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Upriver Secures $14M in Seed Funding to enhance its AI-native data engineering platform, led by Valley Capital Partners and Hetz Ventures.

PRIVATEJun 09, 20262 months ago

Amount Raised

$14 Million

Round Type

Seed

San FranciscoSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceAnalyticsMachine LearningBig Data

Investors

Hetz VenturesValley Capital Partners

Description

Upriver, based in San Francisco, CA, raised $14M in seed funding. The round was led by Valley Capital Partners and Hetz Ventures. The company aims to strengthen its engineering and marketing teams and accelerate enterprise deployments. Upriver provides an AI-native platform for managing data layers critical for AI operations.

Company Information

Company

Upriver

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Upriver is an AI-native data engineering platform provider that autonomously manages the data layer enterprises depend on to make AI work. It connects directly to an organization’s full data environment, resolving quality issues and maintaining pipelines. The platform executes complex data engineering workflows end-to-end, ensuring that AI systems have access to reliable and trustworthy data. It is already utilized by companies like Unity and DMGT, and has partnerships with leading data platforms like Databricks and Snowflake.

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