# Unlock Venture Partners

> Unlock Venture Partners is an early-stage venture firm run by former founders and operators, investing primarily in seed-stage technology companies tied to Seattle and Los Angeles. Its pitch is geographic as much as financial: back capable founders in two large technology markets where seed capital has historically been less abundant than in Silicon Valley, then use an operator network to help with hiring, customers, strategy and later fundraising.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Seattle and Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Andy Liu (Co-founder and Partner), Sanjay Reddy (Co-founder and Partner), Raazi Imam (Co-founder and Venture Partner)
- **Team size:** Approximately 22 employees according to supplied company data; the public team page lists a smaller core investment team.
- **Products:** Seed-stage venture investment, Portfolio company support, Follow-on capital and syndication
- **Notable:** Raised more than $85 million across its first two disclosed funds by 2022., Reported more than $100 million under management, 45 portfolio companies and a network of 180-plus investors in 2024., Recorded exits including Chatitive to Mailchimp, Downstream to Jungle Scout, Dolly to Updater, Fantasmo to Tier and Make.TV to LTN Global.

## Products & services

- **Seed-stage venture investment** — Initial investments in technology startups, commonly around $1 million, with public investor profiles indicating an approximate $650,000 to $1.5 million range.
- **Portfolio company support** — Operator guidance on strategy, hiring, customer introductions, fundraising and market development, delivered through the partners and their investor network.
- **Follow-on capital and syndication** — Reserves and co-investor relationships intended to support promising portfolio companies beyond the first seed check.

## Achievements

- Raised more than $85 million across its first two disclosed funds by 2022.
- Reported more than $100 million under management, 45 portfolio companies and a network of 180-plus investors in 2024.
- Recorded exits including Chatitive to Mailchimp, Downstream to Jungle Scout, Dolly to Updater, Fantasmo to Tier and Make.TV to LTN Global.
- Led Enzzo's $3 million seed round in March 2024.
- Co-led Sophia Space's $10 million seed round in February 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Portfolio company Sophia Space announced a $7 million SAFE financing, bringing its reported total funding to $22 million; the announcement did not identify Unlock as a participant in that specific financing.
- **2026-02** — Unlock co-led Sophia Space's $10 million seed round with Alpha Funds and KDDI Green Partners Fund to advance modular orbital computing.
- **2025-06** — Airwai appeared in Unlock's current portfolio, applying AI to infrastructure maintenance across defense, aviation and healthcare.
- **2025-05** — Unlock participated in Sophia Space's $3.5 million pre-seed financing for orbital compute and data-center technology.
- **2024-10** — Co-founder Andy Liu reported that Unlock had passed $100 million under management, invested in 45 companies and built a network of more than 180 investors.
- **2024-03** — Unlock led Enzzo's $3 million seed round to apply generative AI to hardware product definition and requirements.

## Links

- Website: https://unlockvp.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18380590/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/unlockvp/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unlockvp/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/unlockvp

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Last updated: 2026-08-15