Brett Teele
Chief Financial Officer & Partner
Unusual Ventures
CFO & Partner at Unusual Ventures overseeing financial strategy, operations, and compliance, with 25 years across venture capital and private equity.
Bio
Professional summary
Lars Albright is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, where his official profile says he leads investments in fintech, vertical SaaS, and application software. He brings founder and operator experience from co-founding SessionM and Quattro Wireless, both of which later exited to strategic acquirers. His profile also lists advisory, investing, or board involvement with companies including Bloom Credit, Button, dScout, Socure, Forter, Skydio, Drizly, and PillPack. Unusual positions itself as a product-market-fit partner for technical enterprise founders, so outreach should emphasize early-stage execution, product-market-fit learning, and founder accountability when relevant.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
Early stageSeedSeries A
Sector
FintechVertical SaaSApplication softwareTechnical enterprise founders
Thesis
FintechVertical SaaSApplication softwareProduct-market-fit support for technical enterprise founders
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
SessionMQuattro WirelessBloom CreditButtondScoutSocureForterSkydioDrizlyPillPack
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a fintech, vertical SaaS, or application software wedge and show concrete evidence of early product-market-fit learning.
Personalization hooks
- 1Mention founder-to-founder relevance if the team has meaningful operator experience or has navigated difficult go-to-market tradeoffs.
- 2Reference Boston roots or Boston sports only if naturally relevant and not forced.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Unusual's site emphasizes early-stage company building and product-market fit for technical enterprise founders.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Unusual VenturesGeneral PartnerPresent
- SessionM (acq. Mastercard)Co-Founder & ExecutivePre-Unusual
- Quattro Wireless (acq. Apple)Co-Founder & ExecutivePre-Unusual
Education
- Harvard UniversityAB, Political Science and Government
- Dartmouth Tuck School of BusinessMBA
Skills
Fintech investingVertical SaaSFounder experienceBoard service
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