Investors / United States / UpScaleX
UpScaleX
Venture capital · Palo Alto, CA, United States · North America
UpScaleX is a pre-seed to seed fund that invests in and co-builds with technical founders across the AI stack. It provides capital along with hands-on product, go-to-market, and fundraising support.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces
In its own wordsaiagentic aivertical aimultimodal airoboticsai infrastructure
Your fit with UpScaleX
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Or find every investor that fitsUpScaleX lists 19 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (30%), Media & Entertainment (20%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (20%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Amino Capital, Llama Ventures and 645 Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name UpScaleX, 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 UpScaleX's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 19. 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 49th | 19 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 87th | 16% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 52th | 30% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 30% | 18% |
| Media & Entertainment | 20% | 4% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 20% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Consumer | 3% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 3% |
| Fintech | 3% | 12% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Amino Capital | 2 |
| Llama Ventures | 2 |
| 645 Ventures | 1 |
| AltaIR Capital | 1 |
| Big Brain Holdings | 1 |
| Deep Future | 1 |
| F4 Fund | 1 |
| Founders, Inc. | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers19100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 UpScaleX 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 UpScaleX| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 15 Aug 2024 | Seed |
Round details for UpScaleX
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in UpScaleX's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
19 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astorie provides various tools for creating and editing videos, photos, and audio content. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BeFreed provides a microlearning app that offers daily insights from books and other sources in a chosen voice and style | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Blueberry uses AI agents to turn social interactions into revenue, email list growth, first-party data, and customer loyalty for B2C brands | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Curator provides collaborative workspaces for humans and AI to work together in one place | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Dex creates language immersion for children across 16 languages and 30+ dialects using a camera product. | EducationConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an operating system for TikTok Shop | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Jul 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Expertise AI builds and deploys customer-facing AI agents for sales and customer support | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Sept 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Fluxion AI provides ultra-fast, efficient inference for AI, built by AI, with various models and pricing options. | AI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Garner helps advertisers test and target audiences based on their purchases on various e-commerce websites. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| MAI manages ads to grow profitable spend with less work. | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Make the Dot provides a product development platform for fashion companies to design, prototype, and sell products | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Aug 2024Seed | Page + round | |
| Turnstone provides AI teammates that run on existing subscriptions to assist with various tasks | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Novvy connects brands with people in the context of their experiences, such as stories, conversations, and games, through its ad network. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Simba Health provides healthcare literacy training for employees | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company takes ideas and turns them into real products, handling every step from quotes and samples to quality control and delivery. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| YouArt provides an AI image and video generator with various tools and models for creating and editing visual content. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- upscalex.ai
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 8 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 15 Aug 2024
- Companies checked
- 19
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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