Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed
GeographyUS
TypeVC
Last Activity2025
Industry Focus
Industries
AI InfrastructureBiotechClimate TechRoboticsIoT & Edge
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeDeepTech Specialist
ExposureMostly DeepTech Investments
Bio
First Star Ventures was founded in 2014 by Drew Volpe (Harvard CS, former VP of Product at Semantic Machines, ex-Endeca which sold to Oracle for $1.1B) and Millie Liu (MIT, ex-APT which sold to Mastercard for $600M, co-founded Infervision). Both bring serious operator credentials.
The thesis is "computing x real-world" — techbio, climate, robotics, and industrial infrastructure. The technical bar...
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