Upstage Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Upstage Ventures is an early-stage investor and advisor focused on consumer internet and interactive marketing companies.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 20, 2026.
Team · 1 people
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What they invest in
from 16 of 25 portfolio companiesSaaS ×8AI & Machine Learning ×6Consumer ×5HR Tech ×4Future of Work ×3Marketing Tech ×3Sports Tech ×3AdTech ×2
HQs:United States×15
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×33 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Harvard University ×2
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2019 · 12016 · 12 dated
Betsperts Media & Technology Group operates a platform and mobile app where sports bettors make and track picks, follow other users ("Betsperts"), and access analytics, expert picks, and betting insights across NFL, NBA, NCAAF, NCAAB, MLB, and NHL.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports TechChicago, US
Reid Rooney(Chief Executive Officer)inAUSTIN HARPER(Executive Officer, Director)GREG BUONOCORE(Director)REID ROONEY(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsVelo PartnersBettor CapitalHarris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment
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Botsi builds custom AI models for subscription apps to optimize pricing, paywalls, and offers by personalizing what each user sees based on individual willingness to pay.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Jacob Rushfinn(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsVentureSouth
CardSnacks is a digital platform for creating, sending, and receiving cards and gift cards with multimedia features like video, voice, music, and animations.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Dan Berenholtz(Co-Founder)Danny Knyajanski(Co-Founder)Mark Wachen(CEO)
ConveyIQ provides candidate communication tools used in recruiting, and is associated with Entelo's recruiting product.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Danielle Weinblatt(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlossom Street VenturesBoston Harbor AngelsAndreessen HorowitzKhosla VenturesPear VC
Dreamit is an accelerator and early-stage investment firm that supports technology startups, particularly in cybersecurity (Securetech) and healthcare technology (Healthtech) verticals.
CybersecurityPhiladelphia, US
Steve Welch(Founder & Board Member)inDavid Bookspan(Founder & Board Member)inMike Levinson(Founder & Chairman)in
eMenu International develops interactive digital menu technology for restaurants and hospitality venues using iPad-based systems.
ConsumerFoodTechSaaSNew York, US
Etched designs custom inference chips, racks, and software co-designed for running frontier AI models, including large sparse mixture-of-experts models, long-context, and agentic workloads.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Gavin Uberti(Co-Founder & CEO)inRobert Wachen(Co-Founder & President)Chris Zhu(Co-Founder)inMark Ross(CTO)inBrian Loiler(VP of Platform)inWayne Cao(VP of Production)in
Co-investorsThiel CapitalAntiAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESBain Capital VenturesBeyond CapitalConversion Capital+22 more
GameChanger is a mobile and web platform that provides coaching tools, live game streaming, and team management features for youth and community sports teams.
ConsumerSaaSSports Tech
LiveKick offers live and on-demand online yoga, meditation, breathwork, and movement classes across styles such as vinyasa, yin, gentle flow, and TRE.
ConsumerHealthtechHR TechWellness & Fitness
Yarden Tadmor
Co-investors500 Global
Mobile-focused ticket platform for sports, concert, and theater events.
New York, US
Russell D'Souza(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inEric Waller(Founder)inJon Groetzinger(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Arie Abecassis(Director)
BoardDavid Frankel(Director)inJohn Locke(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelCauseway PartnersEntrée CapitalFelicis VenturesFlyover CapitalFounder Collective+6 more
Ordergroove provides subscription infrastructure for enterprise commerce, letting brands integrate once and manage subscriptions across storefronts, retail, voice, and AI agent channels.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaSNew York, US
Greg Alvo(CEO & Founder)inPaul Fredrich(Executive Officer)inOfir Shalom(Executive Officer)Brendan McGovern(Executive Officer)inErin Rucker(Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Strasser(Director)
Co-investorsAllegro Venture PartnersSWaN & Legend Venture Partners
New York, US
James Edward Balise III(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardE. Thayer Bigelow, Jr.(Director)Parmilla Gnanasekaran(Director)Stuart Litwin(Director)Rakesh Gupta(Director)Daniel Rudd(Director)
Rally is a crowdpowered travel service that matches riders heading to the same event or destination and provides chartered luxury buses for the round trip.
B2B MarketplacesMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSports TechTravel & HospitalityNew York City, US
Oren Friedman(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlpana VenturesAstiaAvalancha Ventures
Business intelligence platform for data-driven online businesses; acquired by Magento Commerce.
Co-investorsAugust CapitalTrinity Ventures
Acquisition Lab (formerly Shareholder Ventures) operates an integrated platform for entrepreneurs seeking to acquire businesses, combining capital access, community, education, and operational support for acquisition search and ownership.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of Work
New York, US
Jordan Leiser(Executive Officer, Director)John Ernsberger(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Roberts(Director)Eric Gould(Director)
BoardLisa Wu(Director)inSam Landman(Director)
Co-investorsPeak PartnersBattery VenturesForerunner VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersRRE Ventures
Deftly.vc is an early-stage venture capital fund backed by founders that invests in and actively supports founding teams, positioning itself as a hands-on alternative to larger, fee-driven VC firms.
Sector Agnostic
Transfr provides career exploration, training, and employability development programs through web, mobile, and virtual reality platforms to help learners from all backgrounds discover and prepare for in-demand jobs in high-growth industries.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningDeep TechEdTechFuture of WorkHardwareHR TechNew York City, US
Bharani Rajakumarin
Co-investorsABS Capital PartnersAkkadian VenturesImagination CapitalLumos Capital GroupSocial StartsAlbum VC
TVision measures TV viewer presence and attention using in-home computer-vision technology, IoT, and data processing applied to a nationally representative household panel, producing second-by-second attention and engagement metrics.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentCambridge, US
Yanfeng Liu(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Schiffman(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAccompliceGolden VenturesBantam GroupDG Daiwa VenturesFairhaven Capital PartnersFlow Capital+8 more
Digital out-of-home advertising and next generation retail network (Exited 2019)
Long Island City, US
Brian Shimmerlik(Executive Officer, Director)inSteven Felsher(Director)Dan Gay(Director)David olk(Director)
BoardJens Molbak(Director)
Co-investorsColle Capital PartnersElizabeth Street VenturesGrace Beauty CapitalScout VenturesScout VenturesVTF Capital+3 more
Veritonic offers an analytics platform for marketers that unifies creative testing, brand lift, and attribution to measure advertising performance across CTV, social, podcasting, and digital audio and video channels.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSKillingworth, US
Scott Simonelli(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrew Eisner(Executive Officer)
BoardDaniel Hanks(Director)inDaniel Borok(Director)Mark Wachen(Director)
Co-investorsForefront VentureProgress VenturesSWaN & Legend Venture PartnersGreycroftImagination CapitalLavrock Ventures+5 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BringmethatCatchafire
Exits · 1
1 acquisitionsRJMetricsacq. by Magento Commerce
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesBotsi · grepbeat.com · Sep 17, 2026
Cardsnacks · cardsnacks.com · Aug 27, 2026
Etched · techtimes.com · Aug 19, 2026
Betsperts · foxnews.com · Aug 19, 2026
Ordergroove · alium.io · Jul 29, 2026
Convey · businesswire.com · Jun 17, 2026
TVision Insights · finance.yahoo.com · May 6, 2026
Vengo · sharktankcompanies.com · Jan 1, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Upstage Ventures made?
- Upstage Ventures has 25 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What stage does Upstage Ventures invest at?
- Upstage Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Upstage Ventures focus on?
- Upstage Ventures focuses on AdTech, Consumer, Direct to Consumer, E-commerce, Gaming, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS.
- Who does Upstage Ventures co-invest with?
- Upstage Ventures most often shares deals with Forefront Venture, SWaN & Legend Venture Partners, Accel, among 66 tracked co-investors.
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