VENTURES
We invest in seed and early stage ventures that can best leverage our expertise and extensive corporate partnerships. From time to time we deploy capital outside of a typical funding round for later stage companies through SPVs.We believe that the way people and goods move is going to change dramatically over the next two decades. UP.Partners is focused on helping humanity go UP by helping create a more sustainable, accessible future through all forms of mobility. Led by industry experts, we leverage our deep relationships and make early stage investments in world class teams who are building frontier technologies.
Investment approach
Thesis
UP.Partners invests in movement broadly: from the physically small to the large, on sea, land, air, and space. We place special emphasis on the enabling technologies, often software, that allows these breakthroughs to occur.
Sectors
Sensing & perception, remote operation, augmented reality, connectivity, cobots
AUTOMATION
Resource scheduling, supply-chain visibility, package routing, cold chain, last mile delivery
LOGISTICS OPTIMIZATION
Additive manufacturing, design and production optimization software, simulation & testing
DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
Grid enhancement, low-carbon fuel marketplaces, AI to control small nuclear reactors, charging
ENERGY SYSTEMS
On-orbit manufacturing, fueling, planning, trajectory management, earth observation
SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE
Electrification, battery intelligence, hypersonic engines, low-emission ship propulsion
PRIME MOVERS
Multi-modal trip discovery, pricing, booking, yield management, fulfillment
MARKETPLACES
Digitization of archaic infrastructure and processes, machine learning, data analytics, micropayments, insurance
DIGITAL INDUSTRY
Sizes
We invest in seed and early stage ventures that can best leverage our expertise and extensive corporate partnerships.
Partners
Our investors and partners are global-large scale companies which move more goods and people every day than anyone else.
Process
Everything moves fast these days, including our investment process. If you've got something worth talking about, let's jam.