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First Star Ventures

North America, Massachusetts, United States, Cambridge

Description

Investing with conviction in visionary, technical founders inventing the future.

Investor Profile

First Star Ventures has made 54 investments, with 5 in the past 12 months and 15% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Seed (63%)
  • Series A (15%)
  • Pre Seed (11%)
  • Series Unknown (7%)
  • Series B (2%)
  • Debt Financing (2%)

Country Focus

  • United States (83%)
  • Canada (13%)
  • Israel (4%)

Industry Focus

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence (Ai)
  • Biotechnology
  • Information Technology
  • Analytics
  • Saas
  • Machine Learning
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Enterprise Software
  • Logistics
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does First Star Ventures frequently co-invest with?

Munich Re Ventures
North America, New Jersey, United States, Princeton
Co-Investments: 4
Wireframe Ventures
North America, California, United States, Mill Valley
Co-Investments: 3
Bain Capital Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 4
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)
North America, Ontario, Canada, Toronto
Co-Investments: 2
Dynamo
North America, Tennessee, United States, Chattanooga
Co-Investments: 2
Endeavor8
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
ff Venture Capital
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2
Hustle Fund
North America, California, United States, San Carlos
Co-Investments: 2
Schematic Ventures
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Co-Investments: 2
Lerer Hippeau
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 2

Which angels does First Star Ventures often collaborate with?

LW
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
EL
North America, Florida, United States, Miami Beach
Shared Deals: 1
EK
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Kenneth Ballenegger
Asia, Hong Kong
Shared Deals: 1
GT
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
GB
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
JA
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1
Xiaolai Li
Asia, Beijing, China, Beijing
Shared Deals: 2
BS
North America, New York, United States, New York
Shared Deals: 1
TP
North America, California, United States, San Francisco
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by First Star Ventures?

Bedrock Energy

Austin, Texas, United States

Bedrock Energy develops drilling technology and advanced subsurface simulation software to enable geothermal heating and cooling.

CommercialConstruction
Series AJan 22, 2025
Amount Raised: $12,000,000
Phaseshift Technologies

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Accelerating the development and deployment of next-generation engineering materials through AI and Computational Materials Engineering.

Advanced MaterialsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyMachine LearningQuantum Computing
SeedOct 21, 2024
Amount Raised: $2,963,704
Bot Auto

Houston, Texas, United States

Transforming American Transportation with Autonomous Trucks

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesTransportation
SeedSep 26, 2024
Amount Raised: $20,000,000
Enzymit

Ness Ziona, HaMerkaz, Israel

Enzymit is a bioproduction platform company based on computational protein design and ‘cell-free’ enzymatic manufacturing technology

BiotechnologyLife ScienceTherapeutics
Series ASep 25, 2024
Amount Raised: $10,000,000
Zanskar

Provo, Utah, United States

Zanskar develops a predictive platform informed by massive data for discovering previously unknown geothermal resources.

AnalyticsGreenTechInformation TechnologyPredictive AnalyticsRenewable Energy
Series BMay 6, 2024
Amount Raised: $30,000,000
Bedrock Energy

Austin, Texas, United States

Bedrock Energy develops drilling technology and advanced subsurface simulation software to enable geothermal heating and cooling.

AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesCommercial
SeedOct 11, 2023
Amount Raised: $8,500,000
Salient

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Salient combines novel ocean and land-surface data with AI and climate expertise to deliver the world’s most accurate S2S weather forecasts.

Software
SeedJun 27, 2023
Amount Raised: $3,000,000
Blumen Systems

San Francisco, California, United States

Blumen builds software powering clean energy development and mineral exploration.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)EnergySoftware
SeedApr 4, 2023
Amount Raised: $1,250,000
Genialis

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Genialis is a computational precision medicines company that develops a clinical biomarker discovery platform.

BioinformaticsBiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPrecision Medicine
Series AMar 29, 2023
Amount Raised: $13,000,000
Robigo

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Robigo is a biomanufacturing company engineering microbes to create more sustainable crop protection solutions.

AgricultureBiotechnologyEnvironmental Engineering
SeedFeb 15, 2023
Amount Raised: $6,850,000