UP.Partners is a venture capital firm focused on transforming the moving world by investing in and building technologies that make transportation cleaner, faster, safer, and more cost-effective. They partner with bold entrepreneurs and large companies across various sectors including aerospace, automotive, logistics, and energy. UP.Partners invests in seed and early-stage ventures, with a particular emphasis on enabling software technologies that drive breakthroughs in mobility. Their investment thesis covers areas like sensing and perception, automation, logistics optimization, design and manufacturing, energy systems, space infrastructure, prime movers, marketplaces, and digital industries.
Hardware / software
Investment focus
Investment style
Specialist
Data last enriched
Aug 14, 2026
Investing team
- Adam GrosserChairman & Managing Partner
- Ben MarcusCo-Founder & Managing Partner
- Ally WarsonPartner, UP.Ventures
- Nicola MunariniPartner, UP.Ventures
- Brian AdamsCo-Founder & Managing Partner, UP.Abundance
- David EllmannCo-Founder & General Partner, UP.Abundance
- Alex Garcia LautzenheiserPrincipal, UP.Ventures
- Jacob AndreesenSenior Associate, UP.Ventures
- Andy WagnerVenture Partner
- Bob RiccominiVenture Partner
- Brian McClendonVenture Partner
- Christian BaileyVenture Partner
- Colby GoffVenture Partner
- Daniel BuchmuellerVenture Partner
- Darren PleasanceVenture Partner
- David JenVenture Partner
- Eric HirshbergVenture Partner
- Peter CorbettVenture Partner
- Uma SubramanianVenture Partner
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Notable investments
Skydio, Axiom Space, Beta Technologies, Reliable Robotics, Hermeus, Pacific Fusion, Metropolis, Range, Zanskar, Veo