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Unconventional Ventures

VC
Austin, TXWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

AUM

$38M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backing unconventional founders building game-changing productivity software and AI tools.

Meet the Team

AR

Alex Rees

Founding Partner

AI
Developer Productivity
TM

Thea Messel

Founder & General Partner

climate technology
health tech
education
equitable tech
NB

Nora Bavey

General Partner

climate technology
health tech
education
equitable tech
AH

Alexis Horowitz-Burdick

General Partner

global consumer and technology ventures
impact investing
scaling startups in Europe and beyond

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Developer Tools
Other
Enterprise
SaaS
Fintech
Climate / Energy
EdTech

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Apps
Hardware

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

CO

CodeSignal

Developer Tools
RU

RunwayML

AI Productivity Software
CL

Climate X

Climate Fintech·UK

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

CE

Cellugy

Biotech·Denmark

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

SC

SciFree

Edtech·Sweden

"Discovered via portfolio_page (high confidence)"

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