# STARTX: portfolio, investments and team

> STARTX is a vc firm based in Sri Lanka. 40 investments on record, latest Oct 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/startx (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# STARTX

No cheque observed since Oct 2017, after 40 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

Dormant VC firm

Seed Series A Venture Venture Capital & Private Equity

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 40 on record

Since the last cheque **3284** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$11M** Rounds led **0 of 40** Sole investor **2 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 97%**

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## STARTX highlights

- 01 40 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 90% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $3.0M
- 04 1 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** Colombo, Sri Lanka
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **40 appearances**

- **2017** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[Angaza Deisgn](https://millionrounds.com/company/angaza-deisgn)** Series B · KE · FinSMEs **$11M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Cabin](https://millionrounds.com/company/cabin)** Seed · US · FinSMEs **$3.0M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Lighthouse](https://millionrounds.com/company/lighthouse)** US · FinSMEs **$17M** With 5 others
- **2015** 17 rounds
- **Nov** **[Tinyrx](https://millionrounds.com/company/tinyrx)** Venture **$5.0M** With 7 others
- **Sept** **[MathCrunch](https://millionrounds.com/company/mathcrunch)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[DataFox](https://millionrounds.com/company/datafox)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Reveal](https://millionrounds.com/company/reveal)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Vouch Financial](https://millionrounds.com/company/vouch-financial)** Series A **$6.0M** With 7 others
- **May** **[Memery](https://millionrounds.com/company/memery)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 12 others
- **Apr** **[Bright.md](https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-md)** Series A · US **$3.5M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Onfleet](https://millionrounds.com/company/onfleet)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[Nearpod](https://millionrounds.com/company/nearpod)** Series A · US **Undisclosed** With 12 others
- **Apr** **[Stanza](https://millionrounds.com/company/stanza)** Seed · US **$4.3M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Haystack TV](https://millionrounds.com/company/haystack-tv)** Seed · US **$1.7M** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[PicnicHealth](https://millionrounds.com/company/picnichealth)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 15 others
- **Mar** **[Nightingale](https://millionrounds.com/company/nightingale)** Seed · US **$660K** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[BlueTalon](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluetalon)** Series A · US **$6.5M** With 6 others
- **Feb** **[Vital Enterprises](https://millionrounds.com/company/vital-enterprises)** Seed · US **$1.1M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[CodeHS](https://millionrounds.com/company/codehs)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Farm Hill](https://millionrounds.com/company/farm-hill)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 4 others
- **2014** 15 rounds
- **Dec** **[Kitchit](https://millionrounds.com/company/kitchit)** Series A · US **$7.5M** With 15 others
- **Nov** **[Naya Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/naya-health)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 14 others
- **Nov** **[ScoreBeyond](https://millionrounds.com/company/scorebeyond)** Seed · US **$2.8M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Watchup](https://millionrounds.com/company/watchup)** Series A · US **$2.8M** With 10 others
- **Oct** **[2RedBeans](https://millionrounds.com/company/2redbeans)** Seed · US **$2.3M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[Motiv](https://millionrounds.com/company/motiv)** Debt · US **$1.0M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[EdCast](https://millionrounds.com/company/edcast)** Series A · US **$6.0M** With 8 others
- **Sept** **[Zephyrus Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/zephyrus-biosciences)** Seed · US **$1.5M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[Roominate](https://millionrounds.com/company/roominate)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Breathometer](https://millionrounds.com/company/breathometer)** Seed · US **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **Aug** **[Nirmidas Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/nirmidas-biotech)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Rhumbix, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/rhumbix-inc)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[ClassOwl](https://millionrounds.com/company/classowl)** Seed · US **$850K** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[PredictionIO](https://millionrounds.com/company/predictionio)** Seed **$2.5M** With 7 others
- **Feb** **[Watchup](https://millionrounds.com/company/watchup)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 4 others
- **2013** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[DataFox](https://millionrounds.com/company/datafox)** Seed · US **$1.8M** With 14 others
- **Sept** **[Clinkle](https://millionrounds.com/company/clinkle)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Nurep Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/nurep-inc)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **$25K** With 3 others
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Jun** **[Emics, Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/emics-inc)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[DermLink](https://millionrounds.com/company/dermlink)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** 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 **1 in all**

**[BlueTalon](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluetalon)** Bought by [Microsoft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/microsoft) **Undisclosed** Jul 2019

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

## The cheque

Seed Series A Venture

Median round joined **$11M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.0M**

Led 0 of 40 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2017
- **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *27*
- Series A *8*
- Venture *2*
- Debt *1*
- Series B *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2012 2017

Often in the room with

- [The Stanford StartX Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-stanford-startx-fund) 4
- [Brendan Wallace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brendan-wallace) 3
- [Stanford University](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ahpcrc) 3
- [TEEC Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teec-angel-fund) 3
- [Barton Asset Management, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barton-asset-management-llc) 2
- [CrunchFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**The Stanford StartX Fund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-stanford-startx-fund)[**Brendan Wallace** Angel **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brendan-wallace)[**Stanford University** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ahpcrc)[**TEEC Angel Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/teec-angel-fund)[**Barton Asset Management, LLC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/barton-asset-management-llc)[**CrunchFund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crunchfund-3)[**DCVC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[**Google Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[**Great Oaks Venture Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/great-oaks-venture-capital)[**Green Visor Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/green-visor-capital-management-co-llc)[**Kapor Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kapor-capital)[**Lee Linden** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lee-linden)

## Recently backed

The latest companies STARTX put money into.

[**Lighthouse** $17M · May 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/lighthouse)

## Quick answers about STARTX

### What does STARTX invest in?

STARTX invests most often at Seed and Series A (90% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is STARTX?

40 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2017.

### What has STARTX invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Angaza Deisgn (Series B, Oct 2017), Cabin (Seed, Jun 2017) and Lighthouse (Undisclosed round, May 2017).

### How big are STARTX's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M.

### Does STARTX lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 40 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does STARTX invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).

### Is STARTX investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Oct 2017.

### Who does STARTX invest alongside?

Most often The Stanford StartX Fund (4 rounds together), Brendan Wallace (3 rounds together) and Stanford University (3 rounds together).

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