Featured brand
Schmidt’s Naturals
Schmidt’s having begun in humble farmers markets is now one of the most disruptive personal care brands on the market.
Adventure Capitalist®
Random Occurrence takes a stake in consumer brands and small to mid size companies.
02Criteria
What we look for
Founders, co-founder-led and small to mid size companies
Random Occurrence is actively investing in exciting new innovative companies.
- Sales
- $1M to $100M
- Mainly
- $5M to $25M
- Sectors
- From tech to CPG
03Portfolio
The brands
04Thinking
Unconventional thinkers
A different kind of investor seeks unconventional thinkers for long-term investment.
Sponsorship
We are looking for projects to sponsor: charitable or strategic support for work that is, or could be, open source.
Submit your project05Giving
Philanthropy
For us life is about giving and being able to help others when the opportunities arise; to that extent we make it high priority to pay it forward.
Random Occurrence gives to:
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Protects the ocean, waves and beaches through a grassroots network of volunteer chapters, working on clean water, plastic pollution, coastal preservation and beach access. Founded by surfers in Malibu in 1984.
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Brings breast health education to young people through art, events and self-check tools, to lower breast cancer risk. It began in 1999 as an art project.
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An international Christian church and charity that meets basic needs without discrimination: food, shelter, disaster relief and addiction recovery, in more than 130 countries.
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HIV testing, housing, education and advocacy in Portland, Oregon, since 1983, along with its Prism Health clinics for LGBTQ+ primary and behavioral health care.
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A global, community-centered conservation organization founded in 1977. It protects chimpanzees, other apes and their habitats, and runs Roots & Shoots, its youth program, in dozens of countries.
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A Christian relief ministry founded in Spring Lake, Michigan, in 1980, that refurbishes and ships medical equipment and health supplies to hospitals and missions around the world.
06Lab
Marcia // In development
Coming soon
Marcia
The AI that adapts to your work.
Before Marcia: Alexander, the AI piloted for Schmidt’s Naturals’ customer service. Digiday, 2019(opens in a new tab)
07Submit
Investment for companies, sponsorship for projects
Two doors, two kinds of support. Companies apply for equity investment. Projects apply for sponsorship: charitable or strategic, never equity. We read submissions and reach out when there is a fit.