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November 7, 2023
Announcing Contrary's Class of 2024 Venture Partners
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James Hennessy
October 31, 2023
A dive into the history of the supply chain, and unsolved problems for its future.
October 17, 2023
An exploration of how industrial designers play a role in the creation of almost every product we interact with on a daily basis.
October 3, 2023
An interview with an experienced furniture maker about how he does his job.
September 20, 2023
How a commercial fisherman in Alaska does his job.
Will Robbins
September 6, 2023
Announcing our investment in Moment.
August 30, 2023
An interview with a tunnel engineer about how she does her job.
Jason Chen
August 28, 2023
2023 Venture Partner Applications are now open!
Eric Tarczynski
August 2, 2023
We're excited to annouce that Zillow has acquired Aryeo.
August 1, 2023
An interview with a journeyman lineworker about how he does his job.
July 31, 2023
Announcing our investment in Bloom
July 13, 2023
Announcing our investment in Nomic.
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