UP Partners
UP.Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Santa Monica, California, founded in 2019 by Ben Marcus, Cyrus Sigari, and Adam Grosser. The firm specializes in multi-dimensional mobility, investing in technologies and services that enhance the movement of people and goods across various domains, including ground, air, sea, and space. UP.Partners operates through multiple strategies, including UP.Ventures and UP.Abundance, focusing on early-stage and growth-stage investments in sectors like automation, logistics optimization, energy systems, and space infrastructure. The fir
Investing activity
UP Partners appears in 2 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, and led 2 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $6M. The most recent are Overroute (Seed, $5.5M, Sep 2026) and PartsPulse (Seed, $3M, Mar 2026).
UP Partners most often invests alongside EIC Rose Rock, 1834 Ventures and Tulane Ventures, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about UP Partners
What AI companies has UP Partners invested in?
UP Partners's AI investments include Overroute and PartsPulse. The 2 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is UP Partners based?
UP Partners is based in Santa Monica, California, United States.
What stage does UP Partners invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, UP Partners has invested at Seed, with a median round of $6M. UP Partners led 2 of those rounds.
Who does UP Partners co-invest with?
UP Partners's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are EIC Rose Rock (1 deal), 1834 Ventures (1 deal) and Tulane Ventures (1 deal).
How can founders reach UP Partners?
Founders on AI Lounge can see UP Partners's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add UP Partners to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.