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Upfront Ventures

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Upfront Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech startups across various sectors, including space technology. They provide seed funding, typically around $3-3.5 million, and act as long-term partners for their portfolio companies. The firm focuses on investments in the US, Europe, India, and Israel, with a particular emphasis on companies in Southern California. Keywords associated with Upfront Ventures include: venture capital, seed funding, early-stage startups, space tech, investment.

commercialFounded 1996
Santa Monica, California, United States
www.upfront.com
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Spire Space Services offers organizations a subscription model that eliminates the high upfront cost of building and maintaining infrastructure in space.

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LegalFinancialValue 4.0Jul 15, 2020SES files $1.8 billion claim against Intelsat over splitting C-Band Alliance
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