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    UpWest

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2012

    UpWest is a venture capital firm that focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in Israeli founders, aiming to fast-track their entry and scaling into the U.S. market. Their strategy involves providing financial investment, strategic guidance, and access to the Silicon Valley ecosystem across diverse technology domains such as cybersecurity, DevOps, digital healthcare, and enterprise SaaS.

    They made 4 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (47% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $22.8M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    17

    Fund Size

    $140M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    17 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    RAVEN.IO logoRAVEN.IOSeed$20MMar 2026
    Raven logoRavenSeed$20MMar 2026
    Darwin AI logoDarwin AISeries A$15MOct 2025
    Deeto logoDeetoSeries A$12.5MJul 2025
    Zenity logoZenitySeries A$16.5MSep 2023
    Balance logoBalanceSeries B$56MJul 2022
    Canopy logoCanopySeries A$13MMar 2022
    CyCognito logoCyCognitoSeries C$100MDec 2021
    BeeHero logoBeeHeroSeries A$15MOct 2021
    Balance logoBalanceSeries A$25MAug 2021
    Imubit logoImubitGrowth$30MAug 2021
    Zone7 logoZone7Series A$8MJul 2021
    BeeHero logoBeeHeroSeed$4MMay 2020
    Simpo logoSimpoSeed$4.5MJun 2019
    Zone7 logoZone7Seed$2.5MFeb 2019
    CyCognito logoCyCognitoSeries B$30M
    InnerPlant logoInnerPlantSeries A$16M

    Top Co-Investors

    J-Ventures3 shared
    Accel2 shared
    Sorenson Capital2 shared
    Elron2 shared
    Redseed2 shared
    SentinelOne2 shared
    Blumberg Capital1 shared
    Joyance Partners1 shared
    GSR Ventures1 shared
    Samsung Next1 shared
    ADM1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026