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 7.1 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #136,535 among 531,432 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, The Easy Company and FirstLook.
Who follows Upside Partnership on X?
The accounts that follow Upside Partnership include 51 founders, 15 angel investors, 6 influencers and 7 VCs. Among them are Andrew Chen, Morgan Beller, Josh Elman, Josh Kopelman, Adam Ludwin and Dave McClure.