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    Upside Partnership

    Mill Valley, California, United StatesFounded 2014
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    ConsumerFintechEnterprise SoftwareDeveloper ToolsHR & TalentLogistics & Supply ChainCybersecurityClimate & EnergySocial & CommunityAI

    Upside Partnership is a seed and pre-seed venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in technology and software sectors, primarily in the U.S. market, by backing "purpose-built teams" and "inevitable Founders". Their strategy involves being the first institutional investor, providing initial checks around $500K, and reserving a significant portion of their fund (70%) for long-term follow-on support and hands-on mentorship.

    Their most common stage is seed (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.7M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    20

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    20 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Stackpack logoStackpackSeed$6.3MMay 2025
    Actuate logoActuateSeries A$11.5MAug 2024
    Haus logoHausSeries A$17MAug 2023
    Forma logoFormaSeries B$40MMar 2022
    LLobusSeed$6MApr 2021
    Ease logoEaseSeries C$41MMar 2021
    NNewnessSeed$3.5MFeb 2021
    Quilt logoQuiltSeed$3.5MFeb 2021
    Gowalla logoGowallaSeed$4MJan 2021
    Command E logoCommand ESeed$4.3MMay 2020
    Aegis AI logoAegis AISeed$2.2MJul 2019
    Turvo logoTurvoSeries B$60MNov 2018
    SFOX logoSFOXSeries A$22.7MAug 2018
    Textio logoTextioSeries B$20MJun 2017
    Turvo logoTurvoSeries A$25MMar 2017
    FFreeSeed$1.9MJun 2015
    LLaurel & WolfSeries A$4.4MFeb 2015
    Digit logoDigitSeed$2.5MDec 2014
    Astro logoAstroSeries A$8M—
    Textio logoTextioSeries B$29.5M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Cowboy Ventures4 shared
    Freestyle Capital4 shared
    Emergence Capital3 shared
    GV (Google Ventures)3 shared
    Scale Venture Partners2 shared
    Bloomberg Beta2 shared
    Bling Capital2 shared
    Tensility Venture Partners2 shared
    SV Angel2 shared
    Baseline Ventures2 shared
    Felicis Ventures2 shared
    Activant Capital2 shared
    Slow Ventures2 shared
    8VC1 shared
    Franklin Templeton1 shared
    Weekend Fund1 shared
    CRV (Charles River Ventures)1 shared
    Tribeca Venture Partners1 shared
    Y Combinator1 shared
    Khosla Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026