# Unpopular Ventures

> Unpopular Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 605 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 605
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pliv/
- X (Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/unpopular_vc
- Website: http://unpopular.vc

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$2.6M |
| Series A | $6M–$34M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 58 | 10% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 37 | 6% |
| FinTech | 35 | 6% |
| Financial Services | 31 | 5% |
| Information Technology | 29 | 5% |

220 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 130 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 68 | 11% |
| Series A | 18 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 10 | 2% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 9 | 1% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 128 | 21% |
| Mexico | 9 | 1% |
| India | 8 | 1% |
| Colombia | 7 | 1% |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1% |

26 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Livingston | Founder + General Partner | 60 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-livingston |
| Thibault Reichelt | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thibault-reichelt |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Giant | Giant is an AI-powered digital studio delivering personalized storytelling experiences fostering children's creativity, curiosity, learning. | $8M | Seed | Feb 23, 2026 |  |
| Principle | 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 | 222 is a consumer marketplace facilitating chance social experiences at hyperlocal venues. | $10.1M | Series A | Dec 24, 2025 |  |
| PortfolioPilot | 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 | Rocketable is a software holding company that acquires existing software products and operates them using AI agents. | $6.5M | Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Toma | Automate phone calls with AI | $17M | Series A | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| NORDA Dynamics | NORDA Dynamics is an autonomous UAV piloting system for carrying out missions in areas with limited connectivity. | $150K | Pre-Seed | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Airpost | Airpost is an AI advertising agency platform that provides video templates, editing tools, and automated UGC video ads. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| SimpleStudy | SimpleStudy focused on the topics that matter, the study solution combines digital classroom features with audio-visual learning material and self-evaluation timed exam papers. They are an all-in-one study solution for every student's digital backpack as every teacher requires in the classroom. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2025 |  |
| Mora Health | Mora Health is a tech-enabled platform that streamlines the recruitment, training, and placement of international nurses into U.S. healthcare systems. Starting with Mexico, Mora automates key workflows—from pre-screening to licensing and job matching—making global healthcare staffing faster, more reliable, and scalable. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2025 |  |

10 of 605 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Unpopular Ventures invest in?

Unpopular Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 605 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?

Public channels for Unpopular Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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