Unpopular Ventures
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Unpopular Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. We look to invest in the best companies, off the beaten path. We have invested $75M across ~500 startups since 2019, including Zepto, Jeeves, Yassir, and many others. Note: we remain very active, investing in 30-40 companies per quarter. However, we are not good at keeping Crunchbase up to date, so our investment count in recent months is notaccurate.
- Total investments:
- 622
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 2%
- Fund size:
- $13k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Unpopular Ventures invests in
Stages Unpopular Ventures invests in
Countries Unpopular Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$8M
- Pre-Seed
- $500k–$2.6M
- Series A
- $6M–$34M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 133 (21%)
- Artificial Intelligence 97 (16%)
- Financial Services 64 (10%)
- FinTech 63 (10%)
- Information Technology 61 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 293 (47%)
- Pre-Seed 166 (27%)
- Series A 40 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 39 (6%)
- Series B 9 (1%)
Country
- United States 305 (49%)
- India 17 (3%)
- United Kingdom 16 (3%)
- Mexico 13 (2%)
- Nigeria 12 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Livingston
Founder + General Partner
|
Founder + General Partner | Total investments: 64 | Find email | |
Thibault Reichelt
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sovereign AI platform for organizations to own their tribal knowledge | Pre-Seed / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| VideoGen is revolutionizing video creation. By harnessing the power of AI, VideoGen reduces the traditionally time-consuming process of creating professional videos to just a few seconds. With a robust library of copyright-free assets, multiple unique voice options, and support for numerous languages, VideoGen is helping content creators,marketers, and businesses worldwide create engaging videos effortlessly. | $3.2M / Seed / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| Hypercubic is an enterprise AI platform that builds digital twins of company knowledge to preserve expertise and streamline operations. | $5.3M / Seed / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Multiplier helps institutional investors research stocks and manage their portfolios. We're live with six hedge funds, and our users spend 4+ hours a day in the platform.Investors who try "nearly every tool on the market," to quote a client of ours, "wind up with an unwieldy collection of fragmented point solutions."Those who focus on building a great setup with general agents are instead "signing up for a full-time job." So we deploy a platform called Multiplier that unifies structured data, unstructured data, AI work, human work, and tacit firm knowledge in one secure, governed, customized application.Our first vertical: independent equity funds with $250M-$5B of assets. They know AI is essential for staying relevant, but they don't have the time or talent to figure out what to do about it. But once we deploy Multiplier––"We used to spend 80% of our time gathering information and 20% of our time acting on it," said one customer. "Multiplier has flipped those percentages." | $6M / Seed / Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Giant is an AI-powered digital studio delivering personalized storytelling experiences fostering children's creativity, curiosity, learning. | $8M / Seed / Feb 23, 2026 | ||
| Principle is built by OpenBabylon, an AI research lab focused on making strategic foresight accessible to every organization | $2M / Pre-Seed / Feb 02, 2026 | ||
| 222 is a consumer marketplace facilitating chance social experiences at hyperlocal venues. | $10.1M / Series A / Dec 24, 2025 | ||
| PortfolioPilot is founded by a successfully exited, ex-Bridgewater team using AI + Finance expertise to build a full-stack solution for investing insights and financial advice on top of its proprietary Economic Insights Engine. They power fintech solutions available to millions of people through the API and customized insights. The flagship productis PortfolioPilot.com for individuals, your personal AI financial advisor, with over $30B assets on platform. | $2M / Seed / Sep 01, 2025 | ||
| Rocketable is a software holding company that acquires existing software products and operates them using AI agents. | $6.5M / Seed / Jul 01, 2025 | ||
| Automate phone calls with AI | $17M / Series A / Jun 05, 2025 | ||
| See all 622 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Unpopular Ventures invest in?
Unpopular Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 622 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Unpopular Ventures's check size?
Unpopular Ventures typically joins rounds of $500k–$8M at Seed, $500k–$2.6M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$34M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Unpopular Ventures participates in.
How do I contact Unpopular Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Unpopular Ventures?
The team at Unpopular Ventures includes Peter Livingston (Founder + General Partner) and Thibault Reichelt (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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