# Ezra Galston

> Ezra Galston is a seed investor at Starting Line backing Cryptocurrency and Financial Services. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Starting Line](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starting-line)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezragalston
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/EzraMoGee
- Website: http://www.startingline.vc

Ezra Galston is a seed investor at Starting Line in Chicago focused on Cryptocurrency and Financial Services. Ezra is a Founding Partner at Starting Line, a seed-stage consumer-focused VC firm in Chicago. Previously he was a Principal at Chicago Ventures. His investments include Cameo, Flyhomes, Havenly, Hungryroot, PrettyLitter, and SpotHero.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 16% |
| Bitcoin | 2 | 11% |
| FinTech | 2 | 11% |
| Software | 2 | 11% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 58% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Time.fun | Time.fun enables creators to tokenize and sell their time and allows creators to monetize direct interactions such as messages or calls. | $3M | Seed | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| Birdwatch | Birdwatch helps busy homeowners save time, money and energy by taking care of the issues that arise in and around your home. From repairs and installations, to preventative maintenance and renovation advising, we bring the convenience of renting to owning. Our team of mission-driven entrepreneurs are passionate about helping you feel safe, cozyand cared for. Birdwatch is a public benefit corporation that promotes equal access to safe, dignified homeownership and the benefits of building intergenerational wealth. | $3.2M | Seed | Jan 24, 2024 |  |
| Cargado | Cargado is a cross-border logistics startup. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| Boom | Boom provides financial solutions to produce credit and rent payments. Their platform allows users to pay their rent via credit or debit cards, bank transfers, and wallets, enabling users to pay rent. | $4.5M | Seed | May 31, 2023 |  |
| Hedge | Hedge is a multiplayer financial institution (FINRA/SEC broker-dealer) building Fidelity for GenZ. Hedge created the first-ever group investing product, which enables anyone to invest with family and friends. Hedge's mission is to restore upward mobility to the American Dream by empowering underserved families & communities to buildwealth together. |  | Seed | Jan 11, 2023 |  |
| Protégé | Protégé is platform that allows anyone in the world to apply to the top experts in every field. | $8.5M | Seed | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Unchained | Bitcoin cold storage and financial services that put you in control of your keys. Our suite of financial services include multisig vaults, a trading desk, bitcoin-backed loans, and bitcoin IRAs. No matter your experience with bitcoin, our team of bitcoin experts will help you get set up with confidence. | $25M | Series A | Jun 04, 2021 |  |
| Unchained | Bitcoin cold storage and financial services that put you in control of your keys. Our suite of financial services include multisig vaults, a trading desk, bitcoin-backed loans, and bitcoin IRAs. No matter your experience with bitcoin, our team of bitcoin experts will help you get set up with confidence. | $5.5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| Attain | Attain, founded by a team of data and ad tech veterans, provides access to millions of consumers' consented purchase data marketers can use to precisely target audiences, gather insights and measure performance. | $4M | Seed | Mar 13, 2020 |  |
| Forager | Forager is a venture-backed innovator in the cross-border logistics industry. With a combination of cutting-edge technology and decades of industry experience, the company tackles the problems cross-border shippers are facing with technology-focused solutions and years of logistics experience. It also delivers seamless and modern transportationsolutions for its customers. The company also features an easy-to-use web-based transportation management platform to bring a higher level of service to the industry.Forager was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | $3.3M | Seed | Sep 12, 2019 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Chicago Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chicago-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Next Play Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextplay-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NYDIG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nydig) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Origin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/origin-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Starting Line](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starting-line) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Counterpart Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/counterpart-advisors-venture-capitalist-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Starting Line

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Starting Line is an early stage consumer focused VC fund based in Chicago, IL.

4 contacts available at Starting Line.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scott Holloway | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-holloway |
| Ade Olonoh | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ade-olonoh |
| Ezra Galston | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ezra-galston |
| Kevin Willer | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-willer |

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## FAQ

### What does Ezra Galston invest in?

Ezra Galston invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, Financial Services and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 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 Ezra Galston last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ezra Galston closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 19 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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