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Starburst Ventures

VC
Los Angeles, CAWebsite

Starburst Ventures is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$5.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $5.0M

Portfolio

6+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in startups advancing aerospace, defense, and related technological innovations for government and commercial use cases.

How Starburst Ventures invests

Starburst Ventures is a vc firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Starburst Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$5.0M per investment.

Starburst Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including Slingshot Aerospace, Isotropic Systems, ZeroAvia.

Meet the Team

VE

Van Espahbodi

Co-Founder & GP

Aerospace
DefenseTech
Dual-Use Applications
AV

Avital Vilkin

Director of Operations

FE

Felix Eid

Director of Business Development

LO

Lukas Oberhofer

Head of Strategy

IR

Ilan Rozenkopf

Director of Strategy

JS

Jacob Squire

Director of Strategy and Innovation

CA

Changgyun Ahn

Senior Consultant

DF

David Frankly

Regional Sales Manager

AB

Amit Baruch

Program Manager

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (6)

Other

SL

Slingshot Aerospace

Aerospace
IS

Isotropic Systems

Maritime Tech
ZE

ZeroAvia

Aerospace

Hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft powertrain

CO

Corenova

Aerospace

Cognitive communications assurance

SE

SeRo Systems

Aerospace

Software-defined radar technology for a safe air traffic control

SI

Sightec

Aerospace

Vision-based navigation & real-time analytics for autonomous UAVs

How to pitch Starburst Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Van Espahbodi, Co-Founder & GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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