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Unusual Ventures portfolio
Unusual Ventures has 26 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, US, founded in 2017. It led 4 of the 16 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Rime's $24M Series A round in July 2026, alongside M13, Alumni Ventures, Twilio and 2 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Developer tools and cloud (12) and AI agents (6). It has co-invested with Wing VC, Lightspeed and Notable Capital, most often Wing VC (3 rounds).
About Unusual Ventures
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Bay Area | Ifirst fund | $150Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list |
What Unusual Ventures invests in
- Developer tools and cloud · 12 · 46%
- AI agents · 6 · 23%
- Education · 5 · 19%
- Data and analytics · 5 · 19%
- Sales and marketing · 4 · 15%
- Cybersecurity · 3 · 12%
- AI coding and devtools · 3 · 12%
- Fintech · 3 · 12%
Unusual Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · $24M | M13 (lead), Alumni Ventures, Twilio +2 | ||
| Seed · $35M | Notable Capital, Triventures, Dell Technologies Capital +4 | ||
| Series A · $15.5M · lead | Lauryn Motamedi, Wing VC, Antenna Ventures +5 | ||
| Series A · $28M | 42CAP, Spark Capital (lead) | ||
| Seed · $10M · lead | General Catalyst (lead), Xfund (lead) | ||
| Series A · $20M | Julia Hartz, Frederic Kerrest, Kevin Hartz +7 | ||
| Seed · $7.5M · lead | 42CAP, Amr Awadallah, IBB Ventures | ||
| Seed · $53M | Notable Capital (lead), Triventures, Nir Polak +6 |
How Unusual Ventures invests
Unusual Ventures portfolio companies
RRime$24MSeries A · Jul 2026
DDescope$35MSeed · Sep 2025
AAirops$15.5MSeries A · Oct 2024
QQdrant$28MSeries A · Jan 2024
CChalk$10MSeed · Dec 2023
SSocket$20MSeries A · Aug 2023
VVizcom$5MSeed · Jan 2023
DDatabento$31.8MSeries A · Dec 2022
OOrdr$40MSeries B+ · Jun 2022
EEnterpret$4.3MSeed · Mar 2022
FFractional$5.5MSeed · Nov 2021
OOloid$5MSeed · Jun 2020
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| Company | Round with Unusual Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
AI agents |
Series A · $24M | $26M | Aug 4, 2026 Seed |
AI agents |
Seed · $35M | $88M | Sep 30, 2025 Seed |
AI coding and devtools |
Series A · $15.5M · lead | $62.5M | Nov 10, 2025 Series B+ |
AI infrastructure and compute |
Series A · $28M | $85.5M | Mar 12, 2026 Series B+ |
Insurance |
Seed · $10M · lead | $60M | Jul 13, 2026 Series A |
AI coding and devtools |
Series A · $20M | $124.6M | May 20, 2026 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
Seed · $5M · lead | $58M | Oct 29, 2025 Series B+ |
Fintech |
Series A · $31.8M | $238.8M | Nov 13, 2026 Series B+ |
Cybersecurity |
Series B+ · $40M | $62.5M | May 13, 2025 Series B+ |
Data and analytics |
Seed · $4.3M | $25.1M | Dec 4, 2024 Series A |
Fintech |
Seed · $5.5M | $20.5M | Nov 7, 2024 Series A |
Health and bio |
Seed · $5M | $17M | Feb 24, 2025 Series A |
AI coding and devtools |
backer · source | $200M | Apr 16, 2026 Series A |
| backer · source | $10M | Jan 19, 2024 Series A | |
Data and analytics |
backer · source | $160M | Sep 29, 2025 Series B+ |
Data and analytics |
backer · source | $23M | Jul 8, 2025 Series A |
AI agents |
backer · source | $30M | Aug 26, 2025 Seed |
Developer tools and cloud |
backer · source | $120M | Jan 22, 2026 Series B+ |
AI agents |
backer · source | $47M | Nov 1, 2022 Series B+ |
HR and recruiting |
backer · source | $45M | Nov 1, 2021 Series B+ |
Data and analytics |
backer | $14M | Oct 16, 2025 Series A |
Stablecoins |
backer | $41M | Apr 29, 2025 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
backer | $20M | Sep 11, 2024 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Education |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Data and analytics |
backer | undisclosed | — |
Most frequent co-investors
WWing VC3 shared rounds · last Oct 2, 2024
LLightspeed2 shared rounds · last Sep 30, 2025
NNotable Capital2 shared rounds · last Sep 30, 2025
TTriventures2 shared rounds · last Sep 30, 2025
XXfund2 shared rounds · last Oct 2, 2024
442CAP2 shared rounds · last Jan 23, 2024
NNat Friedman2 shared rounds · last Aug 1, 2023
KKevin Hartz2 shared rounds · last Aug 1, 2023
TTen Eleven Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jun 28, 2022
CCorazon Capital1 shared round · last Jul 15, 2026
AAlumni Ventures1 shared round · last Jul 15, 2026
MM131 shared round · last Jul 15, 2026
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AAddition27 companies · 8 deals in 12 mo
PPremji Invest27 companies · 7 deals in 12 mo
SSquare Peg25 companies · 6 deals in 12 mo
CCaffeinated Capital25 companies · 4 deals in 12 mo
TTCV28 companies · 10 deals in 12 mo
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Developer tools and cloud).
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 Unusual Ventures 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 16 rounds on Recent Funding that name Unusual Ventures. 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 Unusual Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/unusual-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.