Upshift Partners

Upshift

We partner with founders to accelerate growth and operate them for the long term.

Capital + Expertise to Upshift growth

How We Help You Upshift

Unlike traditional venture capital or private equity firms, we buy and hold great cash flow positive businesss for the long term.

We leave the day to day operations to the teams but heavily support them in brand development, customer acquisition and sales growth.

Who We Are

We're founders first and investors second. We've started and scaled three companies to over $100M in revenue and invested in 40+ more. We've raised capital, built great teams and dealt with the many challenges of being founders.

Now we provide capital and deep expertise in all facets of go-to-market including customer acquisition, digital marketing and sales.

Gabe Luna-Ostaseski

PARTNER

Jason Polka

PARTNER

Our Portfolio

40+

Who We Work With

We invest in and partner with companies that have:

+ High Margins and sustainable growth

+ A strong brand, niche market and/or loyal community

+ Generating $200k to $10M in profit

+ High-quality teams with a positive culture

+ Preference for marketplaces, SaaS and tech enabled services