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Starling Ventures

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Starling Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 20 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

Portfolio

20+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in startups empowering creators with tools to grow, monetize, and operationalize their content-driven businesses.

How Starling Ventures invests

Starling Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Starling Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment.

Starling Ventures has backed 20 companies in our records, including ByteDance, Instacart, Recall.ai.

Meet the Team

JW

Julia Winter

Founding Partner

Creator Economy
Media Tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (20)

Other

BY

ByteDance

A multinational internet technology company known for its content platforms.

IN

Instacart

An online grocery delivery service.

RE

Recall.ai

Tech·Seed

A company involved in AI technology.

AM

Amplitude

RE

Revue

Creator Economy
NA

Narrato

Media Tech
CO

Coinbase

PL

Plangrid

GI

Ginkgo Bioworks

BE

Benchling

How to pitch Starling Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, 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 $100K – $1.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Julia Winter, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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