# Sterling Road: portfolio, investments and team

> Sterling Road is a vc firm based in United States. 1 investment on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Sterling Road

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 1 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund $9.0M, May 2025

Pre-seed Seed Series A B To B Smbs Business To Business

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record

Since the last cheque **22** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.1M** Rounds led **0 of 1**

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## Sterling Road highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> We usually start with a $50k investment just as you're getting started From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** From $50K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** B To B Smbs Business To Business
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Lightsprint](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightsprint)** Seed · US · The SaaS News **$6.1M** With 5 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**

AR **Ashley Rust** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also 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.

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$9.0M**

raised in May 2025

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 **$6.1M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** From $50K
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Quick answers about Sterling Road

### What does Sterling Road invest in?

Sterling Road invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B To B, Smbs and Business To Business.

### How active is Sterling Road?

1 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Sterling Road invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Lightsprint (Seed, Oct 2026).

### How big are Sterling Road's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.1M.

### Is Sterling Road investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Sterling Road?

Sterling Road is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States.

### Has Sterling Road raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2025, reporting $9.0M raised.

### Does Sterling Road take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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