Unusual Ventures overview
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Unusual Ventures adds Lars Albright as GP
The Menlo Park, California-based venture firm adds Albright as it opens a Boston office in Boston to target the tech community in the Boston area and the northeast. Sarah Leary, an existing venture partner will join him in the Boston office.

Unusual Ventures adds a GP
Wei Lien Dang, a co-founder and head of product at container security company StackRox, has joined Unusual Ventures as a general partner.

Unusual Ventures adds Sandhya Hegde to its investment team
The Menlo Park firm names Sandhya Hegde, formerly with Khosla and Sequoia in India, as its newest partner.

Cybersecurity start-up Traceable launches, headed up by Jyoti Bansal
Traceable emerged from stealth with $20m in funding from Unusual Ventures and BIG Labs.

Unusual Ventures adds another investing partner to team
Unusual named Noah Carr, formerly with Point72 Ventures, as a partner, and Bill Hodak, a VP at LaunchDarkly, as its marketing partner.

Kloud.io raises $4m in seed
The San Jose company Kloud.io has raised $4 million in seed funding led by Unusual Ventures, with participation from Jason Calacanis and Firebolt Ventures.
Shasta Ventures leads $17 mln round for Banyan Security
Banyan Security, a provider of cloud-centric secure remote access solutions, has raised $17 million in funding. Shasta Ventures led the round with participation from Unusual Ventures.
Shasta Ventures leads $17 mln round for Banyan Security
Banyan Security, a provider of cloud-centric secure remote access solutions, has raised $17 million in funding. Shasta Ventures led the round with participation from Unusual Ventures.
Unusual Ventures contact information
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Contacts
| Name | Job title | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Contact | Job titleChief Financial Officer and Partner | LocationSan Francisco, United States | Email |
Job titleCo-Founder and Managing Partner | LocationMenlo Park, United States | Email | |
Job titleGeneral Partner | LocationMenlo Park, United States | Email | |
Job titleCo-Founder and Entrepreneur Partner | LocationMenlo Park, United States | Email | |
Unusual Ventures funds managed
Closed funds: 5
| Fund | Fund size | Close date | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
Fund size | Close dateMay 2022 | Strategy | |
Fund size | Close dateJan 2020 | Strategy | |
Fund size | Close dateNov 2019 | Strategy | |
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Venture capital’s 2023 Rising Stars (3 of 4)
Brian Lucksinger, Kleida Martiro, Rebecca Mitchem and Armand Obreja are among the 40 Rising Stars under the age of 40 in Venture Capital Journal's fourth consecutive list.
Vivun pockets $75m Series C
Vivun, a provider of buyer experience software, has raised $75 million in Series C funding.
Goldcast fetches $10m seed
Goldcast, a purpose-built platform for B2B field and event marketers, has raised $10 million in seed funding.
VC-backed CloudBees hires CTO
Keswani most recently served as group CTO at HSBC.
Launchable nets $9.5m Series A
Launchable, an intelligence platform layer for all software testing, has secured $9.5 million in Series A funding.
Rasgo Intelligence attracts $20m Series A
Rasgo Intelligence, the feature store that is transforming how data scientists engineer, collaborate on, and operationalize machine learning features, has secured $20 million in Series A funding.
YourBase scores $5m seed
YourBase, a provider of developer productivity solutions, has raised $5 million in seed funding.
Styra pulls in $40m Series B
Styra Inc, a provider of cloud-native authorization solutions, has secured $40 million in Series B funding.