Upthere is a personal cloud service that aims to make the cloud the canonical location for users' files rather than just backups or sync. Its apps are generally available for OS X/MacOS, Android and iOS, with Windows and web apps in beta. The company built a new tech stack from scratch — servers, infrastructure, metadata extraction and indexing — to enable direct cloud reads and writes, fast access via thumbnail caching and a local cache for offline use. The client UX is minimalist with a timeline, separate lists for photos/videos, music and documents, and "loops" for tagging and sharing; it does not integrate into local file systems like Finder or Explorer. Roadmap items mentioned include image-recognition-style search and basic in-app text editing. Current pricing and go-to-market details: current beta users get free unlimited access for 12 months, new users pay $4.99/month for 200GB with $1.99/month per additional 100GB, and new users receive a three-month free trial. Upthere provides a cloud personal storage platform that helps users keep, manage, organize, and share photos, videos, music and documents. Its products are available on iPhone, Android phones, and Mac. The company, based in Palo Alto, CA, received a new credit facility from Square 1 Bank, a division of Pacific Western Bank. The amount of the facility was not disclosed. The proceeds from the facility may be used to support company operations or future growth. Upthere is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Elevation Partners, Floodgate, Google Ventures, NTT DOCOMO Ventures and Western Digital.

Total raised

$77M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jul 2016