# Atypical Ventures

> Atypical Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last fund: Jul 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atypical-ventures/
- Website: https://atypical.vc/

Atypical Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York. It offers funding services to business entrepreneurs, emerging, and start-up companies.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 22% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 13% |
| FinTech | 4 | 9% |
| Health Care | 4 | 9% |
| Internet | 3 | 7% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 23 | 51% |
| Series A | 8 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 9% |
| Angel | 3 | 7% |
| Series B | 3 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 28 | 62% |
| China | 3 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Wake | Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-wake |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PhoenixAI | Grow your business with 3X greater analytics performance powered by StarRocks and backed by the enterprise support and features of CelerData | $80M | Series B | Jun 11, 2026 |  |
| Ventaris Surgical | Ventaris Surgical is a medical equipment company that provides surgical instruments to specialists. | $30.7M | Series A | Jan 09, 2026 |  |
| Parallel Bio | Parallel Bio develops tools that help in the discovery and development of immunotherapies, to eliminate current barriers and create the fastest path to a drug that works. Parallel Bio's platform combines best-in-class human immune organoids with computational methods to generate unprecedented insights into human health and disease. | $21M | Series A | Jun 11, 2025 |  |
| Portal Space Systems | Portal Space Systems is a full-service space manoeuvrability solution that delivers tactical response and dynamic space. | $17.5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| Brooklyn Investment Group | SkopeAI is the world’s first platform where anyone can easily create their own A.I. powered investment strategy. |  |  | Dec 20, 2024 |  |
| Norm AI | Norm Ai provides solutions for sludge problem by enabling compliance teams to delegate tasks to Regulatory AI via high-level instructions, while at the same time validating the resulting work product. | $11.1M | Seed | Jan 23, 2024 |  |
| Buddy | Buddy is an on-demand insurance for an active, outdoor lifestyle. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Lonestar | Lonestar is an information technology company that provides secure, immutable storage and edge processing services to customers. They provide data services to the moon for both the terrestrial archival market and to support space operations with data analytics, archival services, and broadband relay to terrestrial public and private clouds. | $5M | Seed | Mar 06, 2023 |  |
| Recycleye | Recycleye is a developer of digital tools designed to detect and provide analytics on waste management. The company's tools specialize in machine learning tools to enable smarter characterization, ubiquitous tracking, and automated sorting of waste, enabling users to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy. | $17M | Series A | Feb 02, 2023 |  |
| Rodeo | Rodeo is building the web3 rewards network |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Creator Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creator-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [MMC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mmc-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Playfair Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/playfair-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Atypical Ventures invest in?

Atypical Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Atypical Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Atypical Ventures?

The team at Atypical Ventures includes Chris Wake (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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