White Star Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in early-stage companies in North America, Europe and Asia that is headquartered in New york City, New York and was founded in 2007 by Christian Hernandez, Eric Martineau-Fortin, and jean-Francois Marcoux. The firm has offices in New York City, New York; London, England; Montreal, Quebec; Paris, France; and tokyo, Japan.
Notable investments made by White Star Capital include: Klaxoon, Dialogue, Borrowell, KeyMe, Clark, Unacast, and Packhelp.
Investment funds
Second Fund
On June 3, 2018 White Star Capital announced raising $180 million in funding for their second venture capital fund. The firm plans on using their second fund to focus on investing in companies that need funding to help them expand internationally by making investments between $1 to $6 million in each company.
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Funded Companies
Dollar Shave ClubDollar Shave Club offers a monthly membership service that delivers stainless steel razor blades and other personal grooming products to customers by mail.
Venice, Los Angeles
Marina del Rey, California
Clark (company)A company offering a software platform for managing insurance.
Berlin
Europe
Germany
launchrocklaunchrock is a Columbus, Ohio-based company founded by Jameson Detweiler.
Columbus, Ohio
Drop
Toronto
Busbud
Montreal
MUBI (company)MUBI is a company founded by Efe Cakarel.
Ludia
Freshly 
New York City
Bloglovin'Bloglovin' is a company founded by Mattias Storm.
Meero
TIER MobilityTIER Mobility is a company founded by Julian Blessin.
Execution LabsExecution Labs is a video game company founded by Jason Della Rocca, Keith Katz and Alexandre Pelletier-Normand.
dfuse
Canada
Butternut Box
UnacastUnacast is a New York City-based company founded by Thomas Walle Jensen.
Parsley Health
Red Sift
Echo (healthcare company)Klaxoon is a France-based educational technology company.
FrancePeople
Christian Hernandez
Founder
David Szekely
Employee
Eric Martineau-Fortin
Employee
John Henderson
Employee
Lylan Masterman
Employee
Ricardo A. Sagrera
Investor
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