Starting Line is a fund for dreamers. Because we’re dreamers ourselves.
We speak your language. We live and breathe dreams. It’s all we know. We believe that every entrepreneur deserves an investor who is as obsessed about their business as the builder themself.
Here’s the vulnerable truth: this fund shouldn’t exist. There was no silver spoon. No anchor investor. No corporate sponsor. Our first fund, $17M and launched in 2018, was raised one painstaking check at a time. It was willed into existence with the help of our mentors and a bit of good luck, when the 2018 bitcoin boom finally gave us enough capital to make our first investments.
Our second fund (2021) of $30M and third fund (2023) of $30M, feel no different. We have so much to prove - and are unbelievably hungry to win big. That means that unlike many investors we work for you, and not the other way around.
Starting Line invests in founders who are willing to take on substantial personal risks, out of fear of living a life of regret. Founders who are fundamentally unwilling to lose.
We invest in founders who are hellbent on reshaping the world, delivering a vision of what the world should look like with their product, and methodically working backwards to build each small step along the way.
We demand these principles because they’re the values that enable this fund to exist. Greatness attracts greatness and winners win. If this speaks to you, come partner with us.
We've even taken the drastic steps of open-sourcing everything you will need to know about Starting Line:
You have our commitment to be unrelenting in our pursuit of your success. Because dreams are so much better in actuality.
Sincerely,
Ezra, Haley, Ade and Scott