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Contrary Capital portfolio
Contrary Capital has 17 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, US, founded in 2016. Its most recent investment on record is Jericho Security's $3M Pre-seed round in August 2023, alongside ERA, Alumni Ventures, Henry Elkus and 6 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Fintech (7) and Developer tools and cloud (5). It has co-invested with Lux Capital, ERA and Alumni Ventures.
About Contrary Capital
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Midwest | Ifirst fund | $2M | medium.com |
What Contrary Capital invests in
- Fintech · 7 · 41%
- Developer tools and cloud · 5 · 29%
- Cybersecurity · 4 · 24%
- AI agents · 3 · 18%
- Real estate and construction · 2 · 12%
- Manufacturing and industrial · 2 · 12%
- Robotics and hardware · 2 · 12%
- Insurance · 2 · 12%
How Contrary Capital invests
Contrary Capital portfolio companies
JJericho Security$3MPre-seed · Aug 2023
SStytch$90MSeries B+ · Nov 2021
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| Company | Round with Contrary Capital | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Cybersecurity |
Pre-seed · $3M | $18M | May 7, 2025 Series A |
Cybersecurity |
Series B+ · $90M | $126M | Nov 1, 2021 Series B+ |
Real estate and construction |
backer · source | $7M | Oct 31, 2024 Seed |
Robotics and hardware |
backer · source | $22M | Sep 3, 2025 Series A |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer · source | $12M | Nov 13, 2024 Series A |
Fintech |
backer · source | $100M | Sep 9, 2026 Series A |
Fintech |
backer · source | $73M | Mar 24, 2026 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
backer · source | $3.4M | Apr 23, 2025 Pre-seed |
Fintech |
backer · source | $180M | May 19, 2026 Series A |
AI agents |
backer · source | $17M | Sep 17, 2024 Series B+ |
Fintech |
backer · source | $308.7M | Aug 31, 2026 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
backer · source | undisclosed | — |
AI agents |
backer | $24M | Sep 24, 2026 Seed |
AI agents |
backer | $30M | Jul 14, 2026 Series A |
Stablecoins |
backer | $130M | Sep 19, 2024 Series B+ |
Legal and compliance |
backer | $78.5M | Feb 23, 2022 Series B+ |
Fintech |
backer | $10.38M | Nov 25, 2025 Series A |
Most frequent co-investors
LLux Capital1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023
EERA1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023AAlumni Ventures1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023
FFoundersX Ventures1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023
MMetalabs Ventures1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023
- HHenry Elkus1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023
TTextbook Ventures1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023
TThornTree Capital Partners1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023
- DDaniel Liem1 shared round · last Aug 3, 2023
IIndex Ventures1 shared round · last Nov 1, 2021
CCoatue1 shared round · last Nov 1, 2021
TThrive Capital1 shared round · last Nov 1, 2021
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Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Fintech).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Venture funds Contrary Capital raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
Share is of the 2 rounds on Recent Funding that name Contrary Capital. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Contrary Capital, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/contrary-capital (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.