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UP Partners
Venture capital · Santa Monica, CA, United States · North America
UP Partners is an investment firm based at Santa Monica Airport that backs founders working on hard technology problems. Its team describes itself as engineers, pilots, and industrialists spanning aerospace, robotics, energy, and defense, and it also works with corporations such as Alaska Airlines through UP.Labs.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsaerospaceroboticsenergydefensemobilitydeep tech
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Or find every investor that fitsUP Partners lists 47 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 12 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 36% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (45%), Industrial & Manufacturing (15%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (8%). 82% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Crosscourt Ventures, Trousdale Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name UP Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not UP Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 12 companies; its own site lists 47. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundUP Partners does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 27% |
| Series A | 18% |
| Series B | 18% |
| Growth | 36% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 4 | 0 |
| '26 | 7 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 82th | 48 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 60th | 27% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 86th | 15% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 79th | 45% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 45% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 15% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 6% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 2% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Crosscourt Ventures | 4 |
| Trousdale Ventures | 4 |
| Khosla Ventures | 3 |
| Mana Ventures | 3 |
| Outlander VC | 3 |
| Alumni Ventures | 2 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 2 |
| Bling Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4596%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company24%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Crosscourt Ventures
Compare UP Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with UP Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 9 Jul 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 10 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Series C+ |
Round details for UP Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in UP Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
47 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerialoop provides drone services and solutions, including rentals and delivery systems, for various industries and applications. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aionics uses artificial intelligence and physics-based simulation to design new, customized formulations for high performance systems, including electric vehicle and aerospace batteries and energy storage systems. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Arteli is an AI-driven platform dedicated to transforming the physical store experience for both consumers and retailers. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds and scales solutions for agricultural risk management | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides integration solutions for dealerships and repair shops using AI-agents and APIs. | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Axiom Space operates end-to-end missions to the ISS and develops human-rated space infrastructure, including a space station and spacesuits. | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| BETA Technologies is an aerospace company manufacturing electric flight products | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BeyondMath develops and provides a generative physics engine that uses artificial intelligence to validate and simulate designs | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Coram provides a unified physical security platform that includes video security, access control, and emergency management systems. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Eli automates the financial workflows for America's energy upgrade, including eligibility, verification, compliance, and payments for energy programs and contractors. | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Round | Funding round | ||
| HavocAI develops software for collaborative autonomy, enabling one operator to task and supervise thousands of autonomous assets across domains. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hermeus builds fast and powerful aircraft | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| SaySo helps retailers sell their clearance items without slashing margin or slowing down their team. | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Kolors sells bus and van tickets | Mobility & LogisticsE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides grid intelligence solutions for transmission line monitoring | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides Agentic AI for chip design intent to make silicon correct, compliant, and safe | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Loft Dynamics provides pilot training with VR simulators | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| The company provides a digital commerce platform for retailers. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Lula provides a digital commerce platform for retailers | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- up.partners
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 1 Mar 2021
- Companies checked
- 47
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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