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John Vrionis

Investor

Managing Partner at Unusual Ventures

Menlo Park, California

Writes $100K – $15M checks · typically $250K

Midas 2019 · #63Midas 2018 · #99Midas 2017 · #46

About

John Vrionis embeds with founders via Get Ahead Platform to co-build early hires, sales and go-to-market playbooks, and teaches a product-market-fit curriculum at Stanford GSB focused on technical inflections.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessLecture Faculty - Entrepreneurshipcurrent2024 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. Unusual VenturesFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Lightspeed Venture PartnersGeneral Partner2006 — 2017Menlo Park, California
  4. Determina, Inc. (acq VMware)Product Management2004 — 2005
  5. AchieveDirector of Product Management2003 — 2005San Mateo, California, United States
  6. ABN AMRO Venture CapitalSr. Associate2000 — 2003
  7. Professional SoccerSoccer1997 — 1999US, England

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, General Management2004 — 2006
  2. University of ChicagoMS, Computer Science2000 — 2001
  3. Harvard UniversityBA, Economics1993 — 1997

Skills & more

SaaS10Enterprise Software33Product Management44Venture Capital26Entrepreneurship39Security7Data Center6Storage4Entrepreneur2Networking3Business Planning6Start-ups41
+9 moreCloud ComputingE-commerceProduct MarketingMobile DevicesStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceStrategic PlanningManagement

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Same school

Shared employers

Deals · 5

Rime LabsBoard seat

via Unusual Ventures · filed Jun 2026 · $26.8M raise

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CloudBees, Inc.Board seat

via Unusual Ventures · filed Jul 2024 · $966K raise

DataStaxBoard seat

via Unusual Ventures · filed May 2021 · $37.6M raise

ArriktoBoard seat

via Unusual Ventures · filed Aug 2020 · $10M raise

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Rasgo IntelligenceBoard seat

via Unusual Ventures · filed Jul 2020 · $5M raise

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Colleagues at Unusual Ventures

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