UpWest is a Silicon Valley Seed Fund.
Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2012
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed; Series A
Portfolio 61
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 25.01.2026 | Torch | torch.security | - | - |
| 25.01.2026 | 301 Moved ... | boltx.com | - | - |
| 21.08.2025 | Just a mom... | latica.ai | - | United Sta... |
| 04.07.2025 | Darwin AI | darwingov.com | $20M | United Sta... |
| 04.07.2025 | TrialKit | trialkit.ai | $4.25M | - |
| 19.06.2024 | Salespeak.... | salespeak.ai | - | United Sta... |
| 19.06.2024 | 301 Moved ... | raven.io | $20M | United Sta... |
| 13.05.2024 | Elio | eliolabs.com | - | - |
| 13.05.2024 | Tillion AI | tillion.ai | - | - |
| 24.04.2024 | ecton | ecton.io | - | - |
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Persons 9
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
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| - | Yoav | Boaz | Mentor / A... | linkedin.c... | - | i**o@upwes... | - |
| - | Gil | Birnboim | Head of Pl... | linkedin.c... | - | g*l@upwest... | - |
| - | Assaf | Wahrhaft | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | a***f@upwe... | - |
| - | Aya | Neeman | Associate | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Lia | Cromwell | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | l*a@upwest... | - |
| - | Michelle | Serpa | Office Man... | linkedin.c... | - | m******e@u... | - |
| - | Noam | Maital | Entreprene... | linkedin.c... | - | n**m@upwes... | - |
| - | Shuly | Galili | Founding P... | linkedin.c... | - | s***y@upwe... | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.03.2026 | RAVEN.IO Secures $20M for Real-Time AI Attack Defense | RAVEN.IO raises $20 million for its cutting-edge runtime cybersecurity platform. This funding accelerates product development, expands U.S. market presence, and strengthens its engineering teams. The platform confronts the rise of AI-driven... |
| 18.03.2026 | RAVEN.IO: $20 Million Raised For Runtime Cybersecurity Platform Targeting AI-Driven Attacks | RAVEN.IO, a cybersecurity company focused on protecting applications at runtime, announced it has raised $20 million in funding to accelerate product development, expand its U.S. go-to-market efforts, and grow its engineering and research t... |
| 18.03.2026 | Raven.io Raises $20M in Funding | Raven.io, a Palo Alto, CA-based cybersecurity company that protects applications at runtime and prevents attacks in real time, raised $20M in funding. The round was led by Norwest with participation from RedSeed, UpWest, SentinelOne, Jibe V... |
| 24.10.2025 | Darwin AI: $15 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Responsible AI Adoption In Government | Darwin AI, a leading platform enabling governments to adopt artificial intelligence safely, responsibly, and at scale, announced the close of a $15 million Series A funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with partic... |
| 24.10.2025 | Darwin AI Raises $15 Million Series A Led by Insight Partners to Help Governments Build AI Solutions Responsibly and at Scale | , a leader in enabling governments to harness artificial intelligence safely and at scale, announced a $15 million Series A funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors UpWest an... |
| 29.09.2022 | Deere’s investment in InnerPlant is about changing Big Ag. More corporates need to follow suit | John Deere‘s recent investment in crop health startup InnerPlant is far bigger than the $16 million figure attached to the deal. In many ways, it seems Deere is investing in not one company but an entirely new way of doing crop protection a... |
| 17.03.2022 | Canopy Launches Out of Stealth with $13M for Intelligent Care Platform for Oncology | What You Should Know: – Today, Canopy announced it is launching out of stealth with $13 million in funding to work with leading oncology practices all over the country to help deliver high-quality care to cancer patients when they aren’t in... |
| 17.03.2022 | Canopy launches with $13 million for proactive cancer care | The company works with cancer centers to make them more efficient and provide better care More than 1.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the US alone each year, and nearly 600,000 die from it, making it the second leading cause o... |
| 04.11.2021 | UpWest raises $70 million for Fund IV, investing in Israeli founders looking to tackle US market | UpWest, the venture firm led by Shuly Galili, Gil Ben-Artzy and Assaf Wahrhaft, announced this morning that it has closed on a $70 million fund, the fourth in the firm’s more than 10-year history. The firm is unique in that it specializes i... |