Investing Profile

Drew Volpe(119)

VCFounderInvestorEngineering Operator

Investing with conviction in visionary, technical founders inventing a better future.

firststar.vcBoston, Massachusetts

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Drew Volpe's investing connections

14 Investors

Connected to Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Elizabeth Yin (Hustle Fund), David Beisel (NextView Ventures), and 11 other investors on Signal.

Networks Drew is a member of

Harvard University Network

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Highland Capital Partners Network

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Current Investing Position

First Star Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $2.0M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$25M

Drew Volpe is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Drew Volpe's Investments On Record (19)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Nebulous (Sia & Obelisk)	Seed RoundJul 2019$3.5M	$3.5M
Co-investors: Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures)
Scoot Science	Pre-SeedMar 2019
Tranquil Data	Pre-SeedNov 2018
Motion Hall	SeedSep 2018
Plus One Robotics	Seed RoundMay 2018$2.4M	$2.4M
Co-investors: Julian Counihan
Everbloom	SeedMar 2018$1.5M	$1.5M
Co-investors: Geoff Bernstein (Indicator Ventures)
Feature Labs	Seed RoundFeb 2018$1.5M SeedFeb 2018$1.5M	$3M
Co-investors: Chip Hazard (XFactor Ventures)
Genialis	Seed RoundNov 2017$2.3M	$2.3M

most interested in

New computing technologies (ML/AI, decentralization, sensor fusion, ...) applied to "traditional" industries, computational bio, decentralized services and governance.

not interested in

Consumer, gaming, startups not in the US and Canada.

Drew Volpe's Experience

Managing Partner First Star (fka Procyon Ventures)2014 - Present

Mentor and Judge MassChallenge2010 - Present

VP Product Development Semantic Machines2014 - 2015

EIR Highland Capital Partners2013 - 2013

co-founder and CTO Locately2008 - 2013

Director, Product Development Endeca Technologies2004 - 2008

Software Engineer Idiom2003 - 2004

Software Engineer Elytics2001 - 2002

Drew Volpe's Education