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Upfront Ventures

Upfront Ventures portfolio

Upfront Ventures has 30 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 4 investments in the last 12 months.

Website: upfront.com.

Type: Venture capital.

Portfolio on Recent Funding: 30.

Deals, last 12 months: 4.

Rounds led: 10 of 29.

Capital in their rounds: $1.09B.

Latest deal: General Translation · Nov 12, 2026.

About this page

It is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, US, founded in 1996. It led 10 of the 29 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is General Translation's $27M Series A round in November 2026, alongside Karim Atiyeh, Nicholas Sharp, Founders Fund and 7 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Consumer and social (8) and Commerce and retail (7). It has co-invested with Andreessen Horowitz, High Alpha and Founders Fund, most often Andreessen Horowitz (3 rounds).

About Upfront Ventures

Firm type: Venture capital.

Headquarters: Los Angeles, US.

Founded: 1996.

Stages: Seed, Series A.

Sectors: AI & Machine Learning, Digital Health, Fintech, Sector Agnostic.

Check size: $1M to $10M.

Leads rounds: Yes.

Portfolio companies: 206.

Exits: 22.

Rounds led: 37.

Fund returns

Fund	Vintage	Size	Net IRR	TVPI	DPI	As of
Upfront VI	2017	—	9.5%	1.57x	0.10x	Jun 30, 2025

Funds raised

Fund	Fund #	Size	Announced
UUpfront LA	IV	$200Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list	Jun 2013

What Upfront Ventures invests in

Consumer and social · 8 · 27%
Commerce and retail · 7 · 23%
Developer tools and cloud · 6 · 20%
Fintech · 4 · 13%
HR and recruiting · 4 · 13%
Robotics and hardware · 4 · 13%
Health and bio · 4 · 13%
Education · 3 · 10%

Upfront Ventures recent investments

Company	Round	Date	Alongside
GGeneral Translation	Series A · $27M	Nov 12, 2026	Karim Atiyeh, Nicholas Sharp, Founders Fund +7
FFortastra	Series A · $30M	Oct 8, 2026	RSquared VC, ATX Venture Partners, First In (lead) +2
DDaytona	Series A · $24M	Feb 23, 2026	e2vc, FirstMark (lead), Pace Capital
2222	Series A · $10.1M · lead	Dec 23, 2025	none named
CClair	Series B+ · $23.2M · lead	May 21, 2025	none named
LLaurel	Series B+ · $36.5M	Mar 21, 2025	Initialized Capital, ACME Capital (lead), Anthos Capital (lead) +3
BBrightAI	Seed · $15M · lead	Nov 19, 2024	none named
DDaytona	Seed · $5M · lead	Jun 25, 2024	none named

How Upfront Ventures invests

Stage	Deals	Capital in rounds
Series B+	14 48%	$903.7M
Series A	9 31%	$136.1M
Seed	6 21%	$50M

Year	Deals	Capital in rounds
2016	2 7%	$37M
2017	2 7%	$11M
2018	2 7%	$85M
2019	1 3%	$13.5M
2020	5 17%	$297.5M
2021	4 14%	$225M
2022	2 7%	$100M
2023	2 7%	$55M
2024	3 10%	$115M
2025	3 10%	$69.8M
2026	3 10%	$81M

Upfront Ventures portfolio companies

GGeneral Translation$27MSeries A · Nov 2026
FFortastra$30MSeries A · Oct 2026
DDaytona$24MSeries A · Feb 2026
2222$10.1MSeries A · Dec 2025
CClair$23.2MSeries B+ · May 2025
LLaurel$36.5MSeries B+ · Mar 2025
BBrightAI$15MSeed · Nov 2024
AApex$95MSeries B+ · Jun 2024
ZZeitview$55MSeries B+ · Feb 2023
CCordial$50MSeries B+ · Jul 2022
PPinwheel$50MSeries B+ · Jan 2022
DDensity$130MSeries B+ · Nov 2021
OOuter$50MSeries B+ · Sep 2021
NNanit$25MSeries B+ · Feb 2021
IInfoSum$15MSeries A · Aug 2020
AApeel Sciences$250MSeries B+ · May 2020
MModern Animal$13.5MSeed · Oct 2019
BBlandbacker
SSophontbacker
SSandbarbacker
OOuter Spacesbacker
MMajestic Labsbacker
AAndrenam AI-powered maritime sensingbacker
CCX2backer
WWalker & Co Brandsbacker
CComparablybacker
SShots Podcast Networkbacker
MMealogicbacker
FFabfitfunbacker
FFinarybacker

Company	Round with Upfront Ventures	Total raised	Latest raise
GGeneral Translation	Nov 12, 2026 Series A · $27M	$27M	Nov 12, 2026 Series A
FFortastra Logistics and mobility	Oct 8, 2026 Series A · $30M	$30M	Oct 8, 2026 Series A
DDaytona AI coding and devtools	Feb 23, 2026 Series A · $24M	$91M	Oct 20, 2026 Series B+
2222 In-person and live experiences	Dec 23, 2025 Series A · $10.1M · lead	$10.6M	Dec 23, 2025 Series A
CClair Fintech	May 21, 2025 Series B+ · $23.2M · lead	$42.7M	May 21, 2025 Series B+
LLaurel Legal and compliance	Mar 21, 2025 Series B+ · $36.5M	$136.5M	Jun 10, 2025 Series B+
BBrightAI Robotics and hardware	Nov 19, 2024 Seed · $15M · lead	$66M	Sep 3, 2025 Series A
AApex Robotics and hardware	Jun 12, 2024 Series B+ · $95M	$311M	Apr 29, 2025 Series B+
ZZeitview Robotics and hardware	Feb 7, 2023 Series B+ · $55M	$115M	Mar 4, 2025 round
CCordial Sales and marketing	Jul 26, 2022 Series B+ · $50M	$71M	Jul 26, 2022 Series B+
PPinwheel Fintech	Jan 1, 2022 Series B+ · $50M	$77M	Jan 1, 2022 Series B+
DDensity Fintech	Nov 11, 2021 Series B+ · $130M	$134M	Nov 11, 2021 Series B+
OOuter Commerce and retail	Sep 1, 2021 Series B+ · $50M	$65M	Sep 30, 2025 Series B+
NNanit Health and bio	Feb 22, 2021 Series B+ · $25M	$96M	Dec 16, 2025 Series B+
IInfoSum Sales and marketing	Aug 1, 2020 Series A · $15M · lead	$85M	Aug 23, 2024 Series B+
AApeel Sciences Commerce and retail	May 26, 2020 Series B+ · $250M	$603M	Oct 22, 2025 Series B+
MModern Animal Health and bio	Oct 24, 2019 Seed · $13.5M · lead	$59.5M	Sep 16, 2025 Series B+
BBland AI agents	backer · source	$131.5M	Jun 16, 2026 Series B+
SSophont Foundation models and research	backer	$9.22M	Sep 11, 2025 Seed
SSandbar Voice and audio AI	backer	$23M	Mar 10, 2026 Series A
OOuter Spaces Climate and energy	backer	$8M	Oct 6, 2026 Pre-seed
MMajestic Labs AI infrastructure and compute	backer	$100M	Nov 10, 2025 round
AAndrenam AI-powered maritime sensing Defense and security	backer	undisclosed	Jun 17, 2025 Seed
CCX2 Robotics and hardware	backer	undisclosed	May 22, 2025 Series A
WWalker & Co Brands Health and bio	backer	undisclosed	—
CComparably HR and recruiting	backer	undisclosed	—
SShots Podcast Network Consumer and social	backer	undisclosed	—
MMealogic Commerce and retail	backer	undisclosed	—
FFabfitfun Commerce and retail	backer	undisclosed	—
FFinary Fintech	backer	undisclosed	Sep 18, 2025 Series B+

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Consumer and social).

How this is counted

Net returns as reported by the public-pension and foundation LPs invested in each fund.

Firm profile and fund returns: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.

Venture funds Upfront Ventures raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.

Share is of the 29 rounds on Recent Funding that name Upfront Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Upfront Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/upfront-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.