Current Firm
UP Partners
Focus
Robotics, AI
Ben Marcus brings deep operator experience as a serial founder of aviation companies including jetAVIVA (aircraft brokerage) and AirMap (unmanned traffic management platform), combined with thousands of flight hours as a pilot across over 100 aircraft types. He focuses on hardtech investments that transform how people and goods move across air, land, sea, and space, while actively working with large incumbents and public-sector capital sources like sovereign wealth funds to support mobility startups.
Ben Marcus is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner, UP Partners at UP Partners, based in Los Angeles, CA.
Ben's investment focus spans Robotics, AI, Space, primarily investing at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ stages. This specialization allows for deep domain knowledge and strong network effects that benefit portfolio companies.
Ben Marcus is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner, UP Partners at UP Partners, based in Los Angeles, CA. Their investment focus includes Robotics, AI, Space.
Ben Marcus focuses on investments in Robotics, AI, Space through UP Partners. These focus areas reflect their domain expertise and the types of startups they actively seek to back.
Ben Marcus is currently at UP Partners, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, serving as Co-Founder and Managing Partner, UP Partners.
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