# Scale-Up

> Scale-Up is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Software and Machine Learning. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scale-up-venture-capital/
- Website: http://www.scale-up.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scaleupvc/

Scale-Up is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. We focus on investing in late and growth-stage companies in artificial intelligence, fintech, real-estate tech, data and analytics, next-generation infrastructure, online to offline sectors, and the sharing economy. Scale-Up’s experienced team of managing and venture partners haveinvested in nearly 100 technology companies from seed to growth stage, a number of which have since become unicorns and decacorns.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $9M–$56M |
| Series C | $3.5M–$150M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1M–$50M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 19% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 15% |
| Telecommunications | 4 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 15% |
| Mobile | 3 | 11% |

75 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 9 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 26% |
| Series B | 3 | 11% |
| Series F | 2 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 63% |
| Israel | 5 | 19% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Lazovsky | Managing Partner; Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-lazovsky |
| Ilyah Pashkovsky | Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilyah-pashkovsky |
| Nimrod Gindi | Venture Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nimrod-gindi |
| Rick Marini | Venture Partner | 58 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rick-marini |
| Rick Marini | Venture Partner | 58 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nabeel-qadri-6960 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Silk | Silk is the leading platform to quickly move mission-critical data to the cloud and to keep it operating at performance standards on par with even the fastest on-prem environments. Silk works with global enterprise companies and cloud providers to ensure a seamless, efficient, and smooth migration process, followed by unparalleled performancespeeds for all data and applications in the cloud.The platform makes cloud environments run 10x faster and the entire application stack is more resilient to any infrastructure hiccups or malfunctions. Silk has offices in Israel and is headquartered in Needham, MA. For more information, visit https://silk.us/ | $56M | Series B | Jan 25, 2023 |  |
| Podium | Podium is a computer software company that offers a customer communication platform for businesses that interact with customers on a local level. It features an interaction management platform that utilizes messaging features designed for businesses to interact with their leads, customers, and teams.The company was founded in 2014 andheadquartered in Utah, United States. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 31, 2022 |  |
| ISA Saúde | ISA lab is to deliver the best solution for health and offers a humanized service. ISA is an online platform where one can select the process like examination, test, or vaccine. Then schedule and make payment online, receive ISA wherever one wants. Finally, they offer a facility to check the result online and rate their service. | $17M | Series A | Aug 09, 2022 |  |
| Pipe | Pipe operates a global trading platform for recurring revenue streams, connecting companies to institutional investors to trade in real time. It makes recurring revenue streams tradable for their annual value offering more cash flow for scaling companies |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 04, 2022 |  |
| Genies | Genies is a mobile app company that allows users to clone themselves. Through their Avatar Agency, consumer product, and SDK, Genies has set the foundation for swift, widespread adaptation of avatars in society, business, and culture. With over a million clothing and facial options provided, users can create their Genie to represent themselfhowever they’d like.Genies was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Venice, California, United States. | $150M | Series C | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| OpenWeb | OpenWeb is a social engagement platform for people to elevate an open exchange of ideas across communities online. The platform utilizes AI and machine learning to incentivize healthy dialogue, decrease toxicity, and create thriving, engaged communities. OpenWeb works with more than 700 top-tier publishers and hosts 100 million active users eachmonth. OpenWeb is on a mission to democratize and improve conversations online. Founded in 2012, OpenWeb has over 100 employees in New York City and Tel Aviv and is backed by world-class investors including Insight Partners, AltaIR Capital, ScaleUp, Norma Investments, and Index Ventures. | $150M | Series E | Nov 09, 2021 |  |
| Pacaso | Pacaso modernizes the generations-old practice of co-owning a second home, creating a marketplace that makes buying and selling easy, and adding professional management and technology to make scheduling dates and owning the home seamless and simple.Buyers considering a second home can tell Pacaso where they want to buy, how much they want tospend, and how much time they expect to spend in the house. Pacaso and its real estate agent partners will help them find the perfect home and set up a professionally managed LLC uniquely designed for co-ownership. The buyer will purchase their desired share — for example, half of the home, which will guarantee them access to the home for half the year — and Pacaso will briefly purchase the remainder of the home, before reselling the remaining portion to vetted buyers. Pacaso will manage the property, and owners will use Pacaso’s mobile app to make scheduling easy and equitable. | $125M | Series C | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Side | Side transforms agents, teams, and independent brokerages into businesses and boutique brands. It partners with the best agents, helping them with proprietary technology and a premier support team so they can be more productive, grow their business, and focus on serving their clients.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in SanFrancisco, California. | $50M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 28, 2021 |  |
| Socure | Socure provides artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanction screening. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| PsiQuantum | PsiQuantum develops quantum computing technologies using photonic qubits and silicon photonics to build fault-tolerant quantum computing systems. The company designs quantum hardware, software, and system architectures that support the development and operation of scalable quantum computers. It manufactures quantum photonic chips throughsemiconductor fabrication processes and develops cryogenic infrastructure and quantum algorithms for large-scale computing applications. PsiQuantum also collaborates with research institutions, government organizations, and industry partners on quantum computing research and technology development. Its work focuses on advancing quantum computing capabilities for scientific, industrial, and computational applications. |  | Series C | May 11, 2021 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Norwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norwest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Capital One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cerca Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cerca-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cisco Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Scale-Up invest in?

Scale-Up invests primarily in Software, Machine Learning and Telecommunications startups, most often at Series C and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 27 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 Scale-Up's check size?

Scale-Up typically joins rounds of $9M–$56M at Series B, $3.5M–$150M at Series C and $1M–$50M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Scale-Up participates in.

### How do I contact Scale-Up?

Public channels for Scale-Up include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 Scale-Up?

The team at Scale-Up includes Alex Lazovsky (Managing Partner; Managing Partner), Ilyah Pashkovsky (Managing Partner) and Nimrod Gindi (Venture Partner), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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