Upside is an accelerator and syndicate. Team members are concentrated in San Francisco, California, United States. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including Swell, prePO, Shuffle, Rilla, Singularity and Reservoir.
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Who to pitch at Upside
Upside portfolio companies (10)
- Swell
- prePO
- Shuffle
- Rilla
- Singularity
- Reservoir
- Block Earner
- Astrolab
- Origami Finance
- Mirror Planet
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About Upside
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas Crypto, DAO, DeFi and Foundation Models; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed and Seed.
Of the 5 people on file at Upside, Mada Seghete (Co-Founder) and Khalil R. Bilal (Venture Capital Investor) are listed as the contacts to approach first.
Upside shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Apollo Capital Management, Titan Capital and Delphi Ventures.
Frequently asked questions
What is Upside?
Upside is an accelerator and syndicate whose team is concentrated in San Francisco, California, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does Upside invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include Crypto, DAO, DeFi and Foundation Models. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does Upside invest at?
The known deals of Upside include Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at Upside?
2 of the 5 people on file at Upside are listed as contacts for the firm. All 5 have their own profile page.
How do I contact Upside?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 5 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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