# UpHonest Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> UpHonest Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 146 investments on record, 12 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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# UpHonest Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 146 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $5.0M, Mar 2023 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Anti-thematic Sector Agnostic Industry-agnostic

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**48%** of best year **12** **cheques in 12 months**, 146 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$5.0M** Rounds led **0 of 146** Sole investor **11 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 92%**

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## UpHonest Capital highlights

- 01 12 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 70% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $1.5M

## What they do

> UpHonest Capital is a sector agnostic early-stage VC based in Silicon Valley. We invest in Seed, Pre-A, and Series A stages From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Up to $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Anti-thematic Sector Agnostic Industry-agnostic
- **Based in:** Palo Alto, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **146 appearances**

- **2026** 10 rounds
- **Sept** **[Expertise AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/expertise-ai)** Seed · CA **$2.3M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Palona AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/palona-ai)** Series A · US **$20M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Orbital](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.0M** With 14 others
- **Jun** **[MainFunc (GenSpark)](https://millionrounds.com/company/mainfunc-genspark)** Series B · US **$100M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Glydways](https://millionrounds.com/company/glydways)** Series C · US · TechCrunch **$170M** With 7 others
- **Apr** **[Zamp](https://millionrounds.com/company/zamp)** Venture · US **$17M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Matternet](https://millionrounds.com/company/matternet)** Debt · US **$6.0M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Lucy Goods](https://millionrounds.com/company/lucy-goods)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Genspark](https://millionrounds.com/company/genspark)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$300M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Cosine](https://millionrounds.com/company/cosine)** Venture · US **$534K** With 4 others
- **2025** 21 rounds
- **Nov** **[Genspark](https://millionrounds.com/company/genspark)** Series B · US **$275M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[The EVERY Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-every-company)** Series D · US **$55M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[AdsGency](https://millionrounds.com/company/adsgency)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$12M** With 7 others
- **Oct** **[Vicarious Surgical](https://millionrounds.com/company/vicarious-surgical)** US **$5.9M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[MoBagel](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobagel)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[ATDev](https://millionrounds.com/company/atdev)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Cookiy AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/cookiy-ai)** Pre-seed · US · Converge VC **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[ChatSlide](https://millionrounds.com/company/chatslide)** Pre-seed · US **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Price.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/price-com)** Venture · US **$12M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Glydways](https://millionrounds.com/company/glydways)** Venture · US **$101M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[M.AI Unbound, Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/m-ai-unbound-inc)** Seed · US **$25M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Aspecta](https://millionrounds.com/company/aspecta)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Jobright](https://millionrounds.com/company/jobright)** Seed · US **$3.2M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Fiber Global](https://millionrounds.com/company/fiber-global)** Series A · US **$20M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Skyways](https://millionrounds.com/company/skyways)** Debt · US **$5.0M** With 5 others
- **May** **[Botrista Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/botrista-technology)** Series C · US **$6.7M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Pando Electric](https://millionrounds.com/company/pando-electric)** Grant · US **$5.4M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Turing](https://millionrounds.com/company/turing)** Series E · US · TechCrunch **$111M** With 14 others
- **Mar** **[Wanderboat AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/wanderboat-ai)** Venture · US **$18M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Knightscope](https://millionrounds.com/company/knightscope)** US **$1.7M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Palona AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/palona-ai)** Seed · US **$10M** With 2 others
- **2024** 23 rounds
- **Dec** **[Crossing](https://millionrounds.com/company/crossing)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Wefunder](https://millionrounds.com/company/wefunder)** Venture · US **$3.5M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Poresi](https://millionrounds.com/company/poresi)** Seed · SG **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Yala](https://millionrounds.com/company/yala)** Seed **$8.0M** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Tracknme](https://millionrounds.com/company/tracknme)** Seed · SG **$1.0M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Legion Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/legion-health)** Seed · US **$5.6M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Bot Auto](https://millionrounds.com/company/bot-auto)** Seed · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Matternet](https://millionrounds.com/company/matternet)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Charge Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/charge-robotics)** Venture · US **$17M** 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 **1 named**

WG **Wei Guo** Manager of Kuos Investment II LLC, Manager 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 the register says

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

**$226M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** KUOS Investment II LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 289165

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**29** of 49 we have independently watched raise

[Amplemeal](https://millionrounds.com/company/ample-foods)[Anyplace](https://millionrounds.com/company/anyplace)[Ark7](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark7)[Armory](https://millionrounds.com/company/armory)[Aspecta](https://millionrounds.com/company/aspecta)[Astranis](https://millionrounds.com/company/astranis)[Billiontoone](https://millionrounds.com/company/billiontoone)[Boolv](https://millionrounds.com/company/boolv)[Boomsupersonic](https://millionrounds.com/company/boom-supersonic)[Breef](https://millionrounds.com/company/breef)[Bumblebeespaces](https://millionrounds.com/company/bumblebee-spaces)[Bungalow](https://millionrounds.com/company/bungalow)[Castle](https://millionrounds.com/company/castle)[Chargerobotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/charge-robotics)[Checkr](https://millionrounds.com/company/checkr)[Clade](https://millionrounds.com/company/clade)[Cloudcade](https://millionrounds.com/company/cloudcade)[Complyadvantage](https://millionrounds.com/company/complyadvantage)[Cosine](https://millionrounds.com/company/cosine)[Covu](https://millionrounds.com/company/covu)[Culturebiosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/culture-biosciences)[Cyberconnect](https://millionrounds.com/company/cyberconnect)[Darmiyan](https://millionrounds.com/company/darmiyan)[Dialpad](https://millionrounds.com/company/dialpad)[Directly](https://millionrounds.com/company/directly)[Drayalliance](https://millionrounds.com/company/dray-alliance)[Ecosapiens](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecosapiens)[Fiberglobal](https://millionrounds.com/company/fiber-global)[Fieldguide](https://millionrounds.com/company/fieldguide) Aperohealth Assistivetech Athletetoathlete Avrolifesci Beta University Beta University Blume Bot Botrista Breezeml C16bio Carv Clipclaps Crossingcards Ello Eut Evryhealth Getbutterfleye Theacacia Thechihuo

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.

New fund on file

**$5.0M**

raised in Mar 2023

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$5.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.5M**

Led 0 of 146 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** Up to $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** 11 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *48*
- Venture *42*
- Series A said *16*
- Pre-seed said *14*
- Series B said *9*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 36
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 11
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures) 9
- [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) 8
- [Soma Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital) 8
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 7

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **36** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Liquid 2 Ventures** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/liquid-2-ventures)[**Gaingels** Private equity **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**Soma Capital** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/soma-capital)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Quiet Capital** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital)[**500 Global** Angel **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Amino Capital** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-capital)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**ZhenFund** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund)

## Recently backed

The latest companies UpHonest Capital put money into.

[**Expertise AI** $2.3M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/expertise-ai)[**Palona AI** $20M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/palona-ai)[**Orbital** $5.0M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbital)[**MainFunc (GenSpark)** $100M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mainfunc-genspark)[**Glydways** $170M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/glydways)[**Matternet** $6.0M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/matternet)

## Quick answers about UpHonest Capital

### What does UpHonest Capital invest in?

UpHonest Capital invests most often at Seed and Venture (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Anti-thematic, Sector Agnostic and Industry-agnostic.

### How active is UpHonest Capital?

146 investments on record, 12 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has UpHonest Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Expertise AI (Seed, Sept 2026), Palona AI (Series A, Aug 2026) and Orbital (Seed, Jun 2026).

### How big are UpHonest Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M.

### Does UpHonest Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 146 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does UpHonest Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (92%) and Singapore (5%).

### Is UpHonest Capital investing now?

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

### Who does UpHonest Capital invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (36 rounds together), Alumni Ventures (11 rounds together) and Liquid 2 Ventures (9 rounds together).

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