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Upfront Ventures stages, portfolio and investment profile
Los Angeles' largest early-stage venture firm, founded in 1996, backing founders across sectors nationwide from seed through Series B with a West Coast-rooted, operator-friendly partnership model.
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Stage-based planning range
$1M–$10M
This is a planning range inferred from stage coverage, not a firm-disclosed check size.
Methodology: Stage bucket inferred from the rounds a fund leads or invests in.
No firm-specific check-size disclosure is recorded.
Investment stages
Leads: Seed, Series A
Participates: Seed, Series A, Series B+
Sector focus
generalist-tech
Geography
Los Angeles, CA
Founded 1996
Fund size / AUM
Not recorded
A separate fund-size evidence record is not yet available.
Portfolio in our directory
8
Linked startup profiles
Latest fund vehicle
Not recorded
Vehicle name, size, and vintage are not yet structured.
Recent tracked investment
Not recorded
No dated round explicitly links this fund.
Rounds they lead
Rounds they invest
Last verified: Not recorded. Check-size evidence is labeled by basis so planning estimates are not presented as firm disclosures.
Portfolio companies we track
Startups in our directory that list Upfront Ventures as an investor (8 total).
- Apeel Sciences Plant-derived edible coatings that extend fresh-produce shelf life and reduce food waste.
- Apex Space Productized satellite bus manufacturer (Aries, Nova, and Comet platforms).
- Believer Game studio building a next-gen open-world multiplayer IP from former Riot executives.
- CX2 AI-driven electronic warfare systems for U.S. defense spectral dominance.
- Factual Neutral location-data platform for POI, audiences, and measurement—merged into Foursquare in 2020.
- Fortastra Maneuverable autonomous spacecraft for protecting critical orbital infrastructure.
- General Translation Developer-focused localization and internationalization (i18n) platform for software products.
- Knowable Audio-first expert courses for commute learning—acquired by Medium in 2021.
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