# InveStar Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> InveStar Capital is a family office based in United States. 7 investments on record, latest May 2004. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# InveStar Capital

No cheque observed since May 2004, after 7 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

Dormant New fund $130M, Jun 2018 Family office

Debt Growth Seed Human Resources Machine Learning Venture Capital & Private Equity

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **8213** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$17M** Rounds led **0 of 7** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## InveStar Capital highlights

- 01 7 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 57% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $2.0M
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** Family office (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Debt Growth Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Human Resources Machine Learning Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2004** 3 rounds
- **May** **[Fangtek](https://millionrounds.com/company/fangtek)** Series B · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Advanced Analogic Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-analogic-technologies)** Venture · US **$15M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Kilopass](https://millionrounds.com/company/kilopass)** Series A · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2003** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Fangtek](https://millionrounds.com/company/fangtek)** Series A · US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **2002** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Monolithic Power Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/monolithic-power-systems)** Series D · US **$17M** With 2 others
- **2000** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Lara Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/lara-networks)** Series B · US **$40M** With 8 others
- **Jun** **[Lightspeed Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightspeed-semiconductor)** Venture · US **$25M** With 6 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **1** person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[Advanced Analogic Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/advanced-analogic-technologies)** Bought by Skyworks Solutions **$263M** May 2011

**[Lara Networks](https://millionrounds.com/company/lara-networks)** Bought by [Cypress Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cypress-semiconductor) **Undisclosed** Jun 2001

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$130M**

raised in Jun 2018

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Debt Growth Seed

Median round joined **$17M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.0M**

Led 0 of 7 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** May 2004
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *2*
- Series B said *2*
- Venture *2*
- Series D *1*
- Debt said *-*
- Growth said *-*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2000 2004

Often in the room with

- [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as InveStar Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Battery Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures)

## Quick answers about InveStar Capital

### What does InveStar Capital invest in?

InveStar Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Human Resources, Machine Learning and Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is InveStar Capital?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2004.

### How big are InveStar Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $17M.

### Does InveStar Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does InveStar Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is InveStar Capital investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since May 2004.

### Who does InveStar Capital invest alongside?

Most often Battery Ventures (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is InveStar Capital?

InveStar Capital is a family office based in United States.

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