# Upsparks

> Upsparks is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 76 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Total investments: 76
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 11%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/upsparksventures/?originalSubdomain=in
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/upsparksIN
- Website: https://www.upsparks.vc/

Upsparks is an early-stage venture fund focused on investing in technology startups and providing the needed support throughout a startup early growth. We invest in people first and are committed to creating value by leveraging our interpersonal networks, strategic partnerships, and deep industry experience. We collaborate and invest in forwardthinking entrepreneurs who work at the frontiers of digital innovation. Upsparks is devoted to early-stage investments and to building tomorrow's market leaders.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$4M |
| Pre-Seed | $300k–$2M |
| Series A | $209k–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 14 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 13 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 12 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 11 | 14% |
| FinTech | 7 | 9% |

121 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 46 | 61% |
| Pre-Seed | 13 | 17% |
| Series A | 7 | 9% |
| Angel | 2 | 3% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 52 | 68% |
| United States | 10 | 13% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 4% |
| Singapore | 2 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mohamad Faraz | Founder | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohamad-faraz |
| Shivam Prasad | Founding Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shivam-prasad |
| Vinay Jain | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vinay-jain-0b6b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fleek | Fleek is a subscription tracking and management platform that aims to streamline the industry by giving the user sole control of all subscription services with ease and simplicity. | $2.5M | Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |
| Quicklend | Instant loan against Mutual Funds. Lowest interest rate guaranteed. Raghuram Trikutam Co-founder @ Quicklend. | $800K | Pre-Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| Cava Athleisure | Cava Athleisure is a digital platform of clothing and apparel, specialised in active wears for both womens and mens. |  | Seed | Jul 20, 2024 |  |
| Flam | Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform. | $4.6M | Seed | May 28, 2024 |  |
| Atomgrid | Atomgrid builds a tech enabled custom manufacturing and sourcing platform for speciality chemicals. | $1.2M | Seed | May 08, 2024 |  |
| Beatoven.ai | Beatoven.ai is an AI-powered music generation tool for video and podcast content creators. It uses advanced AI music generation techniques to generate unique mood-based music to suit every part of the video. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| KushoAI | Kusho is an AI-native developer productivity platform for modern teams. Kusho is building autonomous AI agents that replace manual workflows, enabling developers to focus on what matters and do their best work. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Feb 22, 2024 |  |
| wizr.ai | wizr.ai is a developer of a generative AI platform that assists companies in providing customer care. | $500K | Seed | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| wizr.ai | wizr.ai is a developer of a generative AI platform that assists companies in providing customer care. | $500K | Angel | Jan 29, 2024 |  |
| Stan | Stan has built a platform that allows esports fans to collect, play and trade digital collectibles such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of their favorite esports players and content creators, through which they can win physical and virtual world perks and rewards such as getting a chance to meet their favorite players. | $2.7M | Seed | Jan 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 76 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Upsparks invest in?

Upsparks invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 76 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Upsparks's check size?

Upsparks typically joins rounds of $300k–$4M at Seed, $300k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $209k–$17M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Upsparks participates in.

### How do I contact Upsparks?

Public channels for Upsparks 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 Upsparks?

The team at Upsparks includes Mohamad Faraz (Founder), Shivam Prasad (Founding Partner) and Vinay Jain (Founding 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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