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Unconventional Ventures

Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Copenhagen, Denmark
Countries of investment
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Poland
  • Czechia
  • Slovakia
  • Hungary
  • Slovenia
  • Croatia
  • Romania
  • Bulgaria
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Malta
  • Cyprus
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
Industries
  • Impact Technology
  • Healthtech
  • Fintech
  • Climate
  • Future of Work
  • Enterprise Software
About
Unconventional Ventures is a Copenhagen-based venture capital firm focused on backing underrepresented founders building impact-driven companies. Their focus spans healthtech, fintech, climate, and enterprise software across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Baltics, and wider Europe. The firm supports founders from pre-seed through seed.
Min check size
$100K
Max check size
$500K
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Investment Thesis

Unconventional Ventures is a pre-seed to seed venture capital firm deploying capital across impact technology, healthtech, fintech, climate, and future-of-work. They invest in underrepresented founders across the Nordics and wider Europe, defining underrepresentation to include gender, ethnicity, and background, and pairing capital with a strong impact measurement discipline. The firm differentiates itself through original data and reporting on funding inequality in the Nordic ecosystem, which has made it a reference point for the region's diversity conversation.
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Manager's Experience

Founded in 2019 by Thea Messel (Founding Partner) and Beata Klein (Founding Partner). Nordic pre-seed fund focused on underrepresented founders (women, minorities, LGBTQ+). Fund I closed at €30M in 2023. Portfolio includes 30+ startups across Nordic and Baltic regions supporting founder diversity.

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Team

Thea Messel-Co-founder & General Partner

Nora Bavey-Co-founder & General Partner

Portfolio

Visibuilt

AIRMO

Climate X

Cellugy

SciFree

and Leia Health

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