Ventures - UP Partners

VENTURES

We invest in the mighty, the visionaries, and the radicals who want to leave a durable impact on how humanity lives for the next thousand years. We believe the companies that matter most in the next decade will be built in the real world. We intend to back them.

Investment approach

Thesis

We invest in seed and early stage ventures marrying hardware and software to introduce capabilities we’ve only dreamed of. We’re compelled by intelligent physical systems and their enabling technologies across sea, land, air, and space.

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.