# Kent Goldman, Founder at Upside Partnership > Kent Goldman, Founder at Upside Partnership. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/kent-goldman (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Partner # Kent Goldman Founder at [Upside Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upside-partnership) Email Stages *Seed* Backs *AI* Latest rounds - **Textio** Seed · $1.5M Feb 2015 - **Leo** Seed · $1.5M Oct 2013 Follow Kent Goldman and see their new rounds in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fperson%2Fkent-goldman) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Feb 2015 - **Filings:** 1 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 1 +3 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Upside Partnership - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=kent-goldman)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=kent-goldman) ## The firm [**Upside Partnership** VC firm · US **0** cheques in 12 months **15** all time **0** led quiet](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upside-partnership) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $3M - **Active:** 2013–15 2015 - [Textio](https://millionrounds.com/company/textio) *Seed* **$1.5M** *US* Feb 2015 Joined · +3 investors · historical 2013 - [Leo](https://millionrounds.com/company/leo) *Seed* **$1.5M** *US* Oct 2013 Joined · +11 investors · historical By stage - Seed **2** What they backed AI **2** Alongside - [Battery Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) - [Bloomberg Beta *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) - [Bob Lee *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bob-lee) - [Cowboy Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cowboy-ventures) - [Elad Gil *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) - [Freestyle Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle) - [Greylock Partners *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners) - [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Cluster Labs](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cluster-labs) - [Foray Collective](https://millionrounds.com/startup/foray-collective) - [Leo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/leo-3) - [Quilt](https://millionrounds.com/startup/quilt-2) - [Rewatch](https://millionrounds.com/startup/rewatch) - [Textio](https://millionrounds.com/company/textio) - [Threadflip](https://millionrounds.com/startup/threadflip) ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **SOCIALBOMB INC** Director since 2009 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Upside Partnership - [**Christina Hunt** Partner, Operations *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/christina-hunt) - [**Christina Kelly** Team *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/christina-kelly) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [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) About this episode Kent Goldman is the Founder of Upside Partnership, one of the leading seed-stage investment firms in SF with investments in the likes of Laurel and Wolf, Digit and Lily. In 2015, he was named to the Midas Brink List. Prior to forming Upside Partnership in 2014, Kent was a Partner at seed… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Kent Goldman in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 2 Feb 2018 · 29 min 20VC: The Biggest Growth Opportunities for Young People in Tech Today, Why Distributed Workforces Are The Secret To Beating Incumbents & Why It Has Never Been Easier To Operate A Company Than Today with Andy Pflaum, Founder & CEO @ Astro With [Andy Pflaum](https://millionrounds.com/person/andy-pflaum) Mentions [Harrison Metal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harrison-metal)[Michael Dearing](https://millionrounds.com/fund/michael-dearing)[Redpoint](https://millionrounds.com/fund/redpoint)[Kent Goldman](https://millionrounds.com/person/kent-goldman) About this episode Andy Pflaum is the Founder & CEO @ Astro, the startup that brings email, calendar, and an AI-powered assistant together to help you focus on what's most important. They have raised over $10m from leading West Coast investors such as Satish @ Redpoint, former guests Kent Goldman @ Upside and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [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 Mentions [Upside Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upside-partnership)[Kent Goldman](https://millionrounds.com/person/kent-goldman) About this episode Leura Fine is the founder and CEO of leading online interior design service Laurel & Wolf. Driven by the desire to connect clients and designers through a digital platform, Leura launched Laurel & Wolf from her home dining room in 2014. Two years later, she has a rapidly growing team of more than… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's 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 With [Maran Nelson](https://millionrounds.com/person/maran-nelson) Mentions [Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta)[Greg Brockman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-brockman)[Upside Partnership](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upside-partnership)[Kent Goldman](https://millionrounds.com/person/kent-goldman) About this episode Maran Nelson is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Clara Labs, the truly human interface that uses conversational intelligence trained on high-quality data to schedule your meetings. They have secured funding from some of the best in the business including previous guest Kent Goldman @ Upside Partnership and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=kent-goldman). ## Find people like Kent Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)