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Unusual Ventures — 2021 Investments

11 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

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 FundMusha VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Siesta Ventures+3 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 CapitalGood FriendsInvestX+17 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-investorsBetter Ventures Central LlcD3 JubileeNew Ground VenturesCeniarth

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

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

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

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

Oloidoloid.aiin𝕏Nov 2021

OLOID provides passwordless authentication and identity access management for frontline and deskless workers using biometrics, badges, NFC, and device-based verification on shared devices, kiosks, and time clocks.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSunnyvale, US

Mohit Garg(Founder)inMadhu Madhusudhanan(Founder)Shankar Agarwal(Founder)

BoardGregg Adkin(Director)inAnupam Rastogi(Director)in

Co-investorsDell Technologies CapitalEMERGENT VENTURESPlug and Play VenturesSeraph GroupStartXYaletown Partners+2 more

Relyance AIrelyance.aiin𝕏Series A · Sep 2021 · $25M

Relyance AI provides a data security platform that delivers visibility into data movements, transformations, and access across cloud, container, and code environments for security leaders and CISOs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Abhi Sharma(Founder)inLeila Golchehreh(Founder)

Co-investorsCheyenne VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Menlo VenturesThomvest Ventures

Other

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

Alto SolutionsKnackit

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.