# Andras Forgacs

> Andras Forgacs is a venture - series unknown investor at Starlight Ventures backing Health Care. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Starlight Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starlight-ventures-management-llc)
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/atforgacs
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/atforgacs

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Advanced Materials | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geltor | Biodesigned proteins for beauty, wellness and beyond. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 07, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [iSelect Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iselectfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Starlight Ventures

VC Fund · Miami, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Starlight Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andras Forgacs | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andras-forgacs |
| Fernando Cadilla Sousa | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fernando-cadilla-sousa |
| Matias Mosse | Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matias-mosse |
| Nicolas Piuma | Investment Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicolas-piuma |
| Silvana Novidelsky | Admin & Accounting | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silvana-novidelsky |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Andras Forgacs last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andras Forgacs closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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