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UpScaleX — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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UpScaleX is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Developer Tools, SaaS. The firm has 21 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
21 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Developer Tools, SaaS
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-11-01

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

21+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investment Thesis

A pre-seed to seed fund that co-builds with technically strong founders across the AI stack, from AI infrastructure to applications. The thesis is a strong match for reliability and optimization tooling for AI-native workflows.

How UpScaleX invests

UpScaleX is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Developer Tools, SaaS.

Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

UpScaleX has backed 21 companies in our records, including Astore, BeFreed, Blueberry.

Partners & Team

AZ

Alan Zong

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Developer Tools
SaaS

Funds

UpscaleX Fund II

$150M2023
investing

UpscaleX Fund I

$100M2021
investing

Recent Activity

Raised UpscaleX Fund II ($150M)

2023 · fund records

Raised UpscaleX Fund I ($100M)

2021 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (21)

Other

AS

Astore

A Creative OS combining an infinite canvas, generative AI, and collaborative workflows to take creators from idea to finished production.

BE

BeFreed

Personalized AI learning agent that turns any knowledge source into audio tailored to how you learn — your pace, your style, your intent.

BL

Blueberry

Social commerce AI that turns every comment and interaction into a personalized DM — driving attributed revenue, email/SMS capture, and ROAS lift for DTC brands at scale.

CU

Curator

AI operating system for consumer brands that unifies fragmented tools into one live reasoning layer—surfacing priorities, preparing solutions, and taking action with approval.

DA

Daxo

The world's most actuated dexterous robotic hand, fully backdrivable and developer-ready for high-dexterity automation.

DE

Dex

Language-learning app for children that turns everyday photo moments into personalized multilingual exploration.

DI

Dimension Studios

Full-stack TikTok Shop operating platform for brands, agencies, and creators, combining end-to-end shop management with affiliate discovery and collaboration.

EX

Expertise.ai

AI executive assistant for sales teams that automates pipeline research, CRM updates, and follow-ups, so AEs spend more time selling.

FL

Fluxion

AI Hybrid inference engine for enterprise edge and physical AI that runs full agent stacks locally on any chip, with or without CUDA, and escalates to frontier cloud models only when a task needs it.

GA

Garner

Post-purchase personalized offer network that turns order confirmations into affiliate revenue and repeat purchases for DTC brands.

How to pitch UpScaleX
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Developer Tools, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alan Zong, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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