FI

First Star Ventures

VC
Boston, MAWebsite
How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$350K – $2.0M

AUM

$75M

Portfolio

15+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage fund investing in technical founders building transformative companies in AI, robotics, and industrial applications.

Meet the Team

DV

Drew Volpe

Founder

ML

Millie Liu

Managing Partner

TB

Teddy Blank

Partner

AA

Alex Afsahi

Partner

AI
Hardware
Robotics

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (15)

Other

MO

Morpheus Labs

AI/Data-as-a-Service
DE

Dexai Robotics

Robotics
SE

Semantic Machines

LO

Locately

EN

Endeca Technologies

AP

APT

IN

Infervision

TE

Tempo

SY

Symphony Commerce

OO

Oort

How to pitch First Star Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $350K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Drew Volpe, Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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