# Starting Line: portfolio, investments and team > Starting Line is a vc firm based in United States. 5 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Nov 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/starting-line (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Starting Line Last cheque observed Nov 2025; 5 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $1.2M, Feb 2026 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A B2b2c B2C Consumer Follow Starting Line and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fstarting-line) Deploying now **100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **335** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$25M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $2.0M** Rounds led **1 of 5** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Starting Line ## Starting Line highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do > Starting Line is an early stage Chicago based Venture Capital fund investing in premier consumer startups & brands From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $100K – $2.0M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** B2b2c B2C Consumer - **Based in:** Chicago, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2025** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Ramp](https://millionrounds.com/company/ramp)** US · Crunchbase News **$300M** With 25 others - **Nov** **[Agentio](https://millionrounds.com/company/agentio)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$40M** With 6 others - **2023** 1 round - **Mar** **[GO](https://millionrounds.com/company/go)** US · Firms' own news pages **$6.0M** *Led* - **2022** 1 round - **Nov** **[Attain](https://millionrounds.com/company/attain)** Series B · US · Lightbank VC **$25M** With 5 others - **2018** 1 round - **Nov** **[Clyde](https://millionrounds.com/company/clyde)** US · VentureBeat **$3.0M** With 3 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 Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **1 named** EG **Ezra Galston** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed We also hold **3** people 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. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$122M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** The Starting LINE Management, LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 318174 Who backs their funds ## 6 LPs on record in Starting Line's funds - **Funds:** 2 The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: fund news. - [**Wicklow Capital** 2 funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wicklow-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Starting Line Fund II - - Starting Line Starting Line Fund I - - - [**Foundry Group** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) Fund Vintage Committed Starting Line Fund II - - - [**50 South Capital** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/50-south-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Starting Line Fund II - - - [**Bracket Capital** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bracket-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Starting Line Fund II - - - [**Bloomberg Beta** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta) Fund Vintage Committed Starting Line Starting Line Fund I - - - [**Dan Levitan** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dan-levitan) Fund Vintage Committed Starting Line Starting Line Fund I - - New fund on file **$1.2M** raised in Feb 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$25M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 5 rounds **20%** - **Said size:** $100K – $2.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Nov 2025 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B said *2* - Pre-seed said *-* - Seed said *-* - Series A said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [AlleyCorp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alleycorp) 2 - [Antler](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler) 2 - [Benchmark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark) 2 - [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) 2 - [Forerunner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) 2 **Pitching Starting Line?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Starting Line. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**AlleyCorp** Venture studio **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alleycorp)[**Antler** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antler)[**Benchmark** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benchmark)[**Craft Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures)[**Forerunner Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forerunner-ventures) ## Recently backed The latest companies Starting Line put money into. [**Ramp** $300M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/ramp)[**Agentio** $40M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/agentio)[**GO** $6.0M · Mar 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/go)[**Attain** $25M · Nov 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/attain)[**Clyde** $3.0M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/clyde) ## Quick answers about Starting Line ### What does Starting Line invest in? Starting Line invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2b2c, B2C and Consumer. ### How active is Starting Line? 5 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Nov 2025. ### What has Starting Line invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Ramp (Undisclosed round, Nov 2025), Agentio (Series B, Nov 2025) and GO (Mar 2023). ### How big are Starting Line's cheques? The median round it joins is $25M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $2.0M. ### Does Starting Line lead rounds? Yes: it led 1 of its 5 investments on record (20%). ### Where does Starting Line invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Starting Line investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Starting Line invest alongside? Most often AlleyCorp (2 rounds together), Antler (2 rounds together) and Benchmark (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=starting-line) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=starting-line)