Unconventional Ventures
Unconventional Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed
$250K – $1.5M
$38M
5+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Backing unconventional founders building game-changing productivity software and AI tools.
How Unconventional Ventures invests
Unconventional Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other, Enterprise, SaaS. It does not invest in Consumer Apps, Hardware.
Unconventional Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $38M in assets under management.
Unconventional Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including CodeSignal, RunwayML, Climate X.
Meet the Team
Alex Rees
Founding Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (5)
Other
CodeSignal
RunwayML
Climate X
Cellugy
SciFree
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex Rees, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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