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    Outsiders Fund

    Norwalk, Connecticut, United StatesFounded 2020

    Outsiders Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm supporting founders with outside perspectives who are disrupting overlooked, antiquated, and long-standing industries. The firm invests at the seed and Series A stages across sectors including industrial, cybersecurity, healthcare, and hardware.

    Deal activity increased 150% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $22.2M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    18

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    Austin McChord

    Austin McChord

    Co-Managing Partner

    Theodore Seem

    Theodore Seem

    Co-Managing Partner

    George Easley

    George Easley

    Partner

    Kevin King

    Kevin King

    Venture Partner

    Kira Vanderwert

    Kira Vanderwert

    Operating Partner

    Michael Fass

    Michael Fass

    Venture Partner

    Abi Gold-Pastor

    Abi Gold-Pastor

    Operations Associate

    Jiya Singh

    Jiya Singh

    Associate

    John Goettee

    John Goettee

    Sr. Associate

    Jonny Aizik

    Jonny Aizik

    Associate

    Kate Richards

    Kate Richards

    Events Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    23 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Slide logoSlideSeries B$70MMar 2026
    Flux logoFluxSeries B$37MFeb 2026
    Cork logoCorkSeed$6MJan 2026
    Emphere logoEmpherePre-Seed$2.1MJan 2026
    Mobius Materials logoMobius MaterialsSeed$3MDec 2025
    Heave logoHeaveSeries A$7MAug 2025
    Slide logoSlideSeries A$25MJun 2025
    Gradial logoGradialSeries A$13MMar 2025
    Apex logoApexSeries B$95MJun 2024
    Apex logoApexSeries C$95MJun 2024
    Paintjet logoPaintjetSeries A$10MDec 2023
    Tango logoTangoSeries A$14MJun 2022
    Planned logoPlannedSeries AJun 2022
    Casana logoCasanaSeries B$30MJan 2022
    Dyania Health logoDyania HealthSeed$5.3MJan 2022
    Flux logoFluxSeed$12MOct 2021
    Tango logoTangoSeed$5.7MAug 2021
    Juice Labs logoJuice LabsSeed$1.8MMay 2021
    Summus Global logoSummus GlobalSeries B$21MApr 2021
    SSummusSeries B$21MApr 2021
    Root AI logoRoot AISeed$7.2MAug 2020
    Flight Science logoFlight ScienceSeed$5.5M
    Flight Science logoFlight SciencePre-Seed$1.5M

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    Last updated: 9 September 2026