Partner
Drew Volpe
Founding Partner, First Star Ventures
- Firm
- First Star Ventures
- Title
- Founding Partner
- Role
- General partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 17 September 2026
About
Drew Volpe is an accomplished investor, founder, and technologist with deep experience in ML/AI, NLP, sensors, mobile, computational bio, and decentralized technologies. Most recently, he was the founding VP of Product Development for conversational AI startup Semantic Machines which was acquired by Microsoft. Prior to that, he co-founded Locately and lead development of its location-based analytics technology from founding through successful acquisition. And earlier in his career, Drew was Director of Product Development at Endeca Technologies, a pioneer in search and unstructured database systems, acquired by Oracle for $1.1B. Drew holds an AB in Computer Science from Harvard University.
Background
- Education
- Drew holds an AB in Computer Science from Harvard University.Source (opens in a new tab)
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