Upside Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$500K Checks)
Upside Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in Consumer, Food / AgTech, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $500K–$500K checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$500K
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $1B
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Consumer, Food / AgTech, Healthcare
Last verified: 2026-11-04
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $500K
$1.0B
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Backs consumer, food, beverage, and health businesses, including challenger brands in the North. A good fit for a premium UK snack brand with local retail and direct-to-consumer distribution.
How Upside Ventures invests
Upside Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Consumer, Food / AgTech, Healthcare.
Upside Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$500K per investment, backed by approximately $1B in assets under management. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.
Upside Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including FanBasis.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Upside Fund III
Upside Fund II
Upside Fund I
Recent Activity
Raised Upside Fund III ($200M)
2023 · fund records
Raised Upside Fund II ($150M)
2021 · fund records
Raised Upside Fund I ($100M)
2019 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
FanBasis
A platform for creators and online businesses to sell products, memberships, and experiences
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Consumer, Food / AgTech, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $500K check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Kent Goldman, Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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