UpWest

Building a founder community is much like finding product-market fit — it requires real immersion, deep listening, and constant adjustment…

Today we announce the promotion of Lia Cromwell to Partner at our fund!

Takeaways from Our Recent Investor Panel

“deeto lets your customers become your advocates, using an AI-powered platform to make this a reality”

We are thrilled to welcome Aya Neeman who joins us as our newest Associate!

Building the Future of Farming

We are excited to hire an Associate to join our office in Tel Aviv. This is a unique opportunity to break into the venture capital industry…

Canopy’s CEO on the journey to market validation, acquiring their first US customer, and thoughts on being a solo founder.

Last month, we marked our 10-year anniversary. Over a decade ago we embarked on a journey to build UpWest and drive real impact for…

We are excited to announce that Noam Maital will be joining us as our first Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR).

Building the Supply Chain Data Cloud

Today, we are thrilled to announce the closing of our new, oversubscribed fund: UpWest Fund IV, a $70m fund designed to lead the first…

Today is a special day for us at UpWest, as our portfolio company SentinelOne — where we were the first check in 2013 and strong believers…

Today one of our early portfolio startups HoneyBook announced it’s Series D round of $155M at over $1 billion valuation. We are very…

I wanted to take today, International Women’s Day, to write a thank you to my team and highlight how we’re showing up for female inclusion…

Balance is the first self-serve digital checkout platform for B2B businesses

Startup Advice from Career CIO Turned VC

By Gil Ben-Artzy, Founding Partner, UpWest

Moving from startup to high growth scaling is every early-stage founder’s goal. As if the transition wasn’t challenging enough, steering a…

Thoughts on Long-term Market Access Plans

Strategizing your startup’s US market penetration from Israel can feel like an undertaking — and now COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in…

The recent few months have impacted tech companies of all sizes, from seed to post-IPO. Within these companies, tech leaders have had to…

We’re thrilled to share the news that our portfolio company CyberX announced today it’s been acquired by Microsoft!