Unconventional Ventures — Pre-Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.5M Checks)
Unconventional Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 5 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- AUM
- $38M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other, Enterprise, SaaS, Fintech, Climate / Energy, EdTech
- HQ
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Last verified: 2026-09-17
Pre-Seed
$250K – $1.5M
$38M
5+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests at pre-seed & seed stages in scalable technology startups across the Nordics and wider Europe, with impact (environmental or social) core to the product, and an explicit diversity/inclusion mandate for underrepresented founders (women, people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ+).
How Unconventional Ventures invests
Unconventional Ventures is a vc firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. 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.
Partners & 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 Thea Messel, Founder & General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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