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UpHonest Capital
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
UpHonest Capital is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley that invests in early-stage startups. It also runs programs including UpHonest Scouts, a community for young tech professionals exploring entrepreneurship and investing, and Beta University, an incubation program and certificate course for global talent.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Your fit with UpHonest Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsUpHonest Capital lists 158 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 10 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 86% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Healthcare & Biotech (13%) and Fintech (11%). 90% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Soma Capital and FundersClub.
Counts come from funding rounds that name UpHonest Capital, 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 UpHonest Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 158. 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 roundUpHonest Capital does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 86% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 1 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 90th | 68 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 85th | 86% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 53th | 1% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 47 |
| Soma Capital | 21 |
| FundersClub | 8 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 7 |
| SV Angel | 7 |
| Bling Capital | 6 |
| Catapult VC | 6 |
| DCVC | 6 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers15598%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company32%
- 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 togetherCompare UpHonest Capital 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 UpHonest Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 15 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 11 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Series B | |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Series B | |
| 7 Oct 2025 | Seed |
Round details for UpHonest Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in UpHonest Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
158 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEON bridges autonomous AI agents with the real-world economy | Fintech | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Ample Foods produces and sells natural meal replacement products. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides furnished apartments for rent | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Apero Health provides software for medical practices to manage operations, including scheduling, billing, and patient care. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Apprenta provides a platform for employers to fund career pathways and education programs for students, managing the process from application to hire. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Ark7 allows users to invest in rental homes through an online app by buying shares in curated properties. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aspecta provides blockchain infrastructure for intelligent attestation and price discovery of illiquid assets. | FintechCrypto & Web3 | Portfolio page | ||
| ATDev creates assistive technology that empowers people to live independently, confidently, and without barriers. | Healthcare & BiotechRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Astranis designs, manufactures, tests, and operates geostationary orbit satellites for commercial and government customers. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Athlete To Athlete matches children with college athlete mentors who build their confidence, work ethic, skills, and love for the game, one-on-one. | EducationEnterprise Software | Nov 2026Series A | Portfolio page | |
| Avro Life Science is a clinical stage biotech company that develops topical platform technology for delivering drugs into the skin | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Blume sells skincare products | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Boolv provides AI-powered tools for creating and editing videos and images for marketing purposes | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Boom builds supersonic airliners and natural gas turbines from scratch | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bot Auto develops autonomous truck technology for freight transportation | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Botrista provides automated beverage solutions using artificial intelligence and drink automation technology. | Food & AgricultureRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Breef connects clients with vetted marketing and creative agencies. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Bungalow rents out rooms and homes to individuals and groups. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| C16 Biosciences develops and produces biomanufactured ingredients for the beauty, personal care, and food sectors | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- uphonestcapital.com
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Sept 2024
- Companies checked
- 158
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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