Ground Up Ventures

General contacts
Investor type

PE / VC

Founded

2017

AUM

$29 M

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Investment Ticket

$0-1 m

Investment Stage

Seed Pre-seed Series A Series B

Region of investment

Middle East North America Asia
Investor profile last updated: 16 August, 2026

Profile

Ground Up Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2017. The firm is led by a small team of three professionals who are deeply involved with their portfolio companies, providing hands-on support and leveraging their extensive network to assist founders. Ground Up Ventures is known for its commitment to being in the trenches with entrepreneurs, offering a unique US-Israel bridge for startups.

The firm focuses on early-stage investments, particularly in pre-seed and seed rounds, with a typical check size ranging from $250K to $1.5M. Ground Up Ventures invests primarily in technology sectors, including SaaS, fintech, e-commerce, AI, and proptech, targeting startups in the United States and Israel. They do not lead rounds but provide significant support through strategic introductions and operational assistance.

Notable investments by Ground Up Ventures include EliseAI - AI-driven customer service, Ritual - health and wellness platform, Portless - logistics solutions, Fondue - e-commerce platform, and Tolstoy - interactive video platform. These companies highlight the firm's focus on innovative technology solutions across various industries.

Industry

Business Services (B2B) Consumer Services (B2C) Fashion/Beauty Financial Services Fintech Gaming Healthcare Services Internet and Web Services Marketing and Advertising Media and Entertainment Pharmaceuticals Real Estate Security Software Logistics AI

Contacts

Name
Title
Email
Social Networks
avatar
Cory Moelis General Partner
General Partner
c•••@•••
LinkedIn
avatar
David Stark General Partner
General Partner
d•••@•••
LinkedIn
Upgrade to see contacts
avatar
hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx
hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx
[email protected]
linkedin twitter
avatar
hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx
hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx
[email protected]
linkedin twitter
avatar
hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx
hgSoQ0yWu7UnP1Yx
[email protected]
linkedin twitter
Investment-team contacts for Ground Up Ventures — including verified work emails and LinkedIn profiles — are available to Private Equity List subscribers.
Instant access on the web. Plans from $129/month — see pricing.
Contacts sourced from the firm's website and LinkedIn, re-verified on a rolling cycle. Spot a stale contact, or none at all? Report it — we re-run that firm within 48h and get back to you.

FAQs about Ground Up Ventures

Ground Up Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm. It backs companies at Seed, Pre-seed, Series A and Series B, writing tickets of $0-1 m.
Ground Up Ventures is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Ground Up Ventures was founded in 2017.
Ground Up Ventures invests in companies and startups in Business Services (B2B), Consumer Services (B2C), Fashion/Beauty, Financial Services, Fintech, Gaming, Healthcare Services, Internet and Web Services, Marketing and Advertising, Media and Entertainment, Pharmaceuticals, Real Estate, Security, Software, Logistics, AI.
Ground Up Ventures invests in companies and startups in Middle East, North America, Asia.
Ground Up Ventures invests in companies and startups at Seed, Pre-seed, Series A, Series B.
Ground Up Ventures usually invests $0-1 m on average.
Ground Up Ventures has around $29m assets under management.
Ground Up Ventures can be reached through its website groundup.vc, its LinkedIn page and its X account. Its general enquiries address is [email protected]. Cold-mailing a general inbox rarely reaches a partner, so Private Equity List also lists the investment-team contacts for Ground Up Ventures — names, roles, verified work emails and LinkedIn profiles — available on a Pro plan from $129/month (see pricing). Contacts are sourced from the firm's website and LinkedIn and re-verified on a rolling cycle. Spot a stale contact, or none at all? Report it — we re-run that firm within 48h and get back to you.
Yes. Every field on this page — profile, funds, investment criteria, portfolio and investment-team contacts — is available programmatically through the Private Equity List REST API and MCP server, so AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT can query Ground Up Ventures directly instead of scraping this page. One subscription covers both the web app and machine access — see API & MCP.
Private Equity List re-verifies investor profiles on a rolling cycle, pulling from the firm's own website and LinkedIn rather than a one-off import. This profile was last updated on 16 August, 2026. Something out of date here? Report it — we re-run that firm within 48h and get back to you.