# JLR Star

> JLR Star is a VC fund backing Software, B2B and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

JLR Star is a VC fund focused on Software and B2B. Private fund

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5.7M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| AgTech | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 60% |
| Germany | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Insight Terra | Insight Terra is a platform that helps in real-time monitoring and risk management of mine tailings and water. | $5.7M | Series A | Jan 21, 2025 |  |
| Agrando | Agrando serves all participants involved in the agri-trade as a tool for communication and information procurement as well as processing and administration of transactions. | $14.2M | Series A | Jul 05, 2021 |  |
| Homeppl | Homeppl reveals consumer's real transactional ability. We leverage open banking, risk and financial algorithms, and unique fraud detection tests to allow consumers inclusive financial access to all financial or risk products in the world.Clients use Homeppl to increase revenue, prevent fraud, and eliminate transactional friction. Homepplhas reviewed hundreds of thousands of transactions and approved millions of pounds of revenue for clients in the UK.We are a Techstars company. Our team is comprised of ambitious, international, and passionate individuals. We are from 24 nationalities and speak over 17 languages! | $4.1M | Seed | Oct 01, 2020 |  |
| Kafoodle | Kafoodle is an award-winning food tech company on a mission to improve health globally by connecting people with the food they need.Kafoodle launched in 2016 with a cloud-based B2B SaaS platform to help Hospitality clients digitise their recipes and menus to comply with new EU food allergen information legislation. Additional functionality wasreleased enabling clients to analyse the nutritional make-up of their food, and communicate digitally with end customers.In Jan 2018, following an Innovate UK funded project, Kafoodle launched targeted Healthcare modules aimed at helping care homes and hospitals optimise patient and resident nutrition, by enabling them to provide food offerings based on allergies, preferences, dietary requirements and health conditions.Today Kafoodle is an integrated suite of easy-to-use food allergen and nutrition management solutions for commercial caterers, with sector-specific features and benefits for Healthcare, Food Retail, Contract Catering and Education clients. | $2.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 10, 2020 |  |
| Agrando | Agrando serves all participants involved in the agri-trade as a tool for communication and information procurement as well as processing and administration of transactions. |  | Seed | Feb 12, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [June Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/june-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlantic Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-bridge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Baltic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baltic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [E3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-access-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does JLR Star invest in?

JLR Star invests primarily in Software, B2B and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is JLR Star's check size?

JLR Star typically joins rounds of $5.7M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds JLR Star participates in.

### When did JLR Star last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for JLR Star closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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