Starting Line is an early stage Chicago based Venture Capital fund investing in premier consumer startups & brands, and managed by Ezra Galston.
Employees: 1-10
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 60
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 08.05.2025 | Coverstar | coverstar.app | - | Australia,... |
| 08.05.2025 | Troveo AI:... | troveo.ai | $4.5M | - |
| 08.05.2025 | Agentio | agentio.com | $56.25M | United Sta... |
| 08.05.2025 | Every | every.to | $2.15M | United Sta... |
| 08.05.2025 | Outfit | outfitlabs.com | - | - |
| 08.05.2025 | Cargado | cargado.com | $3M | - |
| 08.05.2025 | Superpower | superpower.com | $694.06M | - |
| 10.01.2024 | Pinch | bookpinch.com | - | United Sta... |
| 08.08.2023 | Ubiquitous | ubiquitousinfluence.com | - | - |
| 08.08.2023 | Attain | attaindata.io | $25M | United Sta... |
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Persons 8
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Ade | Olonoh | Venture Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | i**o@start... | - |
| - | Scott | Holloway | Venture Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | s***t@star... | - |
| - | Ezra | Galston | Founding P... | linkedin.c... | - | E**a@start... | - |
| - | Haley Kwai... | Zollo | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | h***y@star... | - |
| - | MATT | MALONEY | Advisory c... | - | - | - | |
| - | Seth | levine | FUND II AD... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Roy | Bahat | fund i adv... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | United Sta... |
| - | Rebecca | Kaden | Fund i adv... | linkedin.c... | twitter.co... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.11.2025 | Agentio Secures $40M to Fuel AI-Powered Creator Ad Platform | Agentio, an AI platform for creator-led advertising, just raised $40M. The Series B round, led by Forerunner, aims to scale its AI infrastructure and expand its reach across platforms. Agentio connects brands and creators, streamlining ad c... |
| 18.11.2025 | Agentio Raises $40M in Series B Funding | Agentio, a NYC-based provider of an AI-native platform for creator-led advertising, raised $40M in Series B funding. The round was led by Forerunner with participation from Benchmark, Craft Ventures, AlleyCorp, Antler, and Starting Line. Th... |
| 25.09.2024 | Mesa: Homeowner Membership Company Raises $9.2 Million (Seed) | Homeowner membership platform Mesa announced it exited stealth with $9.2 million in seed funding. This $7.2 million seed funding was led by Streamlined Ventures with Starting Line, Assurant Ventures, Vera Equity, Redwood Trust Horizons, Clo... |
| 15.12.2022 | Classet Raises $3M Seed Round to Grow Its Hiring and Training Platform for Skilled Trades | CHICAGO (PRWEB) December 15, 2022 Classet, a recruiting and training software startup for skilled trades companies, today announced that it has raised a $3 million seed round. This initial funding round will be used to scale out their platf... |
| 12.07.2022 | Exclusive: Lightspeed raises $7.1B across four funds and forms new crypto fund with Blockchain Ventures vet | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. It was right as COVID was entering our vernacular that early-stage-focused venture firm Lightspee... |
| 31.03.2022 | Airing the Dirty Laundry on the Front Porch: Why We Invested in SudShare | A ride to the airport, a walk for the dog, a grocery or meal delivery, or a video birthday message…are all just a phone tap away. With over 2.5 million mobile apps, there’s an endless number of products and services available in our pockets... |
| 17.03.2022 | Where’s Paris Hilton investing? Charli Cohen’s RSTLSS wears in $3.5 million to create and sell multiverse fashion | Gone are the days when fashion shows were dominated by ramp parades and catwalks down the aisle. Creators can now just sell and showcase their designs virtually. Startups are making a beeline to disrupt fashion in the metaverse world. Makin... |
| 21.12.2021 | The Ubiquitous platform brings all the influencers to the yard | With traction metrics that would make any startup CFO foam at the mouth, TikTok influencer marketing platform Ubiquitous is making a big splash in the chaotic market of influencer marketing. It’s one of the fastest-growing segments of adver... |
| 12.04.2021 | Starting Line Closes Second Fund, at $30M | Starting Line, a Chicago, IL-based venture capital firm, closed its second fund, at $30m. Starting Line is backed by institutions such as: Foundry Group, Vintage Investment Partners, Bracket Capital, 50 South Capital, and Wicklow Capital; a... |
| 08.11.2019 | Starting Line, Chicago’s Newest B2C VC Firm, Closes $17M For Its First Fund | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Chicago, lakeside city of grids, has a new venture capital firm on the block. Starting Line may technically be a little over a year old, but on Thursday the firm formally announced that it closed $1... |
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