# Atypical Ventures

Investor in New York, New York

## About Atypical Ventures

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'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.

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.

## People

- **Chris Wake**, Founder & Managing Partner

## Key Facts

- **Location:** New York, New York
- **Investor Type:** Venture Capital
- **Founded:** 2019

## Investment Industries

- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Biotech
- Technology/Web/App
- Other

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