UpWest

UpWest

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Overview

UpWest is a Silicon Valley-based seed fund investing in Israel’s most promising entrepreneurs. UpWest is focused on a hands-on approach to supercharge the growth of its startups, providing the essential ingredients for success: seed funding, proximity and access to markets and capital, and a supportive community of talented peers. For more information, visit upwest.vc.

Highlights

Founded

2012

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

1-10

Investment

117

Lead Investment

4

Exits

28

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Micro Vc, Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

Social

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UpWest, established in 2012 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture investments across Personalization, Search Engine, Travel, Enterprise Software, Finance, Email, Financial Services, FinTech, Incubators, Consulting. The organization boasts a portfolio of 117 investments, with an average round size of $13.9M and 28 successful exits. Their recent investments include Superfly, Senexx, Techstars, Drippler, Apester. The highest investment round they participated in was $100.6B. Among their most notable exits are Superfly and Senexx. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Liron Petrushka

Liron Petrushka

Senior Advisor

imagePlace Alex Sirota

Alex Sirota

Mentor

imagePlace Shuly Galili

Shuly Galili

Co-Founding Partner

imagePlace Noam Maital

Noam Maital

Entrepreneur In Residence

imagePlace Lia Cromwell

Lia Cromwell

Principal

Investment portfolio

UpWest has made 117 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 03, 2023, when PerfectScale raised $7.1M.

UpWest has made 26 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Dec 01, 2022, when BeeHero raised $42.0M.

investments

117

Diversity investments

26

Lead investments

4

Number of exits

28

Investments

117

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Dec 01, 2022
BeeHero BeeHero
Machine Learning42.0M
May 09, 2023
Unity SCM Unity SCM
Enterprise Software8.0M
Sep 12, 2023
Zenity Zenity
Cyber Security16.5M
Oct 03, 2023
PerfectScale PerfectScale
Cloud Computing7.1M

Exits

28

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

117

Investors

0

Funds

5

Funding Rounds

117

UpWest has raised 117 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 03, 2023 from a Seed Round - PerfectScale round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Dec 01, 2022
Series B - BeeHero Series B - BeeHero
-42.0M-
May 09, 2023
Series A - Unity SCM Series A - Unity SCM
-8.0M-
Sep 12, 2023
Series A - Zenity Series A - Zenity
-16.5M-
Oct 03, 2023
Seed Round - PerfectScale Seed Round - PerfectScale
-7.1M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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