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Unusual Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 92 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $24M, Mar 2022VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ASecurityEnterprise

Deploying now
54%of best year15cheques in 12 months, 92 on record
Since the last cheque13days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$10MCheque size, as they say$100K – $15MRounds led3 of 92Sole investor13 roundsMostly inUnited States, 90%
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Unusual Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    15 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Seed: 66% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 13 rounds, median $3.0M

What they do

Why we’re leading Helios $4m Seed Round; Announcing Our Investment in Rime’s $24M Series AFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $15M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
SecurityEnterprise
Based in
Menlo Park, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first92 appearances

  1. 2026

    9 rounds

  2. Oct
    Dream LabsSeed · US · Google News search$90MWith 7 others
  3. Jul
    RimeSeries A · US · TechCrunch$24MWith 4 others
  4. Apr
    MiravoiceSeed · US · Crunchbase News$6.3MLed
  5. Mar
    Theia InsightsSeries A · US · Unusual Ventures$8.0MWith 4 others
  6. Mar
    QdrantSeries B · DE · Ventureburn$50MWith 4 others
  7. Mar
    Raven.ioSeed · US$20MWith 1 other
  8. Feb
    EnFiSeries A · US · Unusual Ventures$15MWith 4 others
  9. Feb
    BitsSeries A · SE · Ventureburn$14MWith 5 others
  10. Jan
    RailwaySeries B · US · Unusual Ventures$100MWith 4 others
  11. 2025

    27 rounds

  12. Dec
    Resolve AISeries A · US · TechCrunch$125MWith 4 others
  13. Dec
    HarnessGrowth · US · TechCrunch$200MWith 6 others
  14. Dec
    RiveSeries A$453KWith 3 others
  15. Nov
    AirOpsSeries B · US$40MWith 4 others
  16. Nov
    Parallax WorldsSeed · US$4.0MWith 5 others
  17. Nov
    MemSeries A · US$650KWith 3 others
  18. Oct
    StrellaSeries A · US$14MWith 2 others
  19. Sept
    DescopeSeed · US$35MWith 3 others
  20. Sept
    CirclePre-seed · US$2.0MSole investor
  21. Aug
    AurasellSeed · US$30MWith 1 other
  22. Aug
    Adviser LabsPre-seed · US$1.0MWith 1 other
  23. Jul
    SundialSeries A · US · TechStartups$16MWith 6 others
  24. Jul
    FluidCloudSeed · US$8.1MSole investor
  25. Jul
    CollateSeries A · US$10MWith 2 others
  26. Jul
    HeliosSeed · US$4.0MWith 1 other
  27. Jun
    Try Your BestSeries A · US$11MWith 1 other
  28. May
    ChalkSeries A · US$50MWith 2 others
  29. May
    RimeSeed · US$5.5MWith 1 other
  30. May
    OctaveSeed · US$5.5MWith 3 others
  31. Apr
    NavroSeries B · GB$41MWith 1 other
  32. Apr
    VizcomSeries B · US$26MWith 2 others
  33. Apr
    FayePre-seed · US$2.5MSole investor
  34. Feb
    WiseLayerSeed · US · AlleyWatch$7.2MWith 4 others
  35. Feb
    SotiraPre-seed · US · TechCrunch$2.0MWith 4 others
  36. Feb
    KeyCaliberVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  37. Feb
    KusariVenture · USUndisclosedWith 1 other
  38. Jan
    PaxtonSeries A · US$22MWith 3 others
  39. 2024

    14 rounds

  40. Dec
    EnterpretSeries A · US$21MWith 4 others
  41. Dec
    StiggSeries A · IL$18MSole investor
  42. Nov
    FractionalSeries A · US$15MWith 5 others
  43. Oct
    RelyanceSeries B · US · TechCrunch$32MWith 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named

JJJohn James VrionisManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 29 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$1.6Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Integrity Venture Partners, L.L.C.
SEC number
CRD 297551

What they claim to have backed

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Unusual Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Unusual Ventures put money into.

On podcasts

2 episodes naming Unusual Ventures in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Unusual Ventures

What does Unusual Ventures invest in?

Unusual Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (66% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Security and Enterprise.

How active is Unusual Ventures?

92 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Unusual Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Dream Labs (Seed, Oct 2026), Rime (Series A, Jul 2026) and Miravoice (Seed, Apr 2026).

How big are Unusual Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $15M.

Does Unusual Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 92 investments on record (3%).

Where does Unusual Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (90%).

Is Unusual Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Unusual Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Alumni Ventures (8 rounds together), Wing Venture Capital (6 rounds together) and Lightspeed Venture Partners (5 rounds together).

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