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Contrary
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Contrary is a talent and research-driven investment firm. It identifies and invests in a small number of entrepreneurs and the companies they build.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintech
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Or find every investor that fitsContrary lists 46 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (27%), Fintech (18%) and Enterprise Software (10%). 91% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside General Catalyst, Soma Capital and Y Combinator.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Contrary, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Contrary's whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 46. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 33% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 17% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 81th | 46 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 64th | 33% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 68th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 42th | 27% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 27% | 18% |
| Fintech | 18% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Education | 10% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 5% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| General Catalyst | 10 |
| Soma Capital | 8 |
| Y Combinator | 8 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 6 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 5 |
| Glade Brook Capital Partners | 5 |
| Index Ventures | 5 |
| Lux Capital | 5 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4598%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with General Catalyst
Compare Contrary head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Contrary| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Round | |
| 2 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 3 Sept 2025 | Series A | |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Contrary
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Contrary's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
46 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ando is team messaging built for companies where people and agents need to share context, coordinate work, and make decisions together. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Anduril Industries specializes in advanced autonomous systems for defense and commercial mission sets. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Armada provides ruggedized modular data centers and edge computing hardware and software for deploying GPU infrastructure in remote and demanding environments. | Enterprise SoftwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
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| Base Power provides home energy solutions, including backup power and energy savings, to homeowners in Texas and Illinois. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Bloom provides an online platform for learning and investing in stocks, ETFs, and crypto. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Brightland produces and sells olive oil and vinegar products | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Check supplies the technology, operations, and support needed to scale payroll with ease. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Corgi provides insurance to startups and other businesses | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Round | Funding round | |
| DOSS provides an AI-native operations platform for consumer goods companies to manage inventory, orders, and procurement across multiple channels. | ConsumerAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| DualEntry provides an AI-powered enterprise resource planning system for accounting and financial management | FintechEnterprise Software | Oct 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| The company deploys frontier AI to solve hard problems for various industries, including defense, agriculture, and manufacturing | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Feathery automates workflows for insurance and wealth management companies using AI. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Fractional facilitates collective investment in properties through online investment clubs | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| FSH Technologies builds software for governments and citizens | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FSH Technologies builds software for governments and citizens. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Aug 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Vesto provides a platform to connect and control all of a company's financial accounts in one view | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hallow develops and offers a prayer and meditation app | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Leland provides educational and career development services in various fields, including business, law, medicine, and technology. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Knoetic provides a platform for Chief People Officers with a curated community, AI Chief of Staff, and AI agents for people organizations. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- contrary.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 9 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 46
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