Contrary
San Francisco, CA · Invests in US; Asia · Website
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🔒 $•• – $••Thesis
Identify and invest in the world's top talent before they start a company. Build lifelong relationships through a proprietary university scout network at Stanford, MIT, Harvard, and other elite universities. Back exceptional founders within 1-3 years of graduation before they are widely recognized.
Likely not a fit for
Highly regulated non-tech industries without strong technical differentiation; founders with no connection to the Contrary network or top university ecosystem; purely derivative plays
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Preferred
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $250M
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
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