Ground Up Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing $500K–$1.5M in pre-seed and seed stage startups across the US and Israel. Headquartered in Philadelphia with offices in New York, the firm operates as a US-Israel bridge, helping Israeli founders expand to the US market.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 3 prior). Their most common stage is seed (53% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.3M (across 28 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
24
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
30 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Baba | Seed | $6.5M | Feb 2026 |
| BBaba | Seed | $6.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Tulu | Series A | — | Nov 2025 |
 Portless | Unknown | $18M | May 2025 |
 Pillar Security | Seed | $9M | Apr 2025 |
 Jones | Series B | $15M | Jan 2025 |
| Portless | Series A | $18M | Jan 2025 |
 OurRitual | Seed | $5.2M | Jul 2024 |
| DDemoleap | Seed | $4.4M | Aug 2022 |
 Accrue Savings | Series A | $25M | Jan 2022 |
 Accrue | Series A | $25M | Jan 2022 |
| DDemoleap | Seed | $4.4M | Jan 2022 |
 BrightHire | Series B | $20.5M | Oct 2021 |
| Tulu | Seed | — | Jan 2021 |
| BrightHire | Series A | $12.5M | Jan 2021 |
 Wellory | Unknown | $4.2M | Dec 2020 |
 TermScout | Seed | $1.6M | Jul 2020 |
 Jones | Series B | $15M | Dec 2019 |
 BuildOps | Seed | $5.8M | Nov 2019 |
 Neighborhood Goods | Seed | $8.8M | Feb 2019 |
 Dandelion Energy | Series A | $16M | Feb 2019 |
 Dandelion | Unknown | $16M | Jan 2019 |
 ZeroMark | Seed | $7M | — |
 BrightHire | Unknown | $12.5M | — |
| Dandelion Energy | Seed | $4.5M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
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General Catalyst3 shared
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Twelve Below3 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC3 shared
Good Friends3 shared
MetaProp2 shared
Global Founders Capital2 shared
Gokul Rajaram2 shared
Next Play Ventures2 shared
New Enterprise Associates2 shared
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Glilot Capital Partners2 shared
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Last updated: 20 October 2026