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#83 · Emerging 100 · 2026

Unusual Ventures

www.unusual.vc · Menlo Park, California

Investment thesis

Unusual Ventures focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies, particularly those specializing in cybersecurity, applied AI, and fintech. They are particularly interested in data-centric applications and infrastructure solutions that leverage AI.

01Investment Thesis

Unusual Ventures focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies, particularly those specializing in cybersecurity, applied AI, and fintech. They are particularly interested in data-centric applications and infrastructure solutions that leverage AI.

02Investment Team
LA
Lars Albright
General Partner
JV
John Vrionis
Founder and Managing Partner
JB
Jyoti Bansal
Co-Founder and Entrepreneur Partner
SH
Sandhya Hegde
General Partner
WL
Wei Lien Dang
General Partner
03Selected Portfolio
Climate & Sustainability
CO2 AI
Consumer Apps & Social
Hallow·Sunshine
Developer Tools & Infrastructure
Andromede AI·CoScreen·Rive·Railway·LithosAI·PostHog
E-commerce & Marketplaces
Contra·Purple Dot·TYB·Tobik
Enterprise Software
AptEdge·Aurasell·Connectly·Databento·Endgame·Enterpret·Fal·Fluid Cloud·Goldcast·Grain·HumanSignal·Mem.ai·Octave·Omnition·Orum·Portrait Analytics·Raylu·Stigg·Tabular·Vivun·Webflow·Dashbase·Dranc·Chalk·Carta·Resolve AI·Vizcom·AirOps-Academy·Govsignals·Miravoice·Qdrant·Theia·Harness·Rime·Neon·Onthos·Shine·Oliver AI
Fintech & Payments
Alto·Bits Technology·Robinhood·Navro·EnFi·Theia Insights
Healthcare & Digital Health
Hallow
HR Tech & Future of Work
Gusto
Legal & Regtech
Paxton
Manufacturing & Industrial
Helios
Marketing & Adtech
AirOps
Media & Entertainment
BallerTV
Robotics & Automation
Roboto·Dream Labs
Security & Cybersecurity
Arctic Wolf·Banyan Security·BluBracket·Descope·Kusari·Oloid·Ordr·Relyance·Socket·Traceable·Kipling Secure
Other
Socratic
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04Recent Updates

Fresh signals from public announcements, essays, and portfolio activity.

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Unusual Ventures participated in Oliver AI's pre-seed round alongside Menlo Ventures. Oliver AI is building OliverDB, a high-performance analytical data platform for agentic AI workloads.
INVESTMENT·pulse2.com
AUG 26, 2026
Unusual Ventures hosted a private Security Leaders Reception at Black Hat 2026 in Las Vegas, bringing together CISOs and founders from Harness, Cracken AI, Relyance AI, Tego AI, Crystal OS, Kipling Secure, and Kusari.
TALK·unusual.vc
AUG 24, 2026
Participated in Rime's $24M Series A for enterprise voice AI platform.
INVESTMENT·unusual.vc
JUL 15, 2026
Jill Puente joined Unusual Ventures as partner, expanding team expertise.
TEAM CHANGE·unusual.vc
Added recently
Thesis piece on AI voice agents for structured data collection and automation in quantitative research.
ESSAY·unusual.vc
APR 2026
05Frequent co-investors
9C
9Yards Capital
Both backed 3 of the same companies
Gusto, Robinhood, Carta
AC
Acrew Capital
Both backed 3 of the same companies
Gusto, Orum, Alto
C
CapitalG
Both backed 3 of the same companies
Gusto, Robinhood, Webflow
DA
Draper Associates
Both backed 3 of the same companies
Robinhood, Webflow, Carta
IV
Index Ventures
Both backed 3 of the same companies
Vizcom, BallerTV, Robinhood
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Quick Reference
Stages
Seed · Series A · Pre-Seed · Series B · Growth
Decision
Partnership
Location
Menlo Park, California
Sector Focus
Fintech & PaymentsEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureSecurity & Cybersecurity
Models
B2BB2CSaaS
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