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Up Partners

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 42 cheques on record.

Deploying nowVC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ATransportationEvMobility

Deploying now
88%of best year15cheques in 12 months, 42 on record
Since the last cheque61days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$10MCheque size, as they say$500K – $5.0MRounds led1 of 42Sole investor11 roundsMostly inUnited States, 82%
Pitch Up Partners

Up Partners highlights

  1. 01

    15 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 55% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $4.0M

What they do

We back the visionary, the fearless, and the audacious.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $5.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
TransportationEvMobility
Based in
Santa Monica Airport, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first42 appearances

  1. 2026

    11 rounds

  2. Sept
    OverrouteSeed · US$5.5MSole investor
  3. Sept
    ZanskarGrant · US$40MWith 4 others
  4. Sept
    LineVisionSeries D · US$38MWith 2 others
  5. Aug
    Reframe SystemsUS · Ventureburn$40MWith 12 others
  6. Jul
    SkapionSeed · US$36MWith 1 other
  7. Jun
    Coram AISeries B · US · TechStartups$35MWith 5 others
  8. May
    HavocSeries A · US · Outlander VC$100MWith 17 others
  9. Apr
    Voyant PhotonicsDebt · US$1.0MWith 1 other
  10. Mar
    PartsPulseSeed · US$3.0MSole investor
  11. Feb
    AutoUnifyVenture · USUndisclosedSole investor
  12. Feb
    BeyondMathSeed · GB$10MWith 2 others
  13. 2025

    11 rounds

  14. Dec
    SmoothSeries B · JP$10MWith 3 others
  15. Nov
    MetropolisDebt · US$1.1BWith 5 others
  16. Nov
    Twinpig BiolabVenture · KR$1.0MSole investor
  17. Nov
    Point One NavigationSeries C · US$35MWith 3 others
  18. Oct
    Lula CommerceSeries A · US$8.0MWith 1 other
  19. Oct
    HavocAISeries A · US$85MWith 3 others
  20. Aug
    Loft DynamicsSeries B · CH$24MWith 1 other
  21. Jun
    WarpSeries A · US$10MWith 4 others
  22. May
    WakeCapSeries A · SA · TechStartups$28MLed
  23. May
    Infinitform IncSeed · US$13MSole investor
  24. Mar
    SaySoSeed · US$40MWith 1 other
  25. 2024

    8 rounds

  26. Nov
    TeleoSeries A · US$7.0MWith 1 other
  27. Nov
    UnitXSeries B · US$46MWith 1 other
  28. Oct
    OdyseeSeed · US$5.0MSole investor
  29. Oct
    Aerialoop CorpGrant · US$500KWith 1 other
  30. Jun
    Pull SystemsVenture · USUndisclosedSole investor
  31. Apr
    Lula ConvenienceVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  32. Mar
    Range EnergySeries A · US · Trousdale Ventures$24MWith 4 others
  33. Feb
    llmdaSeed · US$3.0MSole investor
  34. 2023

    5 rounds

  35. Oct
    KolorsVenture · MXUndisclosedWith 5 others
  36. Oct
    SensigoSeed · US$5.0MSole investor
  37. Jul
    Voyant PhotonicsDebt · US$3.2MWith 1 other
  38. Apr
    REPOWRSeries A · US$8.0MWith 2 others
  39. Mar
    Panorama AISeed · US$4.0MSole investor
  40. 2022

    2 rounds

  41. Oct
    LineVisionSeries C · US$33MWith 2 others
  42. Jul
    WRAYVenture · JPUndisclosedWith 1 other
  43. 2021

    2 rounds

  44. Oct
    VOOM InsuranceSeries A · US$15MWith 1 other
  45. Jul
    VeoSeries A · US$16MWith 3 others
  46. 2020

    2 rounds

  47. Aug
    WareSeed$2.5MWith 3 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 registration3 named

AGAdam GrosserManaging PartneriForm ADV
BMBenjamin MarcusManaging DirectoriForm ADV
CSCyrus SigariManaging DirectoriForm ADV

We also hold 12 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 the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$484Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
UP Partners Management Company, LLC
SEC number
CRD 309765

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

25 of 45 we have independently watched raise

Ashbrook-technologiesAutounifyAxiomspaceBeyondmathEliHavocaiHermeusLlmdaLoftdynamicsMetropolisOdyseeOverroutePacificfusionPullRepowrSensigoSkapionSkydioSpacekineticTeleoVoominsuranceVoyantphotonicsWakecapWestmagZanskarAbundanceAerialoopAionicsArteliBetaInfinitformJustsaysoKolorsLinevisionincLuladeliveryPanoramaPointonenavRangeReliableSundaycarwashTailsightUcrUnitxlabsVeorideWearewarp

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.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Up Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Up Partners put money into.

Quick answers about Up Partners

What does Up Partners invest in?

Up Partners invests most often at Seed and Series A (55% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Transportation, Ev and Mobility.

How active is Up Partners?

42 investments on record, 15 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

What has Up Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Overroute (Seed, Sept 2026), Zanskar (Grant, Sept 2026) and LineVision (Series D, Sept 2026).

How big are Up Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $5.0M.

Does Up Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 42 investments on record (2%).

Where does Up Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (82%) and Japan (5%).

Is Up Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 15 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Up Partners invest alongside?

Most often Alumni Ventures (5 rounds together), Plug and Play (3 rounds together) and B Capital (2 rounds together).

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