# StarTec Investments

> StarTec Investments is a VC fund in Minneapolis backing Software and Energy. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Minneapolis, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: http://www.startecinv.com

StarTec Investments is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage technology companies. It seeks investment opportunities in companies that have experienced management teams, proprietary technologies, validation in the markets, value propositions, growing markets, and Minnesota-based companies. The portfolio businesses of the company areApprise Technologies, Bewiki, Compellent Technologies, FieldSolutions, Gentra Systems, and HALO Innovations.StarTec is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1998 by Joy Lindsay and Thomas McLeod.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 75% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |
| Health Care | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| South Korea | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joy Lindsay | CEO and President | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joy-lindsay |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amyloid Solution | Amyloid Solution is a developer of therapy intended to overcome Alzheimer by developing modifying treatments. The company focuses on pathophysiological events related to disease progression and its underlying mechanism to find novel therapeutics, enabling clients with the best solution for Alzheimer disease. | $12.8M | Series A | Mar 26, 2019 | https://amyloidsolution.com/ |
| FieldSolutions | FieldSolutions (www.fieldsolutions.com) is the highest quality, lowest cost provider of contingent field service resources serving the technology industry.FieldSolutions serves the world’s leading technology enterprises including 18 OEM’s and over 30 enterprises with revenues in excess of $1Billion. Our technician sourcing and work ordermanagement service range includes: on-line self-service platform, management of large scale global field service deployment programs, strategic solutions for complex and mission critical field service, and technician long-term staff leasing.FieldSolutions’ 40,000+ independent technicians throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and five global technology service partners with employees throughout 86 countries are selected, vetted and developed to assure quality field service performance.FieldSolutions serves a broad range of technologies, including: PC’s, copiers and printers, datacenter support, telephony, routers, cabling, POS, CCTV/security, ATM’s and kiosks, and related equipment. | $1.5M |  | Jul 01, 2010 | http://www.fieldsolutions.com |
| WindLogics | WindLogics (formerly SSESCO) provides advanced wind analysis and forecasting services for wind energy developers, investors, bankers, operators and utilities by scientifically evaluating potential wind energy sites and forecasting and optimizing ongoing operations in real time. WindLogics is able to calculate 3D wind fields based on exclusivehistoric weather data archives and proven meteorological models adapted to wind power applications. | $2.3M | Series B | Feb 25, 2004 | http://windlogics.com |
| Magnum Technologies | Magnum Technologies developed software solutions that aligned IT operations with enterprise priorities. Magnum’s software solutions were designed to easily integrate with and enhance the effectiveness of existing management platforms by monitoring and measuring IT performance from a line-of-business perspective. Magnum Technologies clients includedTarget Stores, IBM and Thomson West.Mike Wethington was on the board of Magnum Technologies through a successful exit to Quest Software, which was subsequently then acquired by Dell. | $3M | Series B | Oct 01, 2000 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AAVIN](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aavin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altira Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altira-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hitachi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hitachi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Holland Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holland-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innopolis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innopolis-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KTB Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ktb-network-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does StarTec Investments invest in?

StarTec Investments invests primarily in Software, Energy and Hardware startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact StarTec Investments?

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### Who are the partners at StarTec Investments?

The team at StarTec Investments includes Joy Lindsay (CEO and President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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