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Upfront Ventures

Investment firm · Founded 1996 · Active in 2026

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24 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #169 · Global · 24 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 45% 5y
16
Decacorns ↓ 100% 5y
0
Thoroughbreds ↑ 86% 5y
14
Featured in #169Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026Top 1%

Upfront Ventures is an investment firm based in USA, founded in 1996. The page below shows 24 Power Law outcomes from Upfront Ventures's portfolio — 16 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 5 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Marketing · Transportation · eCommerce & Marketplaces; top portfolio geographies are USA · Japan · Switzerland. Upfront ranks #169 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 24 Upfront Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA20
  2. Japan1
  3. Switzerland1
  4. Germany1
  5. France1
By sectorCount
  1. Marketing5
  2. Transportation3
  3. eCommerce & Marketplaces3
  4. Food3
  5. Fintech2
  6. Other B2B Software2
  7. Other2
  8. Health Tech & Medtech1
  9. Biotech & Life Sciences1
  10. Cybersecurity1
  11. Space1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+5
  2. Series A10
  3. Seed5
01 · Portfolio market map

Upfront's 24 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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24 of 24 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Upfront's founders come from — and where they study.

35 founders across the 24 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Carnegie Mellon University and Mollie are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States32
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UniversityCount
Carnegie Mellon University3
Queen's University2
University of New Mexico2
University of California, Santa Barbara2
USC Marshall School of Business2
Syracuse University2
University of Southern California2
University of Oxford1
Clemson University, South Carolina1
University of Pennsylvania1
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Origin companyCount
Mollie3
Apple2
Alphabet | Google2
Salesforce2
Meta2
comScore1
Shiftgig1
Everly Health1
Favor1
The Zebra1
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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Upfront.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Upfront stack up?

Upfront in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Upfront Ventures

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Upfront on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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Latest news about Upfront Ventures

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