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Contrary
San Francisco, United States
Contrary backs a small number of exceptional founders, leveraging a talent- and research‑driven approach to identify companies with transformative potential. The firm invests across the lifecycle from seed to scale, focu...
Portfolio
47+
Employees
100+
Founded
2017
AUM
≈ $95.0M
Investment focus
Stages
Seed → Series C+
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
United States
Fund details
Funds
Fund II
Vintage 2021 • $20.0M
Fund III
Vintage 2022 • $75.0M
Sources
Contrary
Contrary backs a small number of exceptional founders, leveraging a talent- and research‑driven approach to identify companies with transformative potential. The firm invests across the lifecycle from seed to scale, focusing on deep partnership and long‑term value creation.
Portfolio
47+
Employees
100+
Founded
2017
AUM
≈ $95.0M
Funds
Fund II · Vintage 2021 • $20.0M
Fund III · Vintage 2022 • $75.0M
Stages
Seed → Series C+
Industries
No industries listedGeographic scope
United States
Sources
Showing 24 of 46 matched portfolio companies
Provides a platform for building and managing integrations between SaaS applications, enabling developers to streamline data exchange and automate workflows. It reduces the complexity and time required to connect disparate systems, improving operational efficiency for businesses that rely on multiple software tools.
Funding: $26.1M
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Funding: $26.1M
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Anduril provides an autonomous operations platform that fuses data from drones, radar, lidar, satellite and other sensors into a real‑time situational awareness picture. Its edge AI and computer‑vision models detect, classify and track objects autonomously, delivering secure analytics to command interfaces for rapid decision‑making. The solution includes modular autonomous vehicles and a scalable command‑and‑control dashboard, enabling defense agencies to deploy advanced surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities with lower lifecycle costs.
Funding: $11.3B
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Funding: $11.3B
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Armada provides an edge computing platform that integrates connectivity, ruggedized mobile data centers, and real-world AI applications to enable real-time data processing in remote environments. This technology addresses challenges in industries such as oil and gas, manufacturing, and logistics by enhancing safety, automating operations, and improving decision-making capabilities.
Funding: $95.0M
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Funding: $95.0M
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AtoB provides a fuel card system that integrates telematics to monitor fuel transactions and vehicle locations, ensuring purchases are authorized and within set limits. This technology helps fleets reduce fuel costs by an average of 10% while preventing fraud and streamlining financial management.
Funding: $253.5M
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Funding: $253.5M
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Base Power provides a battery-powered home energy service that automatically backs up residential power during outages while supporting grid stability by discharging energy when needed. Customers benefit from a one-time installation fee significantly lower than traditional backup systems, ensuring reliable electricity and reduced monthly energy costs without the need for solar panels.
Funding: $68.0M
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Funding: $68.0M
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Bloom provides an integrated platform for learning about and executing investments in real stocks, ETFs, and crypto. Users engage with bite-sized lessons, gamified challenges, and AI-driven guidance to build financial literacy and confidence. The service facilitates turning investment ideas into actionable, backtested, and customizable portfolios.
Funding: $3.4M
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Funding: $3.4M
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Brevity offers Devize, an all‑in‑one visual development platform that lets non‑technical founders and small teams design, build, and launch full‑stack web applications without writing code. The platform automatically generates React front‑ends and JavaScript back‑ends, provides built‑in hosting, domain management, secure authentication, and a scalable PostgreSQL database, enabling rapid prototyping to production deployment.
Candor is a platform that enables remote teams to document feedback, track progress, and celebrate achievements through structured communication tools like 1-on-1s and public shoutouts. This approach enhances team engagement and productivity by fostering genuine connections and providing real-time insights into individual and team performance.
Funding: $4.9M
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Funding: $4.9M
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Check provides a payroll-as-a-service API that enables vertical SaaS, HR, and time-tracking platforms to integrate payroll functionality directly into their systems. This solution simplifies payroll management for businesses, allowing them to offer comprehensive payroll services without the need for extensive in-house expertise.
Funding: $119.0M
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Funding: $119.0M
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Corgi Technologies offers a free app for veterinarians that utilizes AI to streamline clinical documentation, enabling quick generation of SOAP notes and discharge summaries. The platform enhances workflow efficiency by allowing customizable templates and direct communication with clients through voice memos, reducing administrative burdens and improving patient care.
Funding: $268.0M
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Funding: $268.0M
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Doss offers the Doss Adaptive Resource Platform, a customizable workflow solution that integrates data management, inventory tracking, and business intelligence into a single system. This platform enables businesses to streamline operations and improve efficiency, significantly reducing implementation time from months to weeks.
50+
2K+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $18.0M
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Funding: $18.0M
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The startup offers AI-driven accounting software designed specifically for high-growth enterprises, utilizing machine learning algorithms to automate financial reporting and analysis. This technology reduces manual data entry errors and accelerates financial decision-making, enabling businesses to scale efficiently.
Endeavor provides an AI platform that automates and optimizes core supply chain processes such as quoting, order entry, pricing, routing, and financial workflows. The system integrates with ERP, CRM, and other data sources to deliver real‑time inventory planning, S&OP forecasting, and commercial insights. By reducing manual tasks and improving accuracy, it helps manufacturers and distributors increase operational efficiency, revenue, and ROI.
Funding: $7.0M
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Funding: $7.0M
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Feathery provides an AI-powered platform for building digital intake workflows, including advanced forms, document processing, and e-signatures. The system uses Document Intelligence to extract structured data from documents and meetings with high accuracy. This automation accelerates processes like client onboarding and risk assessment, particularly for the insurance and wealth management sectors.
Funding: $4.1M
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Funding: $4.1M
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Fractional is a real estate investment platform that enables individuals to collaboratively co-own properties, including single-family and multi-family homes, through a fractional ownership model. This approach allows investors to generate rental income and appreciation gains without incurring annual fees or being tied to a holding period, making real estate investment accessible and engaging for everyone.
Hallow is a Catholic prayer and meditation app that offers a diverse library of guided prayers, meditations, and music, allowing users to personalize their spiritual practice. The app addresses the challenge of maintaining a consistent prayer life by providing daily reminders, community challenges, and resources to foster a deeper connection with God.
Funding: $105.4M
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Funding: $105.4M
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Joinleland matches job candidates with experienced interview coaches who create personalized preparation roadmaps, conduct mock case, product, and data interviews, and provide real‑time feedback. The service also offers resume and LinkedIn optimization, concise business knowledge briefs, and ongoing messaging support to help early‑career professionals build confidence and secure offers at top consulting, product, data, and finance firms.
Funding: $12.0M
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Funding: $12.0M
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Knoetic is an online platform that consolidates people analytics from various HR systems into a single dashboard, enabling Chief People Officers to make data-driven workforce decisions quickly. Additionally, it provides access to a network of over 2,000 CPOs, facilitating peer collaboration and sharing of best practices in human resources management.
Funding: $54.0M
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Funding: $54.0M
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Lightyear provides a data-driven software platform that automates the procurement, inventory management, and bill payment processes for enterprise telecom. By consolidating network data and streamlining workflows, it enables organizations to achieve over 20% cost savings and 70% time savings in managing their telecom services.
Funding: $47.9M
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Funding: $47.9M
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Lovd is a dropshipping platform that enables users to buy and sell vetted used goods with a 24-hour fulfillment guarantee. By automating the sourcing and delivery process, Lovd eliminates upfront costs for sellers while providing access to high-margin products in the U.S. market.
Funding: $4.5M
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Funding: $4.5M
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Provides human-grade, flash-frozen raw dog food formulated to meet AAFCO standards and support seven essential health benefits, including improved digestion, joint mobility, and skin condition. Simplifies raw feeding by eliminating preparation and storage challenges, offering a convenient subscription model with customizable nutrition, supplements, and toppers delivered directly to pet owners.
Funding: $10.0M
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Funding: $10.0M
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Modern Intelligence develops a proprietary AI system that utilizes information and complexity theory for high-fidelity target analysis in defense applications, requiring minimal data input. This technology enhances decision-making capabilities across various platforms, addressing the challenge of effective situational awareness in complex operational environments.
Funding: $5.0M
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Funding: $5.0M
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Moment provides an AI-native operating system tailored for investment management workflows. This unified platform integrates portfolio management, order execution, and compliance tools for financial institutions. The system enables firms to automate complex tasks, deliver personalized portfolios efficiently, and manage risk across their operations.
Funding: $36.0M
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Funding: $36.0M
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Nomic AI develops tools that enable users to structure, visualize, and derive insights from large unstructured datasets, facilitating efficient data aggregation and exploration. Their GPT4All platform allows users to run open-source AI models on any machine without requiring a GPU or internet connection, making AI technology more accessible.
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