About Unpopular Ventures
Unpopular Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Jan 2025, Unpopular Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 56 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and Consumer. Most recently it led the $187K Seed round of KiranaPro along with Turbostart. This round also saw participation from Blume Ventures and other investors.
Overall, Unpopular Ventures portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 3 acquisitions, namely Zepto, Kyte and Dashworks. A lot of funds co-invest with Unpopular Ventures, with names like Gaingels sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Unpopular Ventures has team of 2 people including 2 partners.
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Deals in last 12 months
Unpopular Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Unpopular Ventures has invested in 56 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 11 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2024, it made 6 investments, while as of Jan 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in WiseLayer and most recent follow-on round was in Flow48.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2023 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
2022 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
2021 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Unpopular Ventures' Investment Trends by Stage
Unpopular Ventures has made 44 investments in Seed stage, 7 investments in Series A stage, 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage and 1 investment in Series B stage.Unpopular Ventures' Investment Trends by Sector
Unpopular Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Consumer, High Tech and Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 49 Tech companies, 31 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 29 Software companies and at least 25 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 22 |
FinTech | 20 |
Consumer | 13 |
High Tech | 12 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 6 |
Others | 58 |
Unpopular Ventures' Investment Trends by Geography
Unpopular Ventures has made most investments in United States (29), followed by India where it has made 6 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 30 |
India | 5 |
Nigeria | 3 |
Canada | 2 |
Ireland | 2 |
Others | 13 |
Unpopular Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Unpopular Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 28, 2025 | United States | Series A | $7.2M | Canaan [+2] | |
Dec 17, 2024 | United States | Seed | $10M | Anthemis Group [+6] | |
Nov 02, 2024 | India | Seed | $187K | Snow Leopard Global [+8] | |
Aug 12, 2024 | India | Seed | $1.6M | 535 West [+3] | |
May 13, 2024 | India | Seed | $1.1M |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Unpopular Ventures' portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
82 | Online retailer offering on demand multi-category products and food delivery service | 2020 | Bengaluru | Series G | tcbksid |
Team profile of Unpopular Ventures
Unpopular Ventures has a team of 2 membersÌý¾±²Ô³¦±ô³Ü»å¾±²Ô²µ 2 PartnersÌýlocated in United States and United Arab Emirates. Unpopular Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Unpopular Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 490 investors have co-invested in Unpopular Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Unpopular Ventures:Ìý, Techstars and 94 others have invested in rounds before Unpopular Ventures. There are 13 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Unpopular Ventures and 4 companies where Techstars has invested before Unpopular Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Unpopular Ventures:Ìý308 investors entered a company along with Unpopular Ventures. These include investors like Gaingels (7 companies).
- Invested after Unpopular Ventures:ÌýA total of 86 investors have invested in Unpopular Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Waterfall (1 company), Barclays (1 company) and InterAlpen Partners (1 company).
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