Unusual Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$2.0M Checks)
Unusual Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California investing in Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 68 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 68 companies on record
- Partners
- 12 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Security, SaaS
- HQ
- Menlo Park, California
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-08
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $2.0M
68+ companies
12 partners
Investment Thesis
Unusual Ventures is an early-stage investor with a strong emphasis on enterprise software, developer tools, and AI infrastructure. The firm frequently works hands-on with founders at the pre-seed stage.
How Unusual Ventures invests
Unusual Ventures is a vc firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Security, SaaS.
Unusual Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.
Unusual Ventures has backed 68 companies in our records, including AirOps, Alto, Andromede.
Partners & Team
Jared Waxman
Operating Partner
John Vrionis
Founding Partner
Sandeep Gopisetty
Partner
Sarah Leary
Cofounder
Caleb Bushner
Vp Marketing
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (68)
Other
AirOps
Alto
Self-directed IRA platform for alternative assets.
Andromede
AptEdge
Arctic Wolf
Aurasell
BallerTV
Banyan Security
Bits Technology
BluBracket
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Wei Lien, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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