Andras Forgacs
Senior Partner @ Starlight Ventures
Brooklyn, United States
Andras Forgacs is a venture - series unknown investor at Starlight Ventures in Brooklyn focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Andras Forgacs is the CEO and co-founder of Modern Meadow, the Brooklyn-based startup that is harnessing design, biology and engineering to produce the world’s first sustainable biofabricated leather. Andras previously co-founded Organovo (NYSE: ONVO), which commercialized 3D bioprinting to create human tissues for pharmaceutical research andmedical applications. Organovo was recognized as a Technology Pioneer at the 2015 World Economic Forum and as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (TR50) by MIT’s Technology Review. In prior roles, Andras was Managing Director at Richmond Global, an international technology-focused venture fund, and was a consultant at McKinsey focused on biopharma and private equity. Earlier, he helped found Citigroup’s investment banking e-commerce group, developing award-winning client products. He is also co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the global non-profit Resolution Project.Andras was named to Crain’s New York’s “40 Under 40” list, is a Kauffman Fellow at the Center for Venture Education and is a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has an MBA from Wharton and a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Harvard.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
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Industries Andras Forgacs invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 1 (100%)
- Biotechnology 1 (100%)
- Advanced Materials 1 (100%)
Investments
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| Biodesigned proteins for beauty, wellness and beyond. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 07, 2025 |
Co-Investors
About Starlight Ventures
Starlight is a venture capital firm for founders addressing the world’s most pressing challenges & opportunities. We partner early with unstoppable entrepreneurs leveraging breakthrough science and technology to pursue progress at scale in four main areas: the energy transition, industrializing synthetic biology, space technology, and novelcomputing & communications platforms.Starlight was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Starlight Ventures Contacts
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Andras Forgacs
Senior Partner
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Matias Mosse
Founder & Managing Director
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Nicolas Piuma
Investment Analyst
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Silvana Novidelsky
Admin & Accounting
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What does Andras Forgacs invest in?
Andras Forgacs invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Advanced Materials startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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