# Lupa Systems

> Lupa Systems is a VC fund in New York backing Software and AgTech. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.lupasystems.com/

Lupa Systems is a private investment company founded in 2019.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$5.2M |
| Series A | $6.6M–$31M |
| Series B | $12M–$150M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 15% |
| AgTech | 3 | 12% |
| EdTech | 3 | 12% |
| Content | 3 | 12% |
| Big Data | 3 | 12% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 19% |
| Series B | 5 | 19% |
| Seed | 4 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 15% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 54% |
| India | 4 | 15% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Murdoch | Founder and CEO | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-murdoch |
| Ben Fitzgerald | Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-fitzgerald |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Synthetaic | Synthetaic is a Delafield, Wisconsin-based company that grows large and high-quality datasets sufficient for machine learning. The company is able to extend AI into industries where data constraints have prevented previous applications of the technology. By focusing specifically on synthetic image data, which is more challenging to produce thancolumnar data, Synthetaic is able to address particularly high-stakes use cases.Through a collaboration with the University of Michigan, Synthetaic is developing a real-time tumor classification AI system that would assist surgeons in identifying what type of brain cancer is present while performing surgery. By combining high-fidelity 3D modeling and novel generative AI with germane, integrated modeling workflows, they deliver an end-to-end pipeline that ensures ultra-high accuracy.Synthetaic was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Delafield, WI, USA. | $15M | Series B | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| Cove | On a mission to end the world's reliance on plastic. Cove has developed the first fully biodegradable water bottle. | $6.6M | Series A | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| UpGrad | UpGrad is an online platform that offers educational services to its clients.UpGrad’s range of programs consists of digital marketing, product management, entrepreneurship, data analytics, data-driven management, and digital technology management. It offers industry insights and student support services.UpGrad was launched in 2015 by PhalgunKompalli, Ronnie Screwvala, Ravijot Chugh, and Mayank Kumar and is based in Mumbai. | $225M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 15, 2022 |  |
| Ink | Ink enables creators to sign or draw on any form of digital content with their finger, and instantly turn that content into an affordable NFT via their exclusive marketplace at Ink ID. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| Synthetaic | Synthetaic is a Delafield, Wisconsin-based company that grows large and high-quality datasets sufficient for machine learning. The company is able to extend AI into industries where data constraints have prevented previous applications of the technology. By focusing specifically on synthetic image data, which is more challenging to produce thancolumnar data, Synthetaic is able to address particularly high-stakes use cases.Through a collaboration with the University of Michigan, Synthetaic is developing a real-time tumor classification AI system that would assist surgeons in identifying what type of brain cancer is present while performing surgery. By combining high-fidelity 3D modeling and novel generative AI with germane, integrated modeling workflows, they deliver an end-to-end pipeline that ensures ultra-high accuracy.Synthetaic was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Delafield, WI, USA. | $13M | Series A | Mar 14, 2022 |  |
| Notpla | Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up that develops a material derived from seaweed and plants. The company's products include a coating for takeaway boxes, film, paper made from seaweed pulp, and a rigid plastic alternative, also made from seaweed. Notpla was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England. | $13.2M | Series A | Dec 08, 2021 |  |
| Rebellion Defense | Rebellion Defense turns data into a decision advantage, developing advanced software to stay ahead of national security threats. It equips warfighters with cutting-edge capabilities to detect, deter, and outpace adversaries at speed and scale by combining private-sector tech experts with defense veterans. Their mission is to build transformativetechnology for defense and national security. | $150M |  | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Rebellion Defense | Rebellion Defense turns data into a decision advantage, developing advanced software to stay ahead of national security threats. It equips warfighters with cutting-edge capabilities to detect, deter, and outpace adversaries at speed and scale by combining private-sector tech experts with defense veterans. Their mission is to build transformativetechnology for defense and national security. | $150M | Series B | Sep 16, 2021 |  |
| Vice Media | Vice Media, a global youth media company, engages in print, event, music, online, television (TV), and feature film business activities in the United States and internationally. It specializes in publishing a magazine that covers information in various subjects, such as sex, drugs, music, fashion, photos, travel, sports, technology, food, not safefor work, and conflicts. Vice Media also produces and licenses its content for mobile, TV, film, and magazine companies and publishes videos across various content categories for the web. Moreover, it offers magazine subscriptions, books, and DVDs through its online store. Gavin McInnes, Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi founded Vice Media in 1994. Its headquarters is in Brooklyn in New York. | $85M | Private Equity | Aug 31, 2021 |  |
| WaitWhat | WaitWhat is a media invention company that invents boundary-breaking and profitable media properties that change the cultural landscape. It creates and owns premium, original, genre-defining content. The company also creates media properties that can scale horizontally beyond its first format.By contrast, WaitWhat creates new categories withtheir content, at production values that have become the reference point for quality. The company develops, produces, and distributes wholly-owned media properties with the specific purpose of creating new genres, categories, and formats of content that scale. | $12M | Series B | Jun 21, 2021 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [Astanor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astanor-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Lupa Systems invest in?

Lupa Systems invests primarily in Software, AgTech and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Lupa Systems's check size?

Lupa Systems typically joins rounds of $2M–$5.2M at Seed, $6.6M–$31M at Series A and $12M–$150M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lupa Systems participates in.

### How do I contact Lupa Systems?

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### Who are the partners at Lupa Systems?

The team at Lupa Systems includes James Murdoch (Founder and CEO) and Ben Fitzgerald (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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