# Nordstar

> Nordstar is a VC fund in London backing E-Commerce and FinTech. See 46 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 46
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nordstar/
- Website: https://www.nordstar.com/

Nordstar is a privately held firm that partners with transformational companies seeking strategic and operational expertise, advice, and capital.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Nordstar. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Nordstar. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/nordstar?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$33M |
| Series A | $484k–$60M |
| Series B | $22M–$160M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 13% |
| FinTech | 5 | 11% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 11% |
| Restaurants | 4 | 9% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 9% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 30% |
| Series A | 7 | 15% |
| Series B | 5 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 7% |
| Angel | 1 | 2% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 11% |
| United States | 4 | 9% |
| India | 3 | 7% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 7% |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 4% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eddie Lee | Venture Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eddie-lee-09e4 |
| Ole Ruch | Managing Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ole-ruch |
| Eugen Miropolski | Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugen-miropolski |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ornn AI, Inc | OranAI offers a comprehensive AI marketing solution that addresses operations, strategy, content production, and insights.OranAI concentrates on sectors including consumer electronics, fashion, FMCG, and cosmetics that have large budgets and quick decision-making cycles. | $33M | Seed | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Ornn AI | Ornn AI Inc. builds financial infrastructure for GPU compute and AI infrastructure. The company operates a U.S.-regulated derivatives venue for cash-settled futures and swaps referencing the Ornn Compute Price Index (OCPI) and other compute benchmarks. Ornn provides GPU rental and hardware price indices, enabling hedging and risk transfer fordatacenter operators, AI companies, lenders, and hardware vendors. Its products support price discovery, residual value protection, and management of GPU depreciation and capacity risk across the compute economy. | $33M | Seed | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Zazume | Zazume is an end-to-end rental management software simplifying the entire letting process for real estate companies, landlords. It works with real estate professionals, from letting agencies to property managers (Built-to-Rent, coliving, opcos, family offices, REIT, student housing…) to replace manual with digital processes and optimize thetenant’s journey from search to living. Zazume is an end-to-end rental management software simplifying the entire letting process for real estate companies, landlords. | $2.9M | Series A | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Corgi Insurance | Corgi Insurance Services, Inc. ("Corgi") is an American technology company that operates an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered insurance carrier based in San Francisco, California. Corgi Insurance develops and operates a fully integrated insurance stack using AI agents to automate traditional carrier operations, becoming the world’sfirst “AI insurance company.” The company owns multiple subsidiaries operating under a dog-themed naming convention. | $106M | Series B | May 28, 2026 |  |
| Corgi Insurance | Corgi Insurance Services, Inc. ("Corgi") is an American technology company that operates an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered insurance carrier based in San Francisco, California. Corgi Insurance develops and operates a fully integrated insurance stack using AI agents to automate traditional carrier operations, becoming the world’sfirst “AI insurance company.” The company owns multiple subsidiaries operating under a dog-themed naming convention. | $160M | Series B | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Forest | Forest Co., Ltd. operates as an e-commerce aggregator, seeks to identify sustainable, high-quality products and brands that embrace the spirit of Japan and help them grow and enter the global market by using the power of technology. | $27.3M | Series B | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| Zazume | Zazume is an end-to-end rental management software simplifying the entire letting process for real estate companies, landlords. It works with real estate professionals, from letting agencies to property managers (Built-to-Rent, coliving, opcos, family offices, REIT, student housing…) to replace manual with digital processes and optimize thetenant’s journey from search to living. Zazume is an end-to-end rental management software simplifying the entire letting process for real estate companies, landlords. | $2.6M | Seed | Apr 28, 2025 |  |
| Silkhaus | Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge. |  |  | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Silkhaus | Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge. |  |  | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Silkhaus | Silkhaus makes living comfortable and convenient through 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge. |  |  | Jan 28, 2025 |  |

10 of 46 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nuwa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nuwa-capital) — VC Fund, 29 deals together
- [Yuj Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuj-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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- [Oraseya Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oraseya-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Nordstar invest in?

Nordstar invests primarily in E-Commerce, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 46 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 Nordstar's check size?

Nordstar typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$33M at Seed, $484k–$60M at Series A and $22M–$160M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nordstar participates in.

### How do I contact Nordstar?

Public channels for Nordstar include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Nordstar?

The team at Nordstar includes Eddie Lee (Venture Partner), Ole Ruch (Managing Partner) and Eugen Miropolski (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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