Ally Warson
InvestorPrincipal at UP Partners
Santa Monica, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Ally Warson is a Principal at UP.Partners, an early stage venture firm, and brings a background spanning both operating and investing roles. She previously worked at Sherpa Capital, where she contributed to the firm's rebranding and was a founding member of ACME Capital. Earlier in her career at Google, she led a corporate strategy team for the Ads business that shaped product roadmaps and ran international competitive sales trainings for agency teams, worked with Google.org on grant awards to entrepreneurs in four sub-Saharan African countries, and led video strategy for fast-growing consumer brands at YouTube.
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Invests in
Climate TechConsumerDeep TechIoTMarketplacesRoboticsSaaS
Experience
- UP.PartnersPartnercurrent2022 — present
- UP.PartnersPrincipal2020 — 2022
- ACME CapitalAssociate2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleStrat & Ops Team Lead, GMS: Competitive Strategy and Product Incubation2017 — 2018
- GoogleAccount Strategist, Scaled, Global Marketing Solutions2016 — 2017
- Qubit.Executive Strategist2015 — 2016
- Qubit.Strategist2015 — 2016Greater New York City Area
- InfosysConsulting Business Analyst - Digital Transformation, Financial Services2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
Data ModelingWireframes1Project PlanningFinancial AnalysisData Analysis2Economic Data AnalysisSocial Media MarketingSocial Media Measurement1Consumer Behaviour1Agile & Waterfall MethodologiesAgile TestingScrum
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Strategic RoadmapsTechnology RoadmappingChange ManagementScrum MasterFacebookMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerpointBloombergTwitterMicrosoft ProjectVisioFrenchLanguages English · French
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Investments
Investor
AstraBetaCurologySkydioUberVEO
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Colleagues at UP Partners
Adam Grosser
Chairman and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Alex Garcia Lautzenheiser
Senior Associate at UP Partners
Ben Marcus
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Christian Bailey
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Colby Goff
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Cyrus Sigari
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Daniel Buchmueller
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Eric Hirshberg
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Network6
Ben Marcus
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at UP Partners
Brian Shin
Managing Partner, VitalStage Ventures at VitalStage Ventures
Christian Bailey
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Colby Goff
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Daniel Buchmueller
Venture Partner at UP Partners
Eric Hirshberg
Venture Partner at UP Partners
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ally Warson?
- Ally Warson is a Principal at UP.Partners, an early stage venture firm, and brings a background spanning both operating and investing roles. She previously worked at Sherpa Capital, where she contributed to the firm's rebranding and was a founding member of ACME Capital. Earlier in her career at Google, she led a corporate strategy team for the Ads business that shaped product roadmaps and ran international competitive sales trainings for agency teams, worked with Google.org on grant awards to entrepreneurs in four sub-Saharan African countries, and led video strategy for fast-growing consumer brands at YouTube.
- Where does Ally Warson work?
- Ally Warson is Principal at UP Partners.
- What does Ally Warson invest in?
- Ally Warson invests in Climate Tech, Consumer, Deep Tech, IoT, Marketplaces, Robotics, SaaS.
- What check size does Ally Warson write?
- Ally Warson typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies has Ally Warson invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Astra, Beta, Curology, Skydio, Uber, VEO.
- Where did Ally Warson go to school?
- Ally Warson studied at Vanderbilt University (Bachelor's degree, Economics); The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (Summer Intensive, Economics); Branson.
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