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Strange Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$500K Checks)

VC

Strange Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$500K
Portfolio
11 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-11-06

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $500K

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

Strange Ventures backs unusual consumer and AI-native startups at the earliest stage. It is well suited to a novel dating interface that changes how people initiate conversations.

How Strange Ventures invests

Strange Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML.

Strange Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment.

Strange Ventures has backed 11 companies in our records, including MagicPath, Odyssey Compute, Multiply Labs.

Partners & Team

AK

Anastasia Koroleva

Founder and GP

consumer
AI
early-stage

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

MA

MagicPath

AI / design tools·Not specified

Design model inside leading LLMs

OD

Odyssey Compute

Computing / space infrastructure·Not specified

Space-native computers built for the physics of space

MU

Multiply Labs

Robotics / biomanufacturing·Series B

Robotic factories for the next generation of medicines

AR

Archetype AI

AI / physical AI·Seed

Foundation models that turn physical-world signals into meaning

HA

Hartley Ultrafast

Computing / photonic hardware·Not specified

Computers that use light to make intelligence almost instantaneous

EO

Eos Atomics

Fusion / energy·Not specified

A new route to commercial fusion, built around solid-state materials

ZE

Zenithon

AI / scientific computing·Not specified

Foundation models for extreme physics

VI

VideoDB

Video infrastructure / AI infrastructure·Not specified

Video infrastructure that makes millions of hours of experience usable for world models

UR

Ursa

Materials / AI infrastructure·Stealth

Intelligence layer for advanced materials behind everything built

BL

BLNG

Creative tools / AI-native design·Not specified

AI-native product design, starting with jewelry

How to pitch Strange Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $500K check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Anastasia Koroleva, Founder and GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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