Unusual Ventures

$362Mdisclosed portfolio round capital

1 Jun, 2025last investment

4portfolio companies

19team members

Analyst signals

Portfolio activity and matriculation

Metrics use all recorded activity through 21 Jul 2026 across seed, series a, series b, unknown. Later-round outcomes are capped at the period end.

100%companies with a later round · 4/4

4.55×median round-size step-up · n=4

1.40×median valuation step-up · n=1

0%recorded-solo rate · 0 solo / 6 syndicated

Finance · 2 companiesSocial · 1 companies

These are activity signals, not fund-return metrics. Round capital is the full disclosed financing amount, not this fund's check size. “Recorded solo” means only one investor is present in the source data and is a lead signal, not verified lead status; syndicated rounds are a co-investor or follower signal. IRR, TVPI, DPI, ownership, exits, and market beta cannot be calculated from the available records.

People

Team

Andy Youn

Director of Finance

Brett Teele

Chief Financial Officer & Partner

Calvin Ling

Vice President of Finance

Henry Buckingham

Vice President

Jared Waxman

Operating Partner

John Vrionis

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Jon Volk

Talent Partner

Jyoti Bansal

Co-Founder & Entrepreneur Partner

Kyra Ruiz

Office Coordinator / Executive Assistant

Lars Albright

General Partner

Lauren Salinas

Executive Assistant to the Co-founder and Managing Partner

Maya Paet

Operations Manager

Niamh O'Donnell

Director of Programs

Nick Landolfi

Vice President

Penny Mares

Vice President, Sales & GTM

Robbie Th'ng

Vice President, Customer Development

Sandhya Hegde

Venture Partner

Sarah Leary

Venture Partner

Sarah McDermott

Executive Assistant

Portfolio

Investments

Full financing histories for portfolio companies. Highlighted rounds are those where Unusual Ventures is recorded as an investor.

Alto

fintech

Finance

Alto is a self-directed IRA platform for investing retirement funds in alternative private-market assets. It provides IRA custody, a marketplace of curated private investments, integrations with partner platforms, and a portal for issuers and investors to raise and deploy IRA capital.

M&A1 Nov, 2025

Series B1 Jan, 2022$40M roundSyndicated · 7 disclosed investors

Series A1 Apr, 2021$17M roundSyndicated · 9 disclosed investors

Series A1 Mar, 2021$31M round

Unknown1 Jan, 2020$3.5M round

Seed1 Aug, 2019$5.4M round

Seed1 Mar, 2019$2.8M round

Unknown1 Oct, 2017$1.6M round

Unknown1 May, 2017

Magic Oranges

crypto

Stealth

Series A1 Jul, 2021$27M round

Seed1 May, 2020$4M roundSyndicated · 7 disclosed investors

Strategic1 May, 2019

Robinhood

crypto

Finance

Robinhood helps users invest in stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies through commission-free trading with no minimum account requirements.

Unknown1 Feb, 2021$2.4B round

Unknown1 Jan, 2021$1B round

Unknown1 Sep, 2020$660M round$11B valuation

Unknown1 Aug, 2020$200M round$11B valuation

Unknown1 Jul, 2020$320M round$8.6B valuation

Unknown1 Mar, 2020$280M round$8B valuationSyndicated · 9 disclosed investors

Unknown1 Oct, 2019$50M round

Unknown1 Jul, 2019$323M round$7.3B valuation

Series D1 May, 2018$363M round$5.2B valuation

Series C1 Apr, 2017$110M round$1.2B valuation

TYB

out of scope

Social

TYB (Try Your Best) is a platform connecting brands with their most obsessed fans, letting fans earn coins, unlock exclusive collectibles, and get early access to products by engaging with the brands they love. It serves consumer brands, particularly in beauty and fitness, as well as their fan communities.

Series A1 Jun, 2025$11M roundSyndicated · 5 disclosed investors

Seed1 Jun, 2022$9.8M roundSyndicated · 3 disclosed investors