# Upstream Ventures

> Upstream Ventures is a VC fund in Taipei backing Information Technology and SaaS. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Taipei, Taiwan
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/upstream-vc
- Website: https://upstreamvc.tw

Upstream Ventures is a VC fund in Taipei focused on Information Technology and SaaS. Upstream Venture offers the team expert financial, human resources, and media support.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $955k–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 8% |
| Finance | 1 | 8% |
| Analytics | 1 | 8% |
| Information Services | 1 | 8% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Taiwan | 2 | 17% |
| China | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MetAI | MetAI develops solutions using 3D digital twin technology and artificial intelligence generative models. | $4M | Seed | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Jenjan Logistics tech CO., LTD. | Jenjan Logistics Tech Co. is a leading logistics and supply chain technology company that leverages innovative solutions. Offering customized solutions that enhance supply chain performance overall and expedite the flow of commodities. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| AlleyPin | AlleyPin Interactive helps SMBs grow their businesses by elevating their online presence and bringing more customers to their doorsteps. These great results are achieved through our proprietary marketing solutions making it easy for customers of the SMBs to leave great online reviews. | $2.5M | Series A | Nov 28, 2024 |  |
| DOTDOT | Dotdot Global develops Line Smart solutions for retail, food, hotels, and shopping malls. | $4.4M | Series A | Sep 26, 2024 |  |
| Moldintel | Moldintel is a smart solution provider focusing on the plastic injection molding industry, like a virtual machine adjuster, assisting factories to increase production capacity and stabilize yield, and further create a completely unmanned adaptive production process through factory machine networking. | $2M | Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| APMIC OpenTalk | Asia Pacific Intelligent Machine provides information technology services. Their services are building various machine intelligence solutions such as artificial intelligence, Internet of things, and information technology, and their service industries are medical, hotel, media, and engineering industries. | $954.7K | Seed | Mar 08, 2024 |  |
| Financial Report Cloud Digital Technology | Financial Report Cloud is a SaaS startup aiming to revolutionize traditional accounting methods with digital tools. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| ZoheyEats | ZoheyEats is a meal pre-order and delivery platform tailored specifically for white-collar professionals in commercial districts, it's the world's most adept channel for satisfying office workers' dining needs. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Worca | Worca is a creator of an HR platform designed to focus on providing economical, international HR services. Their SaaS platform enables US-based businesses to expand their operations and scale up successfully by facilitating efficient hiring and onboarding of people as well as the easy integration of payroll, legal compliance, benefits, and otherhuman resources services. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Scientific Gear Service | SGService offers solutions in the area of x-ray analytical services and associated equipment. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AVA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ava-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cornerstone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cornerstone-ventures-%E5%9F%BA%E7%9F%B3%E5%89%B5%E6%8A%95) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Addin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AVA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-to-venture-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AppWorks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/appworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cathay Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathay-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Upstream Ventures invest in?

Upstream Ventures invests primarily in Information Technology, SaaS and Finance startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Taiwan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Upstream Ventures's check size?

Upstream Ventures typically joins rounds of $955k–$4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Upstream Ventures participates in.

### When did Upstream Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Upstream Ventures closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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