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Upfront: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

Upfront assists vendors of environmentally-friendly items in translating billions of dollars worth of discounts into reduced costs.

www.knowupfront.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 1-10 employees
Total raised
$500k
Rounds
1
Latest
Pre-Seed
Apr 2023

Upfront has raised $500k across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Pre-Seed of $500k announced in Apr 2023.

That round is below the $15M median round size for Energy companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Upfront Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$500k
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Pre-Seed
$500k in Apr 2023
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: Apr 2023.

Upfront Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Pre-Seed
$500k

Upfront Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Thomas Stephens
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Upfront team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Upfront Funding Compared to Other Energy Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
2,284
$15M
29,722
$7.5M
5,801
$600K

Upfront's latest round of $500k is below the median round in Energy. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Upfront Funding FAQs

What does Upfront do?

Upfront assists vendors of environmentally-friendly items in translating billions of dollars worth of discounts into reduced costs.

How much funding has Upfront raised?

Upfront has raised $500k across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Pre-Seed of $500k announced in Apr 2023.

When did Upfront last raise funding?

Upfront's most recent funding round on record is a Pre-Seed of $500k, announced in Apr 2023.

Who is the CEO of Upfront?

Thomas Stephens is listed as CEO at Upfront.

Where is Upfront headquartered?

Upfront is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Upfront have?

Upfront is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does Upfront's funding compare to other Energy startups?

Upfront's latest round of $500k is below the $15M median round size for Energy companies on FundedIQ across 2,284 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Upfront Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Upfront is left off this page rather than filled in.

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