# Ground Up Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Ground Up Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Ground Up Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 4 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $2.8M, Mar 2025

Pre-seed Seed Series A Clean Energy CleanTech Industry

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **16** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.5M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $500K** Rounds led **0 of 4**

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## Ground Up Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> We're a different type of venture firm. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $250K – $500K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Clean Energy CleanTech Industry
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Baba](https://millionrounds.com/company/baba)** Series A · US · Google News search **$40M** With 5 others
- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[Wardrobe](https://millionrounds.com/company/wardrobe)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$1.5M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Jones](https://millionrounds.com/company/jones)** Seed · US · Getjones **$4.6M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[ShapeShift](https://millionrounds.com/company/shapeshift)** Seed · IL · Calcalistech **$2.5M** With 5 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

CM **Cory Moelis** Manager of the General Partner, Ground Up Ventures Fund GP, LLC i Filing they signed

DS **David Stark** Manager of the General Partner, Ground Up Ventures Fund GP, LLC i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**26** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Array](https://millionrounds.com/company/array)[Brighthire](https://millionrounds.com/company/brighthire)[Buildops](https://millionrounds.com/company/buildops)[Dandelionenergy](https://millionrounds.com/company/dandelion-energy)[Draftboard](https://millionrounds.com/company/draftboard)[Eliseai](https://millionrounds.com/company/eliseai)[Glass-imaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/glass-imaging)[Harbingermotors](https://millionrounds.com/company/harbinger)[Hywatts](https://millionrounds.com/company/hywatts)[Komodor](https://millionrounds.com/company/komodor)[Openlayer](https://millionrounds.com/company/openlayer)[Ourritual](https://millionrounds.com/company/ourritual)[Pillar](https://millionrounds.com/company/pillar)[Pipe](https://millionrounds.com/company/pipe)[Portless](https://millionrounds.com/company/portless)[Portless](https://millionrounds.com/company/portless)[Postmoda](https://millionrounds.com/company/postmoda)[Postscript](https://millionrounds.com/company/postscript)[Preql](https://millionrounds.com/company/preql)[Real](https://millionrounds.com/company/real)[Starcloud](https://millionrounds.com/company/starcloud)[Termscout](https://millionrounds.com/company/termscout)[Tulu](https://millionrounds.com/company/tulu)[Weave](https://millionrounds.com/company/weave)[Younity](https://millionrounds.com/company/younity)[Zeromark](https://millionrounds.com/company/zeromark) Ananinja Axoneurotech Buildarray Byaccrue Callbaba Covenantindustries Daily Design by Altalogy Disconetwork For LP’s G2-sys Getfondue Getjones Getreap Getzealthy Gotolstoy Hellowonder Heyritual Joinflyp Kela Kelasys Konko Lenkie Longmark Meetpaladin Meridianpay Mnai Nevona Nowdialogue Panjaya Prettydamnquick Prettydamnquick Refineintelligence Thelithium and 5 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Latest fund on file

**$2.8M**

raised in Mar 2025

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$3.5M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $250K – $500K
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *3*
- Series A said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Ground Up Ventures put money into.

[**Baba** $40M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/baba)

## Quick answers about Ground Up Ventures

### What does Ground Up Ventures invest in?

Ground Up Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Clean Energy, CleanTech and Industry.

### How active is Ground Up Ventures?

4 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Ground Up Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Baba (Series A, Oct 2026), Wardrobe (Seed, Nov 2019) and Jones (Seed, Oct 2019).

### How big are Ground Up Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.5M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $500K.

### Is Ground Up Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Ground Up Ventures?

Ground Up Ventures is a VC firm based in New York, United States.

### Has Ground Up Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2025, reporting $2.8M raised.

### Does Ground Up Ventures take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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