Upside Partnership is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital fund that gives every backed founder a partnership stake in the fund itself. Upside Partnership's Twitter Score is 11 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #88,968 among 486,860 tracked accounts.
Upside Partnership was founded by Kent Goldman, who launched the fund after leaving First Round Capital. The first fund closed at $30 million targeting seed-stage startups. Upside Partnership is affiliated with Up Holdings, LLC.
Upside Partnership operates with a model built around partnership: each founder the fund backs becomes a partner and shares in its economic returns. The typical initial check is $500K, with 70% of the fund reserved for follow-on rounds. Upside Partnership has also participated in a $14.2 million seed round for The Easy Company, a cross-chain Web3 social wallet. Upside Partnership has published 129 posts and has been mentioned by 30 accounts a total of 61 times.
Upside Partnership's portfolio includes BlockCypher, sFOX, Gowalla, Command E, The Easy Company and FirstLook.
Who follows Upside Partnership on X?
The accounts that follow Upside Partnership include 68 founders, 23 angel investors, 3 influencers and 11 VCs. Among them are Andrew Chen, Josh Elman, Morgan Beller, Josh Kopelman, Alexia Bonatsos and Dave McClure.