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Starfish Growth Partners

Starfish Growth Partners backs early-stage founders at Pre-Seed and Seed across deep technology and high-growth B2B categories including SaaS, FinTech, SpaceTech, HealthTech, and CleanTech, writing focused cheques in the $100K–$150K range to help companies find their footing before a larger institutional round.

Ticket size$100K – $150K
StagesPre-Seed
Sectors7 focus areas

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Starfish Growth Partners backs early-stage founders at Pre-Seed and Seed across deep technology and high-growth B2B categories including SaaS, FinTech, SpaceTech, HealthTech, and CleanTech, writing focused cheques in the $100K–$150K range to help companies find their footing before a larger institutional round.

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About Starfish Growth Partners

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Starfish Growth Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm writing Pre-Seed and Seed cheques in the $100,000 to $150,000 range, making it a relevant conversation partner for Indian founders who are raising their first institutional capital. The firm has a deliberately broad sectoral mandate that spans enterprise and SMB SaaS, B2B marketplaces, FinTech, SpaceTech, HealthTech, CleanTech, and DeepTech, suggesting the partners are comfortable evaluating both software-led business models and more science or engineering-intensive ventures. Known portfolio names include Makers Hive, World of Brands, Subtle AI, and The Possible Inc, which collectively hint at an appetite for AI-powered products, brand-adjacent platforms, and frontier technology bets. For founders, the relatively compact cheque size implies Starfish is typically co-investing or participating in small syndicates rather than leading large rounds solo, so founders should approach them as a strong early validator and co-investor rather than a sole lead. Founders with a clear B2B value proposition, some early traction or a strong technical thesis, and a need for a nimble partner to move quickly at the pre-institutional stage would find Starfish Growth Partners worth engaging.

The firm has a deliberately broad sectoral mandate that spans enterprise and SMB SaaS, B2B marketplaces, FinTech, SpaceTech, HealthTech, CleanTech, and DeepTech, suggesting the partners are comfortable evaluating both software-led business models and more science or engineering-intensive ventures.

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Makers Hive, World of Brands, Subtle AI, The Possible Inc

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