Operating partner to founders and owners

Uprise works quietly alongside a small roster on high-stakes decisions, direction, and leverage. We step in at key growth and strategy inflection points, when the stakes are real, the questions are unclear, and direction matters most.

Led by entrepreneur Kevin Kirkpatrick, we operate in the background so you can stay in the spotlight. Past clients include:

PSL

Delino

Reflect AI

Record360

Loftium

Panda AI

WeTransfer

Inspirato

Mesh ID

LongJump

Share Ventures

Foundry

Revel

Quivr AI

University of Washington

Heal Ventures

Tiny Capital

P9

Better Builders

We Work Remotely

Uber

Sunsama

Kevala

Undefined Studio

The New York Times

CNN

ESPN

Dialpad

Twitter

Momofuku

PSL Delino Reflect AI Record360 Loftium Panda AI WeTransfer Inspirato Mesh ID LongJump Share Ventures Foundry Revel Quivr AI University of Washington Heal Ventures Tiny Capital P9 Better Builders We Work Remotely Uber Sunsama Kevala Undefined Studio The New York Times CNN ESPN Dialpad Twitter Momofuku

Interested in working together?