# UP Partners

> UP Partners is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 51 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santa Monica, United States
- Total investments: 51
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last fund: Oct 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uppartners
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/UPPartnersVC
- Website: https://www.up.partners/

UP Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs building companies that support multi-dimensional mobility.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for UP Partners. Shizune tracks 5 team members at UP Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/up-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$36M |
| Series A | $8M–$85M |
| Series B | $15M–$167M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 20% |
| Software | 8 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 16% |
| Logistics | 6 | 12% |
| Transportation | 6 | 12% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 27% |
| Series A | 13 | 25% |
| Series B | 4 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 4% |
| Series C | 2 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 26 | 51% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ally Warson | Investor | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ally-warson |
| Ben Marcus | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 11 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-marcus |
| Adam Grosser | Chairman and Managing Partner | 51 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-grosser |
| Cyrus Sigari | Co-founder & Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyrus-sigari |
| Gary Gysin | Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-gysin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Skapion | Skapion is a defense-technology company that develops mobile, native counter-swarm systems designed to intercept large groups of low-cost enemy attack drones simultaneously. | $36M | Seed | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Coram AI | Coram AI develops a video intelligence platform to provide businesses with insights into daily operations. The company offers a novel, AI-native security platform that helps customers ranging from schools to manufacturers better monitor their sites to dramatically improve safety and efficiency. | $35M | Series B | Jun 11, 2026 |  |
| HavocAI | HavocAI is an artificial intelligence company that offers maritime autonomy solutions to the defense and commercial markets. | $100M | Series A | May 12, 2026 |  |
| Reliable Robotics | Reliable Robotics provides advanced automation systems for aviation companies. The company was founded by Juerg Frefel and Robert Rose in 2017 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. | $160M | Series D | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Noble Machines | Noble Machines is a robotics engineering company that develops humanoid robots for strenuous industrial tasks. |  | Seed | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| PartsPulse | PartsPulse is an AI based platform that helps understanding the business parts such as price and customer behaviour to act confidently. | $3M | Seed | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| BeyondMath | AI-first approach to simulating the physical world | $10M | Seed | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| Zanskar | Zanskar develops a predictive platform informed by massive data for discovering previously unknown geothermal resources. Its platform includes subsurface characterization technology and massive data sets, enhancing and reducing risk in the exploration of geothermal resources. | $115M | Series C | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| Point One Navigation | Point One Navigation provides a centimeter-accurate positioning platform that combines a professionally managed Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) corrections network, a developer-friendly API, and a sensor-fusion positioning engine. Their Polaris network delivers GNSS corrections from thousands of base stations to achieve very high precision, while theirFusionEngine software fuses satellite signals, inertial data, and motion sensors to maintain accuracy even without clear sky view. They also offer reference hardware like their Standard Development Kit and Atlas device for rapid prototyping or deployment. Point One supports a variety of use cases, from drones and robotics to autonomous vehicles and surveying. | $35M | Series C | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| Lula Commerce | Lula commerce is a digital platform that democratizes digital commerce and delivery enablement for convenience stores. | $8M | Series A | Oct 28, 2025 |  |

10 of 51 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does UP Partners invest in?

UP Partners invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 51 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 UP Partners's check size?

UP Partners typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$36M at Seed, $8M–$85M at Series A and $15M–$167M 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 UP Partners participates in.

### How do I contact UP Partners?

Public channels for UP Partners 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 UP Partners?

The team at UP Partners includes Ally Warson (Investor), Ben Marcus (Co-Founder and Managing Partner) and Adam Grosser (Chairman and Managing 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 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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