VC  A*

https://www.a-star.co/





     Office Locations:

900 Kearny St.
San Francisco, CA

 
Stages:

  • Early


 
Industries:

  • Information Technology
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    A* is an early stage venture capital firm guiding outlier founders from idea to IPO.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     
    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
    Get the complete investment team + individual email addresses for investment team partners. Get personal images, LinkedIn links, investment specialties, office locations and more with a National Database subscription or Silicon Valley Database subscription.
    Bennett Siegel Co-Founder & General Partner
    Gautam Gupta Co-Founder & General Partner
    Jordan Windmueller Partner
    Kevin Hartz Co-Founder & General Partner
    Vikram Ramakrishnan Partner

     
    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      07/27/2026


      Atoms


      CA


      $1,700,000,000


      


      06/25/2026


      Sail Research


      CA


      $80,000,000


      Seed and Series A


      02/17/2026


      Simile


      CA


      $100,000,000


      


      02/04/2026


      Resolve AI


      CA


      $125,000,000


      Series A


      10/10/2025


      Vulcan Technologies


      TX


      $10,900,000


      Seed


     
    Portfolio companies include:


      Atoms
        web link


      Decagon


      Fifteenth
        web link


      Landbase
        web link


      Multiply Mortgage
        web link


      Paraform
        web link


      Resolve AI
        web link


      Sail Research
        web link


      Simile
        web link


      Vulcan Technologies
        web link


     
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