Upslope Ventures
VC Fund
Denver, United States
Upslope Ventures is a VC fund in Denver focused on Software and SaaS. Formerly Galvanize Ventures, Upslope Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in startups across the country. They believe exceptional teams can originate from any location. They provide more than capital and introductions. By leveraging their network they aim to empower entrepreneurs with the resources they need to have their best chance at success - even if they don’t invest.
- Total investments:
- 77
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
- Fund size:
- $317k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Upslope Ventures invests in
Stages Upslope Ventures invests in
Countries Upslope Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $700k–$3.2M
- Series A
- $3.4M–$15M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1M–$5.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (23%)
- SaaS 9 (12%)
- Internet 9 (12%)
- Apps 6 (8%)
- Mobile 6 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 38 (49%)
- Series A 12 (16%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (8%)
- Series B 5 (6%)
- Convertible Note 5 (6%)
Country
- United States 52 (68%)
- United Kingdom 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Deters
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Lawrence Mandes
Founder & General Partner
|
Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
James Deters
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kate Beardsley
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netomi is a provider of AI-first customer experience designed for the Relationship Economy. Netomi's AI-powered virtual agents automatically resolve 80% of routine customer service inquiries, decreasing resolution time, increasing customer satisfaction and support quality, while reducing costs. The patented, no-code platform works acrossmessaging, chat, email and voice, and understands 100+ languages. Netomi is based in San Mateo and has offices in New York, Toronto and India. | $14.7M / Series A / Mar 01, 2019 | ||
| Cloud Elements is a developer of an API integration platform used to integrate and manage digital products and applications. It features end-to-end functions such as data transformations, API provisioning, usage monitoring, events, and notifications for tracking and troubleshooting that enables developers to integrate multiple apps into differentCRM and marketing automation platforms in an easy manner.Cloud Elements was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. | $25M / Series C / Feb 28, 2019 | ||
| TopYa (Talent Optimization Platform from Youth to Adults) is world's first two way interactive video based mobile application for health & overall fitness by inducing higher physical activity among people of all ages. We founded TopYa! to inspire kids to have fun with sports and physical activity to create habits that lead to active,healthy and longer lives. TopYa! started its operation in India & UK from Jan 2017, and founded Active Fun Academy in India which is the first ever Physical Education solution for schools through technological platform. TopYa! has eventually created video content to cater to people of all ages and providing HR Health & Wellness solutions to various organisations. | Series B / Oct 03, 2018 | ||
| Rachio is a Denver-based software and hardware company focused on improving the water efficiency of homes. The company's Smart Controller enables to control outdoor sprinkler system from the palm of the user's hand, using a WiFi-enabled iOS or Android device. Rachio’s cloud-based software allows customers to manage their sprinkler systemsfrom anywhere. | $10M / Series B / Mar 20, 2018 | ||
| Stream is an enterprise-grade chat and activity feed provider that serves more than a billion end-users. Stream’s feature-rich products include robust client-side SDKs for iOS, Android, React, React Native, Flutter, and support for the most commonly used server-side languages; scalable and secure APIs; and a beautiful UI kit. It is the fastest,most scalable solution on the market today, enabling application product teams to increase user engagement and retention and decrease time to market. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado with an office in Amsterdam. | $3M / Seed / Aug 08, 2017 | ||
| Chewse is a platform that allows companies to handle their food catering needs. | $7.3M / Series B / Jun 06, 2017 | ||
| The company aims to use robots to solve several problems in the foodservice industry including compromised cleanliness and inefficiency. It targets cafeterias, restaurants, and hotels. Sally's proprietary technology dispenses measured quantities of more than 20 ingredients – refreshed daily – to create a ready-to-eat meal any time of day. Thetechnology, with several patents pending, is also applicable to other cuisines, such as Mexican and Indian, and respective robots will follow.Deepak Sekar founded Chowbotics in 2014 in Hayward, California. | $5M / Series A / Feb 17, 2017 | ||
| Entrypoint promises an unparalleled immersive web experience with unique applications for everyone from publishers to advertisers to retailers. Creators use our intuitive software to add custom, interactive experiences layered on top of their pre-recorded live-action footage, animations, and 360 livestreams. This enables imaginative storytelling,advertising, and e-commerce possibilities. Once finished, the experience lives on a simple URL, enabling it to be viewed on smartphones and desktop and shareable through social networks. While consumers engage with the content, extensive consumer engagement data is collected to help content-producers make their stories even more compelling. | $2M / Seed / Jan 30, 2017 | ||
| Borrowed & Blue helps couples imagine, plan, and book their weddings. It allows its users to browse the online platform for the collections of real weddings, plan their future occasion, and connect with vendors through their work. Popular wedding areas according to the users are Hawaii, Tampa Bay, Florida Keys, Phoenix, Miami, and New Orleansand popular types of weddings are outdoor, black-tie and white-tie, traditional, natural, classic, coastal, and religious.The company allows couples to choose from a wide range of vendors such as photographers, florists, catering, hair and makeup, cinematographers, and bridal shops. Customers can download the iOS mobile application through the Apple store and plan their weddings efficiently.Borrowed & Blue is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2011 by Adam Healey. | $7M / Series A / Nov 02, 2016 | ||
| Cozy is an online property management service designed for landlords and renters. Its products is for rent payments, rental applications, and tenant screening. Cozy helps small and medium landlords and renters to get things done. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. | $8.5M / Series B / Aug 30, 2016 | ||
| See all 77 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar industry
Similar stage
Similar country
Featured in Investor Lists
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Upslope Ventures invest in?
Upslope Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 77 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Upslope Ventures invest in?
Upslope Ventures typically joins rounds of $700k–$3.2M at Seed, $3.4M–$15M at Series A and $1M–$5.1M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Upslope Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Upslope Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Upslope Ventures?
Public channels for Upslope Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at Upslope Ventures?
The team at Upslope Ventures includes Jim Deters (General Partner), Lawrence Mandes (Founder & General Partner) and James Deters (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
