Unorthodox Ventures is seeking talented people and small businesses interested in growth. The company is the latest business from contrarian entrepreneur Carey Smith, the founder of fan and light maker Big Ass Fans.
Unorthodox Ventures partners with founders who demonstrate disruption and discipline. Dreamers who actually do something. Tinkerers who create solutions to real-world problems. Carey has created a company that upends the traditional venture capital model, which focuses only on providing money and has become increasingly parasitic. Unorthodox Ventures offers everything those investment firms lacked when they approached him near daily at Big Ass Fans over the course of two decades. Carey's team consists of experts who help founders become serial entrepreneurs by providing support for everything from engineering and marketing to customer service and logistics.
Unorthodox Ventures partners with founders who demonstrate disruption and discipline. Dreamers who actually do something. Tinkerers who create solutions to real-world problems. Carey has created a company that upends the traditional venture capital model, which focuses only on providing money and has become increasingly parasitic. Unorthodox Ventures offers everything those investment firms lacked when they approached him near daily at Big Ass Fans over the course of two decades. Carey's team consists of experts who help founders become serial entrepreneurs by providing support for everything from engineering and marketing to customer service and logistics.
Location: United States, Texas, Austin
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2017
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Series A; Series E
Portfolio 22
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| 02.03.2023 | SafKan Hea... | safkanhealth.com | $9M | United Sta... |
| 07.02.2023 | Third Pole... | pole3.com | $72M | United Sta... |
| 03.02.2023 | OtoSet® by... | otoset.com | - | United Sta... |
| 03.02.2023 | KEWAZO | kewazo.com | $15M | Germany, B... |
| 23.08.2022 | PeakData | peakdata.com | $12.52M | Switzerlan... |
| 19.08.2022 | Zippsafe A... | zippsafe.com | $3.08M | Switzerlan... |
| 20.06.2022 | Aquabrew | aqua-brew.com | - | United Sta... |
| 22.02.2022 | DiaMonTech... | diamontech.de | $12.73M | Germany, B... |
| 10.12.2021 | ANINA Culi... | aninafoodtech.com | - | - |
| 21.09.2021 | Vaask | vaask.com | - | United Sta... |
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Persons 16
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| - | Tristan | Smith | Project Ma... | linkedin.c... | - | t*****n@un... | - |
| - | Gavin | Holiday | Project Ma... | linkedin.c... | - | G***n@unor... | - |
| - | Corey | Downing | Marketing ... | linkedin.c... | - | c***y@unor... | - |
| - | David | Current | Procuremen... | linkedin.c... | - | d***d@unor... | - |
| - | Anderson | Smith | Principal | linkedin.c... | - | a******n@u... | - |
| - | Adam | Kahn | Principal | linkedin.c... | - | a**m@unort... | - |
| - | Brian | Smith | Principal | linkedin.c... | - | b***n@unor... | - |
| - | Lewis | Kilongo | - | linkedin.c... | - | l***s@unor... | - |
| - | Carey | Smith | Founding C... | linkedin.c... | - | c***y@unor... | - |
| - | Ángel | Guatemala | Creative a... | linkedin.c... | - | i**o@unort... | - |
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Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.09.2024 | CorFlow Therapeutics Secures €44 Million to Revolutionize Heart Attack Treatment | CorFlow Therapeutics is on a mission. The Swiss company has just raised €44 million in a Series B funding round, co-led by Broadview Ventures and Panakes Partners. This influx of capital is not just a financial boost; it’s a lifeline for pa... |
| 12.09.2024 | CorFlow Therapeutics raises €44 million in Series B round | Co-led by Broadview Ventures and Panakes Partners, CoFlow’s series B round received strong continued support from 415 Capital, its initial VC investor and largest shareholder. Merieux Equity Partners, Laerdal Million Lives Fund, Wellington... |
| 12.09.2024 | CorFlow Therapeutics: €44 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Drug Delivery Platform Related To Microvascular Obstruction In Heart Attack Patients | CorFlow Therapeutics AG announced that it has raised €44 million in Series B funding, co-led by Broadview Ventures and Panakes Partners with strong continued support from 415 Capital (CorFlow’s initial VC investor and largest shareholder). ... |
| 20.12.2023 | Dutch-based Corporis Medical raises €4M to develop and commercialise medical devices for minimally invasive surgery | Read this article in: Maastricht-based Corporis Medical, a startup that focuses on developing and commercialising medical devices for minimally invasive surgery, announced that it has closed €4M in a Series B round of funding. The Dutch med... |
| 09.03.2023 | A Standout Occasion from EU-Startups: Summit 2023 in Barcelona | EU-Startups Summit 2023 in Barcelona welcomes all founders, investors, and everybody related to the startup ecosystem The date is April 20-21 2023, and the place is Palau de Congressos Catalunya in Barcelona Panel discussions, keynote speec... |
| 22.08.2022 | Zippsafe partners with Unorthodox Ventures for expansion into U.S. market | As Zippsafe prepares to enter the American market, the Swiss start-up attracted additional financing from Texas investment firm Unorthodox Ventures. “With our Smart Soft Locker Solution, Zippsafe is revolutionizing the locker and storage in... |
| 19.08.2022 | Backed by Unorthodox Ventures Zippsafe tackles the US market | |
| 17.11.2021 | You don’t need as much money as VCs want you to think | Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning. When I founded Big Ass Fans in 1999, the concept of a large, slow-moving overhead fan was unheard of. By 2017, when I decided I was ready to d... |
| 01.04.2021 | Meet The Female Founder Who Just Raised $2.3 Million For Her Safe After-Sex Cleanup Product, Aiming To Destigmatize Conversations Surrounding Women’s Sexual Health | Frances Tang, founder and CEO of Awkward EssentialsAWKWARD ESSENTIALS |
| 26.03.2021 | Constipation treatment Vibrant raises $7.5 million led by Unorthodox Ventures | YOKNEAM ILLIT, Israel, March 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vibrant, a leading developer of gastrointestinal treatments, today announced the first closing of a $7.5 million Series E funding round, led by Unorthodox Ventures, the Austin-based inve... |
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