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First Star Ventures

Founders Drew Volpe Millie Liu

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Total investments 54
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 38
Rounds per year 5.40
Lead investments 4
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 4
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Machine Learning

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Phaseshift Technologies

Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Quantum Computing
21 Oct 2024 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bot Auto

Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
$20M26 Sep 2024 Houston, Texas, United States

Enzymit

Life Science
Machine Learning
Therapeutics
$10M25 Sep 2024 Ness Ziona, HaMerkaz, Israel

Zanskar

GreenTech
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
Renewable Energy
$30M06 May 2024 Provo, Utah, United States

Bedrock Energy

Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
Commercial
$8M11 Oct 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Salient Predictions

Software
$3M27 Jun 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Blumen Systems

$1M04 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Genialis

Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Data Integration
Data Mining
Data Visualization
Health Care
Life Science
$13M29 Mar 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

Robigo

Biotechnology
$6M15 Feb 2023 -

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Total investments 54
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 5.40
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 4
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 4
Group Appearance index 0.87

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Phaseshift Technologies

Advanced Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Quantum Computing
21 Oct 2024 Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bot Auto

Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
$20M26 Sep 2024 Houston, Texas, United States

Enzymit

Life Science
Machine Learning
Therapeutics
$10M25 Sep 2024 Ness Ziona, HaMerkaz, Israel

Zanskar

GreenTech
Information Technology
Predictive Analytics
Renewable Energy
$30M06 May 2024 Provo, Utah, United States

Bedrock Energy

Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
Commercial
$8M11 Oct 2023 Austin, Texas, United States

Salient Predictions

Software
$3M27 Jun 2023 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Blumen Systems

$1M04 Apr 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Genialis

Artificial Intelligence
Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Data Integration
Data Mining
Data Visualization
Health Care
Life Science
$13M29 Mar 2023 Houston, Texas, United States

Robigo

Biotechnology
$6M15 Feb 2023 -
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