Star Ventures

Star Ventures

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Investment Firm

Overview

Founded in 1992 as one of the first Venture Funds in Israel with $1B under management STAR has successfully built over 180 category leading technology companies. STAR has orchestrated over 75 successful IPOs and M&As to date. These include companies such as Acopia, Alvarion, BigBand, Broadbus, Ciena, Creo, Identify, Orckit, Precise, Sheer Networks and Topio.

STAR has a reputation for working with a broad range of companies and is recognized as a venture capital firm capable of uncovering and creating value across a broad sector of emerging, early stage, and mid-stage companies.

STAR has a global reach with offices in Germany, Israel, and USA. Offering companies the invaluable ability to move deftly when opportunities for growth become evident, STAR has established itself as a highly respected presence in the venture capital marketplace, producing success in telecom, enterprise software, media, wireless and life science sectors.

Highlights

Founded

1992

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

1-10

Investment

138

Lead Investment

17

Exits

45

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Europe

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

Star Ventures, established in 1992 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed investments across Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Consumer, Health Care, Enterprise Software, Market Research, Semiconductor, Banking, Collaboration. The organization boasts a portfolio of 138 investments, with an average round size of $22.3M and 45 successful exits. Their recent investments include New Enterprise Associates, Sevin Rosen Funds, Goldman Sachs, Advanced Equities, Vidyo. The highest investment round they participated in was $193.5B. Among their most notable exits are New Enterprise Associates and Sevin Rosen Funds. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Meir Barel

Meir Barel

Managing Partner & Founder

imagePlace Jeanne Bayless

Jeanne Bayless

Managing Partner

imagePlace Amit Barel

Amit Barel

Associate

imagePlace Tami Gilboa-Arbel

Tami Gilboa-Arbel

General Counsel

imagePlace Andreas Hofbauer

Andreas Hofbauer

CFO Partner

imagePlace Sharon Argov

Sharon Argov

Office Manager

Investment portfolio

Star Ventures has made 138 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 18, 2019, when Ruidi Bio raised $1.5M.

investments

138

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

17

Number of exits

45

Investments

138

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Apr 01, 2018
VisionSense VisionSense
3D Technology8.0M
Feb 18, 2019
Ruidi Bio Ruidi Bio
Biotechnology1.5M
Jun 21, 2022
Savle Savle
Asset Managementnull
Jun 22, 2022
Insurobo Insurobo
Big Datanull

Exits

45

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

138

Investors

0

Funds

4

Funding Rounds

138

Star Ventures has raised 138 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 22, 2022 from a Seed Round - Insurobo round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Apr 01, 2018
Venture Round - VisionSense Venture Round - VisionSense
-8.0M-
Feb 18, 2019
Series A - Ruidi Bio Series A - Ruidi Bio
-1.5M-
Jun 21, 2022
Seed Round - Savle Seed Round - Savle
-0-
Jun 22, 2022
Seed Round - Insurobo Seed Round - Insurobo
-0-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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