAtelierHustle FundNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Vibe CapitalCowboy VenturesThe Fund

Data & Security Earlytrustar.coin𝕏Acquired

TruSTAR provides intelligence management technology that automates data orchestration to centralize and normalize security intelligence across security operations.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Paul Kurtz(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardPatrick Coughlin(Executive Officer, Promoter)

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAkkadian VenturesAspect VenturesAugust CapitalCRV (Charles River Ventures)Heavybit+6 more

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-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersNotable CapitalTriventuresVerissimo VenturesDell Technologies CapitalJ-Ventures

Endgameendgame.comin𝕏Jul 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 CapitalKleiner PerkinsMultiplier CapitalPaladin Capital Group+9 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)inJoshua

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)in

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersInvariantes FundKleiner PerkinsPeak XV PartnersRecall CapitalGlade Brook Capital Partners+1 more

Entrepreneurs 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(Cofounder and Chair)inAlice Bentinck(Cofounder and CEO)in

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

Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Charlie SonghurstElad GilEnterprise Capital FundsEntrepreneur FirstFirestartr+13 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 & CEO)inBurkay Gur(Founder)in

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

Co-investors500 Emerging EuropeAlkeon InnovationAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersCortical Venturese2vc+15 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)in

Fractionalfractional.appin𝕏Nov 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)in

Co-investorsContraryDreamers VCLeft Lane CapitalOutbound VenturesPath VenturesY Combinator+7 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(Cofounder)inPalash Soni(Co-Founder & CEO)inKishore K(Co-Founder)Aashish Srinivas(CTO)inKelly Cheng(CMO)inLauren Creedon(Chief Product Officer)in

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

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 Fund

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

Co-investors137 VenturesA*Acrew CapitalAkkadian VenturesAspect VenturesAurum+49 more

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)Alessandro DiSanto(Founder)in

Co-investorsContraryDrive CapitalHomebrewIrishAngelsNarya CapitalNextView Ventures+4 more

Harnessharness.ioin𝕏

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(Co-Founder & CEO)inRishi Singh(Co-Founder & Board Member)in

Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationArtisanal VenturesBattery VenturesCrosslink CapitalFikaGeodesic Capital+12 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

Heliosheliosintel.aiin𝕏

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-investorsCollide CapitalEquity AllianceStray Dog CapitalSUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

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)inMarianne Dang(Founder)in

Co-investorsDisney AcceleratorLightShed VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersMaveronRaptor GroupSony Ventures Corporation+3 more

KeyCaliberkeycaliber.cominNov 2021 · $2.6M

KeyCaliber is a security platform that builds a single deduplicated record for every asset, identity, SaaS app, and AI tool by pulling from an organization's existing tools, then computes each asset's business importance to rank exposures and track control coverage.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Roselle Safran(Founder)in

Co-investorsLytical VenturesHearstLab

Kipling Securekiplingsecure.aiin

Kipling Secure provides a platform for managed service providers (MSPs) to discover, govern, secure, and monetize their clients' AI usage across browsers, apps, and agents.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaSSan Jose, US

Sunil Bakhru(Founder)inSaurabh Sandhir(Founder)in

Co-investorsEMERGENT VENTURESZ5 Capital

Kusarikusari.devDec 2023

Kusari builds a software supply chain security platform that maps direct and transitive dependencies from source, prioritizes vulnerabilities by reachability and exploitability, and generates continuous, audit-ready SBOMs.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsRidgefield, US

Parth Patel(Executive Officer, Director)inTim Miller(Co-founder & CEO)inMichael Lieberman(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsGlasswing VenturesJ2 Ventures

Memmem.ai

Mem is an AI note-taking and personal-agent app that captures notes, meetings and research and resurfaces them as context.

Los Altos, US

Kevin Moody(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDreamers VCFloodgateMotive ForceShrug Capital

Miravoicemiravoice.comin𝕏Seed · Apr 2026 · $6M

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

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Shreyas Tirumala(Founder)inNishant Jain(Founder)in

Co-investors25MadisonStartX

Neonneon.comin𝕏acquired by Databricks

Neon provides serverless Postgres databases that scale to zero and provision in under a second, designed for platforms that need to offer dedicated database instances to each user or workspace.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsFlucas VenturesKhosla VenturesKleiner PerkinsKube VCMenlo VenturesMVP Ventures+8 more

Octaveoctavehq.comin

Octave provides a structured GTM (go-to-market) context layer that stores a company's ICP, positioning, messaging, personas, and competitive intel in a machine-readable form for AI agents and growth workflows.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Zach Vidibor(Founder)in

Co-investorsBonfire VenturesGreycroftObvious Ventures

Other

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

Alto SolutionsContra.Work Inc.HippoMLRasgo IntelligenceRivington LabsBanyan SecurityBIG LabsDoptKnackitLeadSquaredOliver AISocraticworksWarmOven

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 · 14

2 IPOs · 12 acquisitions · showing 8

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How many investments has Unusual Ventures made?
Unusual Ventures has 109 tracked investments, 14 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, 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.
Who does Unusual Ventures co-invest with?
Unusual Ventures most often shares deals with Andreessen Horowitz, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), Menlo Ventures, among 273 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 · 111

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
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed is a global venture capital firm that has spent over two decades backing innovative companies as an early and first investor.

$1.7M – $87M
Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in transformative, early-stage AI companies across every layer of the modern AI stack, from applications and middleware to data infrastructure and foundation models.

$1M – $20M
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
Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.

$100K – $200M
Techstars

Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor that funds ambitious founders and provides capital, mentorship, and access to a global network of investors, operators, and corporate partners.

$220K
Notable Capital

Notable Capital is a venture capital firm that has partnered with founders for over two decades, backing companies from the earliest stages through to exit.

$5M – $50M
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm that backs breakout companies at critical inflection points, helping them grow into enduring market leaders.

$15M – $75M
CRV (Charles River Ventures)

CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.

Both backed · 4
DatadogFractionalSplunkData & Security Early
$250K – $5M
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
Accel

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

Both backed · 3
$1.6M – $70M
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/

Both backed · 3
$100K – $10M
99 more co-investors

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