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John Vrionis

John Vrionis

Role

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Expertise

John Vrionis is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Unusual. Over the past two decades, he’s invested in category-defining companies like AppDynamics, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Chalk, Harness, Hallow, Liftoff.io, Mulesoft, Pinterest, Neon, Nicira, Resolve AI and Robinhood. He also shares his experience with the next generation of entrepreneurs as a faculty member at The Stanford Graduate School of Business. John spent twelve years as a General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners before co-founding Unusual. He holds an AB in Economics from Harvard University, an MS in CS from the University of Chicago, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Origins

Hometown

Georgia


Alma mater

Harvard University — AB, Economics

The University of Chicago — MS, Computer Science

The Stanford Graduate School of Business — MBA, General Management

Key Investments

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Past Employment

Book Recommendation

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Go-to podcast

Invest Like the Best by Patrick O’Shaughnessy

Big Fan Of

Cleveland Browns


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