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First Star Ventures

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Kingmaker Tier: 89 out of 100

  • AI models & AI infrastructure
  • Biotech & therapeutics
  • Clean energy & storage
  • Cybersecurity
  • Robotics & automation
  • Pre seed
  • AI native
  • Deeptech
  • VC
  • B2B
Investor type
VC
Investing status
Activeas of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
Headquarters
Cambridge, MA, United States
Latest fund size
$25MSEC amount sold, as of 2019-08-20Source (opens in a new tab)
Funds
2
Legal name
First Star Ventures LLC
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Record updated 27 September 2026

About

Investing with conviction at the earliest stages in visionary, technical founders inventing a better future with new computing technology.

Investment approach

Thesis
As computing evolves, it keeps eating more of the world. Robots gain spatial intelligence and take on complex real-world tasks. Genomics, CRISPR, and GenAI merge software with biology. AI brings not just automation, but creative reasoning. We back the engineers and researchers surfing these new computing waves as they transform massive industries from the ground up.Source (opens in a new tab)
Investing status notes
Investing with conviction at the earliest stages in visionary, technical founders inventing a better future with new computing technology.

Funds

First Star Venture Fund II LP
$25MVintage 2017, Main fund, Closed, SEC amount sold
First Star Venture Fund III LP
Main fund

Locations

Headquarters
Cambridge, MA, United States
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