Upfront Ventures
Upfront Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles (Santa Monica) that invests in early-stage technology companies, typically at the seed and Series A stages, across sectors such as software, digital media, consumer internet, and retail. Founded in 1996, the firm deploys capital nationally and globally, with a concentrated focus on the Southern California startup ecosystem.www.upfront.com
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Oct 15, 2026
Shahed KhanGUEST
That's why I worked at Weebly.
Shahed KhanGUEST
That's why I worked at Upfront Ventures because I wanted to gain as much information.
Shahed KhanGUEST
I wasn't there to have a cozy job with, you know, good salary where I'd go home, you
speaker_7ADVERTISER
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David ShullHOST
Um, you know, with the, the kind of...
David ShullHOST
We have Bryant, Katie, and I are the three sort of founder board members, and we have someone named Drew from Viewpoint Ventures who led our Series A, and then Nick Kim from Upfront Ventures that led our seed round.
David ShullHOST
And, uh, it's just like a f- really fun opportunity to sort of show how the business is going.
David ShullHOST
We talked a lot about what we're launching at User Conference, and we talked a lot about just kind of the future of this industry and, and how you- there's a lot of eyes on travel right now with everything that's going on.