Unusual Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Menlo Park, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Enterprise software
- Developer tools
- Cybersecurity
- Cloud infrastructure
- Artificial intelligence
- AI agents
- SaaS
About
Unusual Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm focused on enterprise technology. Their focus spans developer tools, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and AI applications across the United States. The firm supports founders from seed through Series A stages.
Unusual Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm focused on enterprise technology. Their focus spans developer tools, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure and AI applications across the United States. The firm supports founders from seed through Series A stages.
Investment Thesis
Unusual Ventures is a seed and Series A stage firm investing in enterprise software, backing founders building infrastructure, security, developer tools and AI applications. The firm differentiates itself through a hands-on operator model built around go-to-market support, led by founders who built and sold large enterprise companies.
Manager's Experience
Founded in 2018 by Jyoti Bansal, founder of AppDynamics, which Cisco acquired for $3.7B, and John Vrionis, formerly a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Bansal also founded Harness and Traceable. The firm runs a structured go-to-market program for portfolio founders.
Team
John Vrionis - Co-Founder & Managing Director
Jyoti Bansal - Co-Founder
Lars Albright - General Partner
Sandhya Hegde - General Partner
Wei Lien Dang - General Partner
Scott Schwarzoff - Operating Partner
Portfolio
Harness
Traceable AI
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Stigg
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EnFi
Railway
Relyance AI
Enterpret
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Oloid
Paxton
Vizcom
Kusari
Faye
KeyCaliber
AppMap
Nova AI
CO2 AI
Portrait Analytics
Roboto AI
Illumix
Theia Insights
Dopt
Encounter AI
Goldcast
Kona
AptEdge
HumanSignal
Lucky
Miravoice
BluBracket
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OrthoFX
Ride Report
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