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White Star Capital North American Seed Fund

Geography: United Kingdom
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $25M
Focus: AI/ML, Deep Tech and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About White Star Capital North American Seed Fund

Early-Stage Tech (AI, SaaS, Emerging Tech) - Seed/Pre-Seed

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Kingdom

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Deep Tech

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Seed-stage market leaders with global expansion trajectory

fintech

consumer tech

digital infrastructure

food & beverage tech

seed stage

insurtech

pet tech

mobility

digital assets

manufacturing tech

Bullish Signals

Co-led $5.3M seed in Cataexternal

Active deals alongside Portage, FJ Labsexternal

Investing in SEA consumer techexternal

Cata live: GYG Singapore, Brammibal'slinkedin

Strong syndicate: 468, FoodLabs, Iterativelinkedin

Cata: sub-1yr, already multi-brand livelinkedin

Rally Cap, FJ Labs also co-investinglinkedin

Active in Montreal startup ecosystemsocial

TD Innovation Partners, BDC Seed co-hostlinkedin

Portfolio spans 7 geographies: Toronto, Montreal, NY, Lisbon, London, Paris, Munich, Singapore, Seoulwebsite

Backing industry leaders: Ledn, Vention, Freshly, Butternut Box, Seyna, FINN, SWINGwebsite

Thesis: helping market leaders become global championswebsite

Ledn: institutional digital asset products, Torontowebsite

Vention: custom industrial equipment platform, Montrealwebsite

Freshly: pre-cooked gourmet meals, New Yorkwebsite

Butternut Box: D2C pet food, Londonwebsite

Seyna: tech-first insurance for brokers, Pariswebsite

FINN: sustainable auto e-commerce, Munichwebsite

SWING: last-mile delivery platform, Seoulwebsite

Exclusible: NFT luxury brand platform, Lisbonwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Follows, not leads roundsexternal

Heavy syndicate dependency visibleexternal

Sub-1yr startups in portfoliolinkedin

Founder Do's

Show strong early traction/customers

Co-invest with top-tier lead investors

Target fragmented legacy markets

Build enterprise-grade B2B2C platforms

Have multi-market SEA expansion angle

Build industry-defining market leader potential

Founder Don'ts

Avoid single-market, no global angle

Don't pitch without co-investors

Avoid low-traction pre-seed stage

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$25M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Catherine Ouellet-Dupuis; Sanjay Zimmermann

Catherine Ouellet-DupuisPartner

Mohannad El-BarachiPartner

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