# Star Power

> Star Power is a VC fund in Toronto backing Finance, Software and News. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/star-power-capital
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/starpowercahttps:
- Website: http://www.starpower.ventures/

Star Power is a Canada-based venture capital firm providing financing and networking opportunities to startups in Toronto.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| News | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| EBooks | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rival Theory | Rival Theory started as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) company working in interactive entertainment and simulation. Their RAIN AI engine has been used by over 100,000 studios and developers worldwide to create sophisticated interactive characters based on real and fictional people. Today, their Sentio technology expands that vision to includeintelligent virtual actors that combine human performance capture with AI-based personality and decision making. The result: virtual humans that can interact naturally in immersive settings like Virtual Reality. |  | Convertible Note | Sep 14, 2015 |  |
| Postmaster | Postmaster is a simple API for integrating shipping into your software stack. Postmaster saves businesses money on shipping by simplifying carrier integration, optimizing shipments in real time, and providing historical analytics to improve the logistics pipeline. | $118K | Seed | Jan 14, 2013 |  |
| Prolific Works | Provider of an online publishing platform designed to connect readers with books. The company's online publishing platform offers authors to gain visibility and promote their work and increase their following, enabling authors to do a marketing for their books. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 03, 2012 |  |
| Maptia | Maptia is dedicated to fostering empathy through storytelling. They aim to provide a platform for those who document and capture the world around them, bringing them together to create a lasting record of life on Earth; so that people everywhere can experience the cultural and natural wonders of our planet, can feel more connected to the biggestissues facing the world today, and can be empowered to create a better future. | $118K | Seed | Aug 13, 2012 |  |
| Prolific Works | Provider of an online publishing platform designed to connect readers with books. The company's online publishing platform offers authors to gain visibility and promote their work and increase their following, enabling authors to do a marketing for their books. | $300K | Seed | Dec 06, 2011 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LaunchPad Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-venture-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MassVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bantam Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bantam-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Star Power invest in?

Star Power invests primarily in Finance, Software and News startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 5 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 Star Power last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Star Power closed in Sep 2015. 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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