About Star Ventures
Star Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1992. It is primarily based out of Herzliya, Israel. As of Aug 2022, Star Ventures has invested in 98 companies. It primarily invests in Series C round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it led the Undisclosed Series A round of .
Overall, Star Ventures portfolio has seen 10 IPOs and 54 acquisitions including key companies like Deltek, Evotec and Ciena. A lot of funds co-invest with Star Ventures, with names like Sevin Rosen sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Star Ventures has team of 5 people including 2 partners.
Star Ventures' List of Top Investments
Star Ventures has a portfolio of 98 companies. Their most notable investments are in and .Their portfolio spans across United States, Israel, ChinaÌý²¹²Ô»å 7 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life SciencesÌý²¹²Ô»å 21 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Series A Ìý²¹²Ô»å 7 more. Here is the list of top investments by Star Ventures:1. Deltek
Cloud based enterprise resource planning software provider for multi industries. It provides a targeted solution for governments and project driven organizations. It helps organizations with financial management, accounting, project management, inventory management, HR payroll, and BD.
Key facts about Deltek
- Founded Year: 1983
- Location: Herndon (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $107M
- Employee Count: 1,574 as on Dec 31, 2023
- Investors: Star Ventures, Quilvest and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Venture Debt, Oct 11, 2012, $12M
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Evotec
Key facts about Evotec
- Founded Year: 1993
- Location: Hamburg (Germany)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $25M
- Employee Count: 252 as on Dec 31, 2020
- Investors: Omega Funds, Eiffel Investment Group and 20 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jun 02, 2023, $1.7M
- Highlight: Public
3. Ciena
Cloud-based platform offering network management software. It provides solutions that help in networking planning and management of the infrastructure throughout the life cycle. Its optical technology portfolio consists of WDM solutions and solutions for the photonic layer.
Key facts about Ciena
- Founded Year: 1992
- Location: Hanover (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $2.6B as on Oct 31, 2016
- Stage: Public
- Employee Count: 412 as on Sep 30, 2024
- Investors: InterWest Partners, Star Ventures and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Mar 2008, $66.6M
- Highlight: Public
4.
Everyday Health is a web and mobile-based platform that provides information regarding health & wellness. Has a portfolio of products that spans the health spectrum from medical to lifestyle information for consumers and doctors. Additionally provides video-based content and broadcasts weekly TV series on ABC stations. Their YouTube channel has 30k+ subscribers. Provides premium packages for employers and health insurance companies.
Key facts about Everyday Health
- Founded Year: 2002
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $232M as on Dec 31, 2015
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $100M
- Employee Count: 354 as on Dec 31, 2017
- Investors: Hercules Capital, TCV and
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Aug 06, 2015, $25M
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Newcleo
Developer of small modular reactor. It provides safe, stable power source and reduce volumes of radioactive waste. It provides multi-recycling of Mixed Oxide fuel, newcleo aims to close the nuclear fuel cycle while safely producing clean, affordable, and practically inexhaustible energy required for low carbon economies.
Key facts about Newcleo
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £9.15M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Valuation: £1.29B as on Oct 15, 2024
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $685M
- Investors: Star Ventures, Healthcap and 66 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 30, 2024, $151M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Star Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Star Ventures has invested in 98 companies over the last 26 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in RAYSENGINE and most recent follow-on round was in Vidyo.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Star Ventures' Investments by Stage
Star Ventures has made 20 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $17M, 18 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11.9M and 10 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $27.1M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 20 |
Series A | 18 |
Series C | 10 |
Series D | 4 |
Seed | 3 |
Others | 5 |
Star Ventures' Investments by Sector
Star Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Semiconductors, Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Enterprise Infrastructure and Telecom. Notably, it has invested in 72 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 68 Tech companies, 21 Software companies and at least 17 companies focusing on Tech hardware.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Semiconductors | 13 |
Enterprise Applications | 12 |
High Tech | 11 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 10 |
Telecom | 10 |
Others | 40 |
Star Ventures' Investments by Geography
Star Ventures has made most investments in United States (33), followed by Israel where it has made 12 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 33 |
Israel | 12 |
China | 9 |
Germany | 3 |
Netherlands | 2 |
Others | 1 |
Star Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Star Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 12, 2022 | China | Angel | Undisclosed | [+2] | |
Dec 2019 | China | Series A | Undisclosed | - | |
2019 | China | Seed | $1.44M | ||
Nov 23, 2018 | China | Series A | Undisclosed | - | |
Apr 04, 2018 | China | Series A | Undisclosed | - |
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Here are Star Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Acquired companies in Star Ventures' Portfolio
Here are Star Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Team profile of Star Ventures
Star Ventures has a team of 5 membersÌýincluding 2 Partners and 1 Venture PartnerÌýlocated in Israel and China. Star Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Star Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Israel | - | - | |
Partner | China | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Israel | - | - | |
Associate | Israel | - | - | |
Associate | Israel | - |
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Over the past 26 years, 276 investors have co-invested in Star Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Star Ventures:ÌýSevin Rosen, Rho Capital Partners and 65 others have invested in rounds before Star Ventures. There are 4 companies where Sevin Rosen has invested before Star Ventures and 3 companies where Rho Capital Partners has invested before Star Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Star Ventures:Ìý127 investors entered a company along with Star Ventures. These include investors like Sevin Rosen (8 companies).
- Invested after Star Ventures:ÌýA total of 82 investors have invested in Star Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Goldman Sachs (3 companies), SVB (2 companies) and Plenus Venture Lending (2 companies).
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