Ground Up Ventures

Venture Capital
61investments
2exits
$820.5Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
371open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Ground Up Ventures is a pre-seed venture capital firm backing founders at the very earliest stage of company building. It invests in startups from Israel and the United States across sectors such as software, fintech and marketplaces, often writing the first institutional check. The firm was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, with a team working closely with Israeli founders.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
61
42 of them startups
Hiring now
20
371 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
5
$820.5M raised
Exits
2
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 22%Health Care 13%Software 13%Real Estate 11%Sales & Marketing 9%Transportation & Logistics 9%Financial Services 9%Manufacturing 7%
Where its companies are
United States 34%Israel 5%United Kingdom 2%Saudi Arabia 2%China 2%
Stage of its companies
Series A 44%Series C and later 24%Pre-seed & seed 16%Series B 16%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 61 investments
EliseAIVenture round $350M · 1 mo ago · 96 roles StarcloudVenture round $250M · 2 mo ago KelaVenture round $200M · 6 mo ago · 33 roles BabaSeed $6.5M · 8 mo ago · 11 roles PipeVenture round $14M · 10 mo ago · 3 roles ZeroMarkSeries A · 12 mo ago · 10 roles Weave BioSeries A $20M · 12 mo ago · 2 roles OpenlayerSeries A $14.5M · 17 mo ago PillarSeed $9M · 18 mo ago LenkieSeries A $62.2M · 20 mo ago PrettyDamnQuickSeries A $25M · 22 mo ago Harbinger MotorsVenture round $94.3M · 2 yr ago · 88 roles
371 open roles at 20 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Harbinger Motors24 new roles in 30 days Ninja21 new roles in 30 days Covenant13 new roles in 30 days Kela9 new roles in 30 days Triple Whale8 new roles in 30 days Komodor6 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 5 shared Fika Ventures 4 shared NFX 4 shared Plug and Play 4 shared Metaprop 4 shared 01 Advisors 3 shared Felicis 3 shared Twelve Below 3 shared Tenoneten 2 shared SYN Ventures 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
8VC Initialized Capital Andreessen Horowitz General Catalyst Y Combinator Soma Capital Bessemer Venture Partners Menlo Ventures
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff