UpWest’s Portfolio Reaches $100M

July 14, 2015 | UpWest Labs, a Silicon Valley seed fund that brings Israeli startups to the US, has announced that its portfolio companies have raised a total of $100 million over the past three years. Now, the startup accelerator will also nurture mature startups, beyond the seed stage. Founded in 2012 by Shuly Galili, Gil Ben-Artzy and Liron Petrushka, UpWest provides a four-month program in Palo Alto.