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AddedFeb 13, 2024
UpdatedJul 22, 2026
Contrary

Contrary

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Contrary: A US venture capital firm investing in startups led by top early-career tech talents.

Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Founded
2016
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Orchard
Orchard
Series A

Total Raised

$25.2M

Rounds

2

Series A$22MSeptember 2025
Seed$3.2MMarch 2024
Armada
Armada

Total Raised

$55M

Rounds

1

Series A$55MDecember 2023
Moment
Moment

Total Raised

$20M

Rounds

2

Series A$17MSeptember 2023
Seed$3MMay 2022
Zepto
Zepto

Total Raised

$597.8M

Rounds

7

Series E$200MAugust 2023
Series D$200MMay 2022
Teamshares
Teamshares

Total Raised

$201.7M

Rounds

4

Series D$124MAugust 2023
Jericho Security
Jericho Security

Total Raised

$3.1M

Rounds

2

Pre-Seed$3MAugust 2023
Nomic AI
Nomic AI

Total Raised

$17M

Rounds

1

Series A$17MJuly 2023
Hook
Hook

Total Raised

$10.7M

Rounds

3

Seed$3MJune 2023
Axle
Axle

Total Raised

$4.5M

Rounds

2

Seed$4MApril 2023
Recurrency
Recurrency
Series A

Total Raised

$22.1M

Rounds

3

Series A$22MFebruary 2023
Vesto
Vesto

Total Raised

$2.8M

Rounds

1

Seed$2.8MNovember 2022
Maev
Maev

Total Raised

$19M

Rounds

3

Series A$10MSeptember 2022
Patch
Patch

Total Raised

$81.5M

Rounds

4

Series B$55MSeptember 2022
Uprise
Uprise

Total Raised

$1.4M

Rounds

1

Pre-Seed$1.4MJuly 2022
Pave
Pave

Total Raised

$162.9M

Rounds

4

Series C$100MJune 2022
Candor
Candor
Acquired

Total Raised

$5M

Rounds

2

Seed$5MMay 2022
Leland
Leland

Total Raised

$5.1M

Rounds

2

Seed$4MMay 2022
Synthesis
Synthesis

Total Raised

$17M

Rounds

4

Series Unknown$12MApril 2022
Parfait
Parfait

Total Raised

$5M

Rounds

1

Seed$5MApril 2022
Warp
Warp

Total Raised

$73M

Rounds

3

Series A$17MApril 2022
Modern Intelligence
Modern Intelligence

Total Raised

$5M

Rounds

2

Seed$5MMarch 2022
Bloom
Bloom

Total Raised

$4.4M

Rounds

2

Seed$4.4MMarch 2022