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.
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.
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.
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.
Team
Thea Messel-Co-founder & General Partner
Nora Bavey-Co-founder & General Partner
Portfolio
Visibuilt
AIRMO
Climate X
Cellugy
SciFree
and Leia Health