We believe in people
We pioneered a new model of venture at Contrary, often betting on the person before the idea. Put another way: we prefer high-conviction investing — early — and don't need others to agree with us.
HQ Team
Supported by iconic operators, our founders get the right advice when they need it most.
Steve Huffman
Co-founder and CEO, Reddit
Emmet Shear
Co-founder, Twitch
Erica Brescia
Former COO, GitHub
Parag Agrawal
Former CEO, Twitter
Cyan Banister
Angel Investor
Jeff Rothschild
Founding Eng, Facebook
Nate Blecharczyk
Co-founder, Airbnb
Ruchi Sanghvi
Early Eng, Facebook
Ryan Hoover
Founder, ProductHunt
Leah Solivan
Co-founder, TaskRabbit
Scott Belsky
CPO, Adobe
Ross Mason
Co-founder, MuleSoft
Edith Harbaugh
Co-founder LaunchDarkly
Peter Reinhardt
Co-founder, Segment
Nate Mitchell
Co-founder, Oculus
Tim Kendall
Former President, Pinterest
Evan Moore
Co-founder, DoorDash
Chris Cox
CPO, Facebook
Gokul Rajaram
Executive, DoorDash
Bora Chung
Chief Experience Officer, Bill.com
Marty Chavez
Former CFO, Goldman Sachs
Josh Elman
Product, Apple
Kevin Olusola
Pentatonix
Deval Delivala
20th Employee, Uber
Olaf Carlson-Wee
Founder & CEO, Polychain Capital
We back the bold.