The Atypical Manifesto

This is a fund for the misunderstood.

The weird ones. The spikey ones. The ones who don't fit a pattern—because they're building something new.

Everyone says they like contrarians. Few back them when it matters.
We do. It's not default mode. It's the deliberate choice we've always made.

Venture wasn't meant to be a spreadsheet business.
It's become crowded, optimized, and weirdly risk-averse.
But we've never personally been indexers. We don't hedge. We earn our way in—and stay long after the hype fades.

We exist to help build the future we were promised.

We invest in engineers with empathy.
The rare founders with technical gravity—and the raw material for people magnetism.
They may not always see themselves as changing the world, yet, but we do. We help them shape that potential into something powerful.

We don't chase trends. We compound insight.
We go where others won't—because we know what amazing looks like before it works.

Call it plausible science fiction.
Call it taste.
Call it conviction.

We call it play.
(Though someone gave us a job title for it.)

We back a small handful of frontier founders per fund.
Across atoms, bits & cells.
Across cycles.
Across the chaos.

We help build engines for talent.
Pressure test go-to-market.
Sharpen narrative until it cuts through noise.
And then we do more work—wherever we believe we can materially increase the odds and scale of your success.

Founders tell us:
"Most firms offer opinions. You actually helped execute."

We take that seriously.

Because at Atypical, backing you isn't a headline.
It's the start of the real work.

Let's build something weird together.