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Contrary is a venture capital firm that targets early-stage technology startups, focusing on high-impact, scalable businesses in sectors like fintech, enterprise software, and consumer tech. Their strategy involves identifying and investing in top early-career founders, providing comprehensive, hands-on support, and leveraging a "talent-first" approach to empower entrepreneurs.
Deal activity increased 300% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (46% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $53.0M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
28
Fund Size
$287.8M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
4
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
28 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDoss | Series B | $55M | Mar 2026 |
 Corgi | Series D | $108M | Jan 2026 |
 DualEntry | Series A | $90M | Oct 2025 |
 Orchard Robotics | Series A | $22M | Sep 2025 |
 Endeavor | Seed | $7M | Nov 2024 |
 Ramp | Series D | $150M | Apr 2024 |
| Orchard Robotics | Seed | $3.8M | Mar 2024 |
| NNomic AI | Series A | $17M | Jul 2023 |
 Axle | Seed | $4M | Apr 2023 |
 OneSchema | Seed | $6.3M | Nov 2022 |
 Vesto | Seed | $2.8M | Nov 2022 |
 Pave | Series C | $100M | Jun 2022 |
 Candor | Seed | $5M | May 2022 |
| LLeland | Seed | $4M | May 2022 |
 Zepto | Series D | $200M | May 2022 |
 Modern Intelligence | Seed | $5M | Mar 2022 |
| Zepto | Series C | $100M | Dec 2021 |
 Fractional | Seed | $5.5M | Nov 2021 |
 Hallow | Series B | $40M | Nov 2021 |
 AtoB | Series B | $75M | Nov 2021 |
 Knoetic | Series A | $18M | Aug 2021 |
| SSora | Seed | $2.7M | Oct 2020 |
| VVise AI | Seed | $2M | Oct 2019 |
 Aryeo | Seed | $3.6M | — |
| AArmada | Series A | $40M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Founders Fund5 shared
Y Combinator5 shared
General Catalyst5 shared
Glade Brook Capital Partners4 shared
SV Angel4 shared
Soma Capital3 shared
Village Global2 shared
Lux Capital2 shared
YC Continuity2 shared
Goodwater Capital2 shared
Khosla Ventures2 shared
Sequoia Capital2 shared
Craft Ventures2 shared
Y Combinator Continuity2 shared
Nexus Venture Partners2 shared
Kindred Ventures2 shared
Susa Ventures2 shared
Hyperplane1 shared
Amplo1 shared
Shutterstock1 shared
Last updated: 16 April 2026