Unusual Ventures
Financial Services
Menlo Park, California 39,302 followers
Seed Stage Venture Capital
We're the experts constantly recruiting on your behalf.
Unusual's team is constantly on the lookout for the highest-leverage talent to join your company.
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Jyoti Bansal
Jyoti Bansal is an Influencer Entrepreneur | Dreamer | Builder. Founder at Harness, Traceable, AppDynamics & Unusual Ventures
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Sarah Leary
Co-Founder and CMO/CBO of Nextdoor. Technology Founder, Executive, Board Member, and Investor.
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Andrew Johns
Tech dude turned mental health and spirituality dude
The combined power of a seasoned investor and unicorn founder.
Unusual's Managing Partners bring a relevant and potent blend of experience and skill to the job. John Vrionis spent 12 years at Lightspeed Venture Partners, helping companies like AppDynamics, MuleSoft, DataStax, and more hire the best talent available in competitive markets. At the same time, Jyoti Bansal led AppDynamics from founding to its $3.7 billion exit, and is now doing the same at Harness. Together, they know how to find and win talent that's ideally suited to early-stage companies.
Investors who act more like operators to help you get the job done.
Our team works closely with the entrepreneurs in Unusual's portfolio to understand their plans, strategize how hiring will help them hit goals, and devise the smartest and leanest ways to grow. Directors of Talent Jon Volk and Chris Marty tap into unique pipelines to surface incredible candidates for every position — giving their companies the brainpower and executional strength to win.
Employee perspectives
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Why 'Unusual'?
Why 'Unusual'?
By Chris Marty
I recently joined Unusual Ventures, a VC firm aiming to redefine seed-stage investing for today’s founder. Here are a few reasons I made the leap:…
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Unusual Ventures: A Platform for Helping Seed-Stage Startup Founders
Unusual Ventures: A Platform for Helping Seed-Stage Startup Founders
By Jyoti Bansal
Today my partner John Vrionis and I officially announced our new seed-stage venture capital firm Unusual Ventures and our heavily over-subscribed…