# Upside Partnership: portfolio, investments and team > Upside Partnership is a vc firm based in United States. 15 investments on record, latest Jul 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/upside-partnership (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Upside Partnership Last cheque observed Jul 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email VC firm Quiet Last fund $1.4M, Mar 2023 Pre-seed Seed Series A AI & Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) Cybersecurity Follow Upside Partnership and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fupside-partnership) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 15 on record Since the last cheque **2684** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$20M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $1.5M** Rounds led **0 of 15** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Upside Partnership ## Upside Partnership highlights - 01 15 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 83% of its rounds - 03 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Upside Partnership is a seed and pre-seed venture capital firm. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $500K – $1.5M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** AI & Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) Cybersecurity - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **15 appearances** - **2019** 2 rounds - **Jul** **[Aegis AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/aegisai)** US · TechCrunch **$2.2M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[Ease](https://millionrounds.com/company/ease)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$19M** With 4 others - **2018** 1 round - **Nov** **[Turvo](https://millionrounds.com/company/turvo)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$60M** With 8 others - **2017** 1 round - **Mar** **[Smyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/smyte)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$4.0M** With 4 others - **2016** 2 rounds - **Jun** **[Laurel & Wolf](https://millionrounds.com/company/laurel-and-wolf)** **$20M** With 23 others - **Feb** **[Digit](https://millionrounds.com/company/digit)** **$23M** With 21 others - **2015** 5 rounds - **Sept** **[Ease Central](https://millionrounds.com/company/easecentral)** Seed **$2.1M** With 4 others - **Jun** **[Smyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/smyte)** Seed **$2.3M** With 4 others - **Feb** **[Laurel & Wolf](https://millionrounds.com/company/laurel-and-wolf)** Series A · US **$4.4M** With 4 others - **Feb** **[Textio](https://millionrounds.com/company/textio)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[BlockCypher](https://millionrounds.com/company/blockcypher)** Seed · US **$3.1M** With 20 others - **2014** 4 rounds - **Dec** **[Digit](https://millionrounds.com/company/digit)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 14 others - **Nov** **[Zen99](https://millionrounds.com/company/zen99)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 4 others - **Aug** **[Laurel & Wolf](https://millionrounds.com/company/laurel-and-wolf)** Seed · US **$1.1M** With 5 others - **Apr** **[Lily](https://millionrounds.com/company/lily)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 7 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** SK **Stanford Kenton Goldman** Managing Member and Trustee of the Goldman Family Trust Dated 4/16/13 i Form ADV We also hold **5** 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 **$73M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** UP Holdings, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 172594 ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[Smyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/smyte)** Bought by [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) **$65M** Jun 2018 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. Latest fund on file **$1.4M** raised in Mar 2023 From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$20M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 15 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $500K – $1.5M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jul 2019 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *8* - Series A said *2* - Series B said *2* - Pre-seed said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2014 2019 Often in the room with - [Freestyle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle) 4 - [Baseline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures) 3 - [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) 3 - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 3 - [Alexis Ohanian](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian) 2 - [Arena Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arena-ventures) 2 **Pitching Upside Partnership?** 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 Upside Partnership. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Freestyle Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle)[**Baseline Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baseline-ventures)[**Draper Associates** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Alexis Ohanian** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alexis-ohanian)[**Arena Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arena-ventures)[**CRV** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crv)[**Eoghan McCabe** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eoghan-mccabe)[**Eric Ries** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-ries)[**Founder Collective** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-collective)[**Garry Tan** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garry-tan)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv) ## Recently backed The latest companies Upside Partnership put money into. [**Laurel & Wolf** $20M · Jun 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/laurel-and-wolf) ## On podcasts 1 episode naming Upside Partnership in the title, and 2 more that mention it. - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 28 Dec 2016 · 24 min 20VC: Using Valuation As A Litmus Test, Why Valuation Does Not Matter At Seed Stage & How Seed Funds Can Serve Founders Better with Kent Goldman, Founder @ Upside Partnership With [Kent Goldman](https://millionrounds.com/person/kent-goldman) Mentions [Upside Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upside-partnership)[First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 21 Apr 2017 · 23 min 20VC: Back To Back Female Led IPOs & Why It's Harder To Be A Female CEO Than A Male CEO with Leura Fine, Founder & CEO @ Laurel & Wolf Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 13 Jan 2017 · 31 min 20VC: Building An AI Company For The Long Term? How Humans & Machine Learning Can Work Together? What Applications Are The Conversational Interface Best Suited To with Maran Nelson, Founder & CEO @ Clara Labs Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Upside Partnership ### What does Upside Partnership invest in? Upside Partnership invests most often at Seed and Series A (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI & Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Cybersecurity. ### How active is Upside Partnership? 15 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2019. ### What has Upside Partnership invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Aegis AI (Undisclosed round, Jul 2019), Ease (Series B, Mar 2019) and Turvo (Series B, Nov 2018). ### How big are Upside Partnership's cheques? The median round it joins is $20M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $1.5M. ### Does Upside Partnership lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 15 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Upside Partnership invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Upside Partnership investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2019. ### Who does Upside Partnership invest alongside? Most often Freestyle Capital (4 rounds together), Baseline Ventures (3 rounds together) and Draper Associates (3 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=upside-partnership) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=upside-partnership)