Upstream Collective
Upstream Collective is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA, USA investing in Marketplace, Healthcare, SaaS. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $250K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Marketplace, Healthcare, SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools, Consumer
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-04-12
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $3.0M
2+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Upstream Collective invests in early-stage marketplace innovations and workflow software improving health and commerce infrastructures.
How Upstream Collective invests
Upstream Collective is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA, USA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Marketplace, Healthcare, SaaS, Enterprise, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer products.
Upstream Collective typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.
Upstream Collective has backed 2 companies in our records, including CareSync, VendorHub.
Partners & Team
Emily Tran
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
CareSync
VendorHub
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Marketplace, Healthcare, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Emily Tran, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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