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Upfront Ventures

Founders Steve Lebow Steven Dietz Yves Sisteron

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Total investments 413
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$14M
Portfolio companies 215
Rounds per year 15.30
Lead investments 79
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.48
Exits 65
Key employees 10
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Private Equity
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Areas of investment

  • Software
  • E-Commerce
  • Internet
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
Summary

Upfront Ventures is the famous VC, which was founded in 1996. The venture was found in North America in United States. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Santa Monica.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Upfront Ventures, startups are often financed by Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, SV Angel. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are FirstMark, Collaborative Fund, SV Angel. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Rincon Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, Andreessen Horowitz.

The fund was created by Steve Lebow, Steven Dietz, Yves Sisteron. Besides them, we counted 10 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. This Upfront Ventures works on 12 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The real fund results show that this VC is 14 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The average startup value when the investment from Upfront Ventures is 100-500 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Retail, SaaS. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Dealertrack, Bird Rides, Fair.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OurSky

$9M06 Dec 2023 Santa Monica, California, United States

Clair

Banking
Financial Exchanges
Financial Services
FinTech
Human Resources
$25M06 Jul 2023 New York, New York, United States

Renew Residential

B2C
Information Technology
Rental
$8M11 Apr 2023 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Hathora

Cloud Infrastructure
Gaming
Online Games
Software
Video Games
$7M27 Mar 2023 -

Switch Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$52M14 Mar 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

The Believer Company

Gaming
Information Technology
Online Games
Software
07 Mar 2023 West Hollywood, California, United States

Polybase

$2M22 Feb 2023 -

R-Zero

Health Care
Medical
Public Safety
$105M14 Feb 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Bionaut Labs

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$43M28 Nov 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States
News
Drone data analytics provider DroneBase nabs $20M

– DroneBase, a company providing drones as a service to capture high-resolution aerial photos, announced that it raised $20 million in a funding round led by Euclidean Capital with participation from Union Square Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Energy Transition Ventures, Hearst Ventures, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, and Valor Equity Partners.
– The company says that the funds will be put toward expansion in the renewable energy industry and other segments with “high-value” infrastructure, like commercial real estate and insurance.
– Investments in drone startups are growing as the benefits of AI applied to aerial photography become clear. For example, algorithms analyze images from drones to monitor for corrosion, pests, and even livestock health. And insurers like State Farm leverage drones for claims inspections, assessing on-the-ground damage, and emergency resources following a disaster.

Outdoor Living Brand Outer Raises $50M in Series B Funding

– Outer, the fastest growing direct-to-consumer home brand of 2020, announces the close of a $50M Series B investment round.
– The new investment was led by Kathy Xu of Capital Today along with Tribe Capital, C Ventures, TRAC VC, and Upfront Ventures.
– Existing investors, including Sequoia Capital China, Mucker Capital, Mantis VC, Unpopular Ventures, and Reimagined Ventures also participated in the round.
– Outer raised $10.5M in Series A funding in January 2021, bringing the startup’s total funding to $65M.
– Outer was named the fastest growing home brand of 2020 by SimilarWeb and Business Insider, experiencing a 1000%+ increase in sales amid the pandemic.

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Total investments 413
Average round size 14M
Rounds per year 15.30
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 79
Follow on index 0.48
Exits 65
Group Appearance index 0.89

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

OurSky

$9M06 Dec 2023 Santa Monica, California, United States

Clair

Banking
Financial Exchanges
Financial Services
FinTech
Human Resources
$25M06 Jul 2023 New York, New York, United States

Renew Residential

B2C
Information Technology
Rental
$8M11 Apr 2023 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Hathora

Cloud Infrastructure
Gaming
Online Games
Software
Video Games
$7M27 Mar 2023 -

Switch Therapeutics

Biotechnology
Medical
Therapeutics
$52M14 Mar 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

The Believer Company

Gaming
Information Technology
Online Games
Software
07 Mar 2023 West Hollywood, California, United States

Polybase

$2M22 Feb 2023 -

R-Zero

Health Care
Medical
Public Safety
$105M14 Feb 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Bionaut Labs

Biopharma
Biotechnology
Health Care
Therapeutics
$43M28 Nov 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States
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