Starlight Ventures
VC Fund
Miami, United States
Starlight Ventures is a VC fund in Miami focused on Biotechnology and Energy. 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.
- Total investments:
- 65
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
- Fund size:
- $50M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Starlight Ventures invests in
Stages Starlight Ventures invests in
Countries Starlight Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $674k–$8.4M
- Series A
- $10M–$100M
- Convertible Note
- $110k–$8.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 9 (14%)
- Energy 8 (12%)
- Health Care 5 (8%)
- Renewable Energy 5 (8%)
- Food and Beverage 5 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 22 (34%)
- Series A 14 (22%)
- Convertible Note 4 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (6%)
- Series B 3 (5%)
Country
- United States 32 (49%)
- Finland 2 (3%)
- Italy 1 (2%)
- Spain 1 (2%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andras Forgacs
Senior Partner
|
Senior Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | ||
Matias Mosse
Founder & Managing Director
|
Founder & Managing Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Nicolas Piuma
Investment Analyst
|
Investment Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Silvana Novidelsky
Admin & Accounting
|
Admin & Accounting | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thea Energy is taking a faster approach to commercialize fusion energy. The company’s fusion systems will create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering developed at Princeton University and elsewhere. The company was founded in 2022with the objective of building modular, utility-scale fusion power. | $100M / Series B / May 27, 2026 | ||
| Ammobia is a chemical manufacturing company that specializes in the clean production of ammonia through renewable hydrogen and air. | $7.5M / Seed / Jan 13, 2026 | ||
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops fusion energy systems using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to create compact tokamak reactors. It is building SPARC, a demonstration device designed to achieve net energy gain from fusion and laying the groundwork for ARC, a grid-connected fusion power plant targeting early 2030s operation. Thecompany partners with MIT and manufactures its HTS magnets and related components, applying peer-reviewed science in its firewalling of plasma and reactor engineering. It has introduced innovations like the PIT VIPER superconducting cable to support pulsed-power magnet systems and accelerate readiness for commercial fusion. | $863M / Series B / Aug 27, 2025 | ||
| Biodesigned proteins for beauty, wellness and beyond. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 07, 2025 | ||
| C-Motive Technologies focuses on reinventing the electric motor. Its motors run on the principle of electrostatic forces, also known as "static cling," and stands to change the machines that shape and run people's lives. Founded by Dan Ludois and Justin Reed in 2012, C-Motive Technologies is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. | $13.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 04, 2025 | ||
| Electrified Thermal Solutions replace fossil fuels with renewable heat in every furnace, turbine, boiler, and kiln to decarbonize industry.Electrified Thermal Solutions started at MIT in the noisy laboratory basement of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. The goal was simple: start an energy revolution.Founded in 2021, thecompany is based in Medford, Massachusetts. | $19M / Dec 12, 2024 | ||
| Blue Energy is a nuclear power plant company that provides reliable, clean, and abundant electricity. | $45M / Series A / Oct 08, 2024 | ||
| Ephos develops integrated photonic circuits using glass technology to enhance computing capabilities. The company focuses on minimizing signal loss and enabling innovative device designs for classical and quantum applications. Its proprietary manufacturing process ensures high-quality production tailored to client needs in the computationalinfrastructure sector. | $8.4M / Seed / Sep 23, 2024 | ||
| Xcimer Energy offers a laser-driven fusion to provide cheap, abundant, and carbon-free energy. It is used to transform the energy marketplace that integrates low-cost excimer laser technology with the HYLIFE reaction chamber concept to design an Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) system. This system overcomes long-standing obstacles to viable fusionpower.The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Redwood City,, California. | $100M / Series A / Jun 04, 2024 | ||
| AtmosZero is a modular electrified boiler that converts the heat already present in the air into decarbonized steam. | $21M / Series A / Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| See all 65 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Starlight Ventures invest in?
Starlight Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Energy and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 65 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Starlight Ventures invest in?
Starlight Ventures typically joins rounds of $674k–$8.4M at Seed, $10M–$100M at Series A and $110k–$8.8M at Convertible Note. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Starlight Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Starlight Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Starlight Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Starlight Ventures?
The team at Starlight Ventures includes Andras Forgacs (Senior Partner), Fernando Cadilla Sousa (CFO) and Matias Mosse (Founder & Managing Director). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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