# GroundUp: portfolio, investments and team > GroundUp is a vc firm based in Pakistan. 6 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/groundup (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Pakistan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # GroundUp Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Aug 2025. Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Email VC firm Quiet New fund, Aug 2025 Website unconfirmed Pre-seed Technology Real Estate Startups Follow GroundUp and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fgroundup) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **2558** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$5.2M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch GroundUp ## GroundUp highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Pre-seed - **Sectors:** Technology Real Estate Startups - **Based in:** Multan, Pakistan - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=groundup). ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2019** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[BuildOPs](https://millionrounds.com/company/buildops)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.8M** With 12 others - **Feb** **[Dandelion Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/dandelion-energy)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$16M** With 6 others - **2018** 4 rounds - **Oct** **[Paladin Cyber](https://millionrounds.com/company/paladin-cyber)** US · FinSMEs **$3.6M** With 7 others - **Sept** **[Jones](https://millionrounds.com/company/jones)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$2.8M** With 3 others - **Mar** **[Dandelion](https://millionrounds.com/company/dandelion)** TechCrunch **$4.5M** With 6 others - **Feb** **[Neighborhood Goods](https://millionrounds.com/company/neighborhood-goods)** US · Retaildive **$8.8M** 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** LB **Louis Benjamin Vargas** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed WA **Woodler Alezy** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed We also hold **2** 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. 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New fund on file **Raised** a new fund in Aug 2025 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Median round joined **$5.2M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Nov 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *2* - Series A *1* - Pre-seed said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2018 2019 Often in the room with - [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) 2 - [Global Founders Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital) 2 - [MetaProp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaprop-ventures) 2 - [New Enterprise Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) 2 **Pitching GroundUp?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as GroundUp. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Collaborative Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)[**Global Founders Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-founders-capital)[**MetaProp Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/metaprop-ventures)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) ## Recently backed The latest companies GroundUp put money into. [**BuildOPs** $5.8M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/buildops)[**Dandelion Energy** $16M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/dandelion-energy)[**Neighborhood Goods** $8.8M · Feb 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/neighborhood-goods) ## Quick answers about GroundUp ### What does GroundUp invest in? GroundUp invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology, Real Estate and Startups. ### How active is GroundUp? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2019. ### What has GroundUp invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: BuildOPs (Seed, Nov 2019), Dandelion Energy (Series A, Feb 2019) and Paladin Cyber (Undisclosed round, Oct 2018). ### How big are GroundUp's cheques? The median round it joins is $5.2M. ### Does GroundUp lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does GroundUp invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is GroundUp investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019. ### Who does GroundUp invest alongside? Most often Collaborative Fund (2 rounds together), Global Founders Capital (2 rounds together) and MetaProp Ventures (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=groundup) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=groundup)