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Upper90 — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)

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New York, NYWebsite

Upper90 is a Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in SaaS, Fintech, Real Estate. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$3.0M
Portfolio
11 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Fintech, Real Estate, AI / ML, Developer Tools, Other, Consumer, Marketplace
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in capital-efficient software businesses with clear revenue models and durable customer value. Can be relevant where the company combines SaaS subscriptions with transaction-adjacent economics.

How Upper90 invests

Upper90 is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Fintech, Real Estate, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Upper90 typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

Upper90 has backed 11 companies in our records, including Crusoe Acquisition Partners 2024, LLC (CIK 0002032212), Crusoe Energy, Octane Lending.

Partners & Team

GB

Gregory Belinfanti

Founder & Managing Partner

B2B SaaS
Capital Efficient Growth
JV

Jorge Vallejo

CEO

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Fintech
Real Estate
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Other
Consumer
Marketplace

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

CR

Crusoe Acquisition Partners 2024, LLC (CIK 0002032212)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Upper90 Capital

CR

Crusoe Energy

Infrastructure / energy / AI compute·Initial institutional capital partner; later Series E and Series F participation·Fund I / later funds not specified in source

Builds compute infrastructure tied to energy-intensive workloads, especially clean/efficient cloud and AI compute

OC

Octane Lending

Fintech / specialty lending·Initial institutional capital partner·Fund I / later funds not specified in source

Provides financing for powersports and automotive purchases

MU

Mundi

Fintech / payments·Initial institutional capital partner

Digital wallet and payments platform for Latin America

TH

Thrasio

E-commerce / marketplaces·Initial institutional capital partner·Fund I / later funds not specified in source

E-commerce brand aggregator that acquires and scales Amazon-native brands

FI

FilmRise

Media / streaming·Initial institutional capital partner

Streaming and digital media company

HE

Heroes

E-commerce / marketplaces·Initial institutional capital partner

Technology-driven ecommerce company that acquires and scales brands on marketplaces

CL

Clutch

E-commerce / automotive·Initial institutional capital partner

Automotive/e-commerce company

KA

Karat

HR tech / recruiting·Initial institutional capital partner

Hiring/interviewing platform for technical talent

BE

Beacon

Services / logistics·Initial institutional capital partner

Professional services / logistics company

How to pitch Upper90
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Fintech, Real Estate — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Gregory Belinfanti, Founder & Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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