# Up Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Up Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 42 investments on record, 15 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Up Partners

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 42 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Transportation Ev Mobility

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**88%** of best year **15** **cheques in 12 months**, 42 on record

Since the last cheque **61** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$10M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 42** Sole investor **11 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 82%**

Pitch Up Partners

## Up Partners highlights

- 01 15 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 55% of its rounds
- 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-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Transportation Ev Mobility
- **Based in:** Santa Monica Airport, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **42 appearances**

- **2026** 11 rounds
- **Sept** **[Overroute](https://millionrounds.com/company/overroute)** Seed · US **$5.5M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Zanskar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanskar)** Grant · US **$40M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[LineVision](https://millionrounds.com/company/linevision)** Series D · US **$38M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Reframe Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/reframe-systems)** US · Ventureburn **$40M** With 12 others
- **Jul** **[Skapion](https://millionrounds.com/company/skapion)** Seed · US **$36M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Coram AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/coram-ai)** Series B · US · TechStartups **$35M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Havoc](https://millionrounds.com/company/havoc)** Series A · US · Outlander VC **$100M** With 17 others
- **Apr** **[Voyant Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/voyant-photonics)** Debt · US **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[PartsPulse](https://millionrounds.com/company/partspulse)** Seed · US **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[AutoUnify](https://millionrounds.com/company/autounify)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[BeyondMath](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyondmath)** Seed · GB **$10M** With 2 others
- **2025** 11 rounds
- **Dec** **[Smooth](https://millionrounds.com/company/smooth)** Series B · JP **$10M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Metropolis](https://millionrounds.com/company/metropolis)** Debt · US **$1.1B** With 5 others
- **Nov** **[Twinpig Biolab](https://millionrounds.com/company/twinpig-biolab)** Venture · KR **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Point One Navigation](https://millionrounds.com/company/point-one-navigation)** Series C · US **$35M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Lula Commerce](https://millionrounds.com/company/lula-commerce)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[HavocAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/havocai)** Series A · US **$85M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Loft Dynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/loft-dynamics)** Series B · CH **$24M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Warp](https://millionrounds.com/company/warp)** Series A · US **$10M** With 4 others
- **May** **[WakeCap](https://millionrounds.com/company/wakecap)** Series A · SA · TechStartups **$28M** *Led*
- **May** **[Infinitform Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinitform-inc)** Seed · US **$13M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[SaySo](https://millionrounds.com/company/sayso)** Seed · US **$40M** With 1 other
- **2024** 8 rounds
- **Nov** **[Teleo](https://millionrounds.com/company/teleo)** Series A · US **$7.0M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[UnitX](https://millionrounds.com/company/unitx)** Series B · US **$46M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Odysee](https://millionrounds.com/company/odysee)** Seed · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Aerialoop Corp](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerialoop-corp)** Grant · US **$500K** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Pull Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/pull-systems)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Lula Convenience](https://millionrounds.com/company/lula-convenience)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Range Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/range-energy)** Series A · US · Trousdale Ventures **$24M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[llmda](https://millionrounds.com/company/llmda)** Seed · US **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **2023** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Kolors](https://millionrounds.com/company/kolors)** Venture · MX **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Sensigo](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensigo)** Seed · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Voyant Photonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/voyant-photonics)** Debt · US **$3.2M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[REPOWR](https://millionrounds.com/company/repowr)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Panorama AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/panorama-ai)** Seed · US **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **2022** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[LineVision](https://millionrounds.com/company/linevision)** Series C · US **$33M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[WRAY](https://millionrounds.com/company/wray)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **2021** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[VOOM Insurance](https://millionrounds.com/company/voom-insurance)** Series A · US **$15M** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[Veo](https://millionrounds.com/company/veo)** Series A · US **$16M** With 3 others
- **2020** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[Ware](https://millionrounds.com/company/ware)** Seed **$2.5M** With 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 registration **3 named**

AG **Adam Grosser** Managing Partner i Form ADV

BM **Benjamin Marcus** Managing Director i Form ADV

CS **Cyrus Sigari** Managing Director i Form 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

**$484M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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-technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/ashbrook-technologies)[Autounify](https://millionrounds.com/company/autounify)[Axiomspace](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-space)[Beyondmath](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyondmath)[Eli](https://millionrounds.com/company/eli)[Havocai](https://millionrounds.com/company/havocai)[Hermeus](https://millionrounds.com/company/hermeus)[Llmda](https://millionrounds.com/company/llmda)[Loftdynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/loft-dynamics)[Metropolis](https://millionrounds.com/company/metropolis-technologies)[Odysee](https://millionrounds.com/company/odysee)[Overroute](https://millionrounds.com/company/overroute)[Pacificfusion](https://millionrounds.com/company/pacific-fusion)[Pull](https://millionrounds.com/company/pull)[Repowr](https://millionrounds.com/company/repowr)[Sensigo](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensigo)[Skapion](https://millionrounds.com/company/skapion)[Skydio](https://millionrounds.com/company/skydio)[Spacekinetic](https://millionrounds.com/company/space-kinetic)[Teleo](https://millionrounds.com/company/teleo)[Voominsurance](https://millionrounds.com/company/voom-insurance)[Voyantphotonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/voyant-photonics)[Wakecap](https://millionrounds.com/company/wakecap)[Westmag](https://millionrounds.com/company/westmag)[Zanskar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanskar) Abundance Aerialoop Aionics Arteli Beta Infinitform Justsayso Kolors Linevisioninc Luladelivery Panorama Pointonenav Range Reliable Sundaycarwash Tailsight Ucr Unitxlabs Veoride Wearewarp

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.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$4.0M**

Led 1 of 42 rounds **2%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 11 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *11*
- Series A said *10*
- Venture *7*
- Series B said *5*
- Debt *3*
- Series C *2*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 5
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 3
- [B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital) 2
- [Bossa Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest) 2
- [Clean Energy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clean-energy-ventures) 2
- [Contour Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contour-venture-partners) 2

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## 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.

[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**B Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital)[**Bossa Invest** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest)[**Clean Energy Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/clean-energy-ventures)[**Contour Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/contour-venture-partners)[**Global Brain Corporation** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation)[**K5 Global** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/k5-global)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**S2G Investments** Growth equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/s2g-investments)[**SOSV** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv)[**Scout Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scout-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Up Partners put money into.

[**Overroute** $5.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/overroute)[**Zanskar** $40M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanskar)[**LineVision** $38M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/linevision)[**Reframe Systems** $40M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/reframe-systems)[**Skapion** $36M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/skapion)[**Coram AI** $35M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/coram-ai)

## 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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