John Vrionis
Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor
John Vrionis is currently the Founder and Managing Partner at Unusual Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm known for working closely with formation stage founders on finding product market fit. A seasoned venture capitalist with over two decades of experience, John has been an early investor in a number of successful software startups including: AppDynamics, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Harness, Hallow, Liftoff.io, Mulesoft, Pinterest, Nicira, Nimble Storage and Robinhood.
Originally from Georgia, John graduated from Harvard University in 1997, where he studied economics. His passion for entrepreneurship and technology led him to pursue a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Chicago. John moved to Silicon Valley in 2002 and completed his MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2006. Before co-founding Unusual Ventures, John served as a General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners for 12 years.