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Unpopular Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Unpopular Ventures is an investment firm that backs companies it describes as off the beaten path. It runs a fund and an AngelList syndicate for investors.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordssyndicateearly stagecontrarian
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Or find every investor that fitsUnpopular Ventures lists 19 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (29%), Fintech (13%) and Education (13%). 69% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Capitoria and Soma Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Unpopular Ventures, 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 Unpopular Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 19. 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 roundUnpopular Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 49th | 19 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 49th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 29% | 18% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Education | 13% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 7% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 7% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 10 |
| Capitoria | 4 |
| Soma Capital | 4 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| The MBA Fund | 3 |
| Astir Ventures | 2 |
| CRV | 2 |
| Dorm Room Fund | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers19100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 togetherCompare Unpopular Ventures 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 Unpopular Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 22 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 19 Nov 2021 | Seed |
Round details for Unpopular Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Unpopular Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
19 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Baton brings buyers and sellers together with data, transparency and support to sell or find businesses for sale | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blissway develops and implements toll collection systems using wireless devices and cloud data analytics. | Mobility & LogisticsAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Brellium audits medical charts and captures earned dollars using clinical AI | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company allows users to send money to Latin America via WhatsApp | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI-powered solutions for multifamily property management, including leasing, rent collections, and resident communication. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2021Seed | Funding round | |
| Giant builds worlds where kids imagine, create, play, and learn. | EducationEnterprise Software | Feb 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Hadrius provides a compliance platform for financial firms using AI technology. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hypercubic accelerates mainframe operations and modernization using agentic AI | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Aug 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Norda.tech develops and provides autonomy systems for unmanned vehicles. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Revv empowers shops to identify needed calibrations, document work, and manage insurance workflows. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Stepful provides online training for various healthcare jobs. | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Terra develops AI models to automate the control of battery storage systems and stabilize the European power grid. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Jeeves provides a platform for managing business spend, supplier invoices, international payments, and corporate cards in one system. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Undermind provides an AI tool for searching and analyzing scientific literature | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Volantis develops photonic AI infrastructure for model inference | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Yassir provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and other services through its app | Robotics & HardwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Zepto delivers groceries online | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- unpopular.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Nov 2021
- Companies checked
- 19
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