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.
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 Club offers a monthly membership service that delivers stainless steel razor blades and other personal grooming products to customers by mail.
A company offering a software platform for managing insurance.
launchrock is a Columbus, Ohio-based company founded by Jameson Detweiler.
Busbud is a Montreal-based company founded in 2011.
MUBI is a company founded by Efe Cakarel.
Tier Mobility is a Berlin-based shared e-scooter vehicle company. The company was founded in 2018 by Julian Blessin, Lawrence Leuschner, and Matthias Laug.
Freshly is a company founded in 2012.
Meero is a company founded by Lestrade Guillaume.
Bloglovin' is a company founded by Mattias Storm.
Borrowell is a Toronto, Prince Edward Island-based financial services company.
Dog food company in the UK.
Packhelp is a London-based company.
Klaxoon is a Rennes-based software company developing collaborative tools for remote teamwork.
Unacast is a New York City-based company founded by Thomas Walle Jensen.
Execution Labs is a video game company founded by Jason Della Rocca, Keith Katz and Alexandre Pelletier-Normand.
People
Christian Hernandez
Founder
David Szekely
Employee
Eric Martineau-Fortin
Employee
John Henderson
Employee
Lylan Masterman
Employee
Ricardo A. Sagrera
Investor
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