We back the future we were promised.

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.

Pitch us directly

We're not narrow specialists. We're conviction generalists.

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

What makes something Atypical?

Insight that sounds crazy now, obvious later

We believe in the power of non-consensus clarity.

Casually lethal

Low ego, high conviction. Too busy building to posture.

Technical edge + human intuition

The intellect to build the breakthrough and people skills to inspire the team to pull it off.

Platforms over point solutions

We back frameworks that enable new categories—not single-use tools.

Problems that outlive the hype cycle

We partner in creating value that persists and expands when the noise fades.

Capital is a tool, not a trophy

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.

No spray. No pray.

We go all-in with a rare few.

This isn't about volume. It's about craft.

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.