Nothing obvious. The weird, spikey, wild ones that just might work.
Atypical is a venture firm for engineers with empathy—technical founders building across atoms, bits, and cells. We invest $500K–$1M at pre-seed and seed.
We go deep, not wide—with a rare few, and everything we've got. We built Atypical for the edge cases—the ones consensus skips over. Our conviction doesn't follow the crowd. It precedes it.
"They made us do exercises. Others only asked for numbers. Atypical actually honed our thought process."
— Michael Corr, Founder & CEO at Duro Labs
We believe in the power of non-consensus clarity.
Low ego, high conviction. Too busy building to posture.
The intellect to build the breakthrough and people skills to inspire the team to pull it off.
We back frameworks that enable new categories—not single-use tools.
We partner in creating value that persists and expands when the noise fades.
These founders use it to build leverage, not headlines.
"Illegibility is alpha. Taste is underrated. Conviction is a craft."
Translation: We invest where others hesitate. It's a learned instinct.
We help build engines for talent. Pressure test go-to-market. Sharpen narrative. Then do it again, and again—wherever it matters most.
We aim to be on your speed dial—not just your quarterly update list.
We back the weird ones.
The ones who just might be right.
Let's build something weird together.