First Star Venture Fund III LP
Late investment periodEmerging manager
Late investment period: no first sale reported; age from Form D filed Sep 2022 (approximate)
- Vintage
- Unknown
- Fund size
- $40M (Form D)
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Sectors
- Robotics, Energy, Biotech, Devtools, Cybersecurity
- Regions
- Not stated
01 · Thesis
First Star is a pre-seed fund backing visionary, research-driven technical founders from zero to Series A and beyond. They back engineers and researchers building in robotics, energy, biotechnology, cybersecurity and new computing waves that transform massive industries.Inferred from the firm's website
02 · Initial check
$267K to $500K (estimated from fund size)
Estimated from Form D
03 · Who to approach
Named on this fund's Form D
- Ruiyi Liu, Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer
- Andrew Volpe, Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer
04 · Deals
No deals attributed to this fund yet.
05 · Evidence
Firm-wideWe back the engineers and researchers surfing these new computing waves as they transform massive industries from the ground up.
We back the engineers and researchers surfing these new computing waves as they transform massive industries from the ground up.
https://firststar.vc/
06 · Sources
Last verified: Oct 28, 2026