Contrary Capital

It’s been tough to raise funds in the last few years for most sectors, and many VCs will tell you that a startup needs to have a killer product-market fit…

We’re talking to Eric Tarczynski of Contrary Capital and Harshita Arora of AtoB about how the VC and startup world reacts to the Girl Genius vs. the Boy Genius.

Benjamin Döpfner has been building companies since he was a teenager.  One of his more recent ventures was based in Berlin, and at the time of its founding in 2019,…

Uprise takes in a user’s full financial picture, including overlooked aspects like employer benefits, and offers recommendations on where to funnel money.

When Eric Tarczynski was first building Contrary Capital, he noticed there was an absence of venture capital firms focused on entrepreneurs within universities. So, he launched a $2.2 million debut…

With Y Combinator Demo Day kicking off tomorrow morning, startups in the current batch are hurrying to make a little news before they show off their recent growth to investors.…

Contrary Capital, which has raised money from Tesla, Reddit, SoFi and Twitch, knows a thing or two about how to work with tech’s brightest mafias. Now it wants to invest…

In this week’s newsletter: Part & Parcel is bringing plus-sized clothing out of the dark corners of department stores.

Contrary Capital is raising $35 million to invest between $50,000 and $200,000 in students and recent college dropouts.