# Upfront Ventures (slim)

> Upfront Ventures's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Bland AI and Daytona, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/upfront-ventures/index.md (~550 tokens) · this version ~430 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/upfront-ventures/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/upfront-ventures/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
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Venture firm.

Website: https://upfront.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Bland AI**, Funding, June 2026, through Upfront
  - [Bland AI API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bland-ai.md), graded B, 63.9/100
  - Source: https://www.bland.ai/blog/series-c
- **Daytona**, Seed, June 2024, Series A, February 2026, led a round
  - [Daytona](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/daytona.md), graded B, 64.3/100
  - Source: https://www.daytona.io/dotfiles/daytona-raises-24m-series-a-to-give-every-agent-a-computer

## Where they invest

- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Code execution sandboxes, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Isaiah Granet](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/isaiah-granet/), Bland AI
- [Sobhan Nejad](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sobhan-nejad/), Bland AI

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Upfront Ventures invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Bland AI and Daytona backed by Upfront Ventures.

### How are Upfront Ventures's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Bland AI API + MCP (B, 63.9) and Daytona (B, 64.3).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.