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We share our latest stories on partnering with visionary founders as well as our viewpoints on exciting, long-term growth opportunities in the market.

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June 25, 2025

Rewarding healthy habits: why we invested in Elfie

Elfie is building a global digital health super-app to support people living with chronic conditions stay on track with their treatments.

June 03, 2025

Building the modern credit network for B2B payments: why we invested in OatFi

With OatFi, SMBs can access instant credit for working capital, no longer subjecting them to cash flow challenges from payment term mismatches.

May 21, 2025

Transforming retail security with gesture-based AI: why we invested in Veesion

Veesion’s AI-powered gesture recognition technology transforms retail security by enabling real-time shoplifting detection.

December 11, 2024

Lighting the dark web: why we invested in Flare

White Star Capital is proud to continue backing Flare as the company raises a $30m Series B led by Base10.

November 04, 2024

Vertical AI: how industry-specific intelligence is transforming the business landscape

Horizontal AI tools have been widely adopted, will we see the same market penetration as Vertical AI tools come to market?

August 28, 2024

Making smart contracts smarter: why we invested in Space and Time

The first decentralised data warehouse that delivers ZK proofs against onchain and offchain data to power the future of AI and blockchain.

August 06, 2024

Bringing stablebonds to DeFi: why we invested in etherfuse

Bonds are the basis for all financial products of the modern world, etherfuse is bringing them to DeFi.

July 24, 2024

Enabling frictionless crypto spending: why we invested in Kulipa

After a year of working closely with the team, we’re excited to publish more detail on why we co-led Kulipa's seed roud alongside Fabric Ventures.

July 04, 2024

The future of Modular Oracles: why we invested in RedStone Oracles’ Series A

W're excited to be supporting RedStone Oracles via our Digital Asset Fund as they revolutionise the decentralised oracle space.

May 02, 2024

Making personal care products sustainable: why we invested in 900.care

Investing in 900.care presents an incredible opportunity to make a sustainable impact while addressing the growing market of e-commerce personal care.

April 01, 2024

Ensuring trust in the trustless: why we invested in Lockchain.ai

Lockchain.ai is the world’s first AI-powered risk management platform for blockchain, integrating analytics, monitoring, and automated response.

March 22, 2024

Our investment in Ether.fi, the leading liquid restaking protocol

With over $2.7bn in Eth of TVL, ether.fi has the largest adoption rate and TVL growth of any liquid staking token. Read more about why we invested.

February 15, 2024

On AI, the GPU shortage, and the potential of decentralised inference and training networks

Can the challenges of securing, coordinating, and verifying disparate compute supply make this a winner-takes-all market?

January 16, 2024

Fund IV investment themes: Demographics in Motion

Our fourth and final report covering the macro themes our Early Growth Fund team is excited about. This report explores global demographic changes.

December 28, 2023

White Star Capital’s Year in Review – 2023

From raising new funds to supporting exceptional new funding across our portfolio, this year has been another leap forward for White Star Capital.

December 18, 2023

Fund IV investment themes: Data-driven Transformation

Our third of four reports covering the macro themes our Early Growth Fund team is excited about, with the focus of this report on data-driven growth.

December 08, 2023

White Star Capital renews support for Great Britain’s Charlie Raposo

Following another successful season for Great Britain’s leading giant slalom skier, we’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be extending our support.

December 03, 2023

Investing in the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’: Why I joined White Star Capital

Ivanna shares more about her decision to join the team in Montreal — not just a step forward, but a leap into a world where industry meets innovation.

December 02, 2023

‘Resilience is crucial’: Valérie Grenier on what it takes to race at the top

With excitement building for the new 2023/24 season, we sat down with one of Canada’s premier Alpine Ski racers, Valérie Grenier.

November 30, 2023

Fund IV investment themes: The Fourth Industrial Revolution

We’re excited to share the second of our Fund IV investment themes on the digitisation of all industries and enterprises.

Geographic Market Reports

We look at every venture ecosystem through four core pillars: macro market conditions, underlying talent reservoir, depth of local capital, and policy dynamics.

November 14, 2022

Diving into Japan’s Venture Capital Landscape

Our perspective on the growth of Japan’s technology ecosystem, including the latest funding data and perspectives from some of Japan’s leading VCs.

September 27, 2022

Diving into South Korea’s Venture Capital Landscape

In this report we share our continued excitement for the South Korean ecosystem, including the latest funding data and insights from local VCs.

September 23, 2021

Diving into Poland’s Venture Capital Landscape

In our report, we dive into the technology landscape in Poland, unpacking the progress and outlook of this rapidly growing ecosystem in Europe.

August 10, 2021

Diving into Greater China’s Venture Capital Landscape

In our report, we dive into the technology landscape in China, and also the rapidly growing ecosystems in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

August 26, 2020

Diving into the Nordic Venture Capital Landscape

In our report, we explore the benefits of The Nordic Model, the growth drivers of the ecosystem, and the opportunities available to venture investors.

February 19, 2020

Diving into South East Asia’s Venture Capital Landscape

South East Asia is the fastest rising region for venture investment this decade with deal volume, size and value expanding over the last five years.

February 18, 2020

Diving into Germany’s Venture Capital Landscape

Our report unpacks the current progress and outlook for the German ecosystem and highlights Germany’s unique positioning in a global playing field.

December 19, 2019

Diving into the US East Coast’s Venture Capital Landscape

New York is the 2nd largest venture market in the western world. Our report looks at how the US East Coast is keeping incredible pace.

December 13, 2019

Diving into Canada’s Venture Capital Landscape

The Canadian market is stronger than ever before, with larger round dynamics, the continuation of the VCCI program, and funding activity by state.

October 14, 2019

Diving into France’s Venture Capital Landscape

We look at how Paris became the second largest tech hub in continental Europe, only behind London, with a very robust ecosystem.

July 13, 2019

Unpacking the UK Venture Capital Landscape

Our report delivers a vote of confidence for the UK’s fast-growing businesses and the wider ecosystem during an important period for the nation.

In our Digital Health report, we focus on the global digital health ecosystem and dive into areas such as virtual care, mobile health, software, and communication tools.

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Our Perspectives The latest views from White Star Capital.

Our Latest Thoughts

Rewarding healthy habits: why we invested in Elfie

Building the modern credit network for B2B payments: why we invested in OatFi

Transforming retail security with gesture-based AI: why we invested in Veesion

Lighting the dark web: why we invested in Flare

Vertical AI: how industry-specific intelligence is transforming the business landscape

Making smart contracts smarter: why we invested in Space and Time

Bringing stablebonds to DeFi: why we invested in etherfuse

Enabling frictionless crypto spending: why we invested in Kulipa

The future of Modular Oracles: why we invested in RedStone Oracles’ Series A

Making personal care products sustainable: why we invested in 900.care

Ensuring trust in the trustless: why we invested in Lockchain.ai

Our investment in Ether.fi, the leading liquid restaking protocol

On AI, the GPU shortage, and the potential of decentralised inference and training networks

Fund IV investment themes: Demographics in Motion

White Star Capital’s Year in Review – 2023

Fund IV investment themes: Data-driven Transformation

White Star Capital renews support for Great Britain’s Charlie Raposo

Investing in the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’: Why I joined White Star Capital

‘Resilience is crucial’: Valérie Grenier on what it takes to race at the top

Fund IV investment themes: The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Geographic Market Reports

Diving into Japan’s Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into South Korea’s Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into Poland’s Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into Greater China’s Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into the Nordic Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into South East Asia’s Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into Germany’s Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into the US East Coast’s Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into Canada’s Venture Capital Landscape

Diving into France’s Venture Capital Landscape

Unpacking the UK Venture Capital Landscape

Industry Analysis

Demographics in Motion

Data-driven Transformation

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Sustainable Global Economy

Exploring the Mobility Industry

Exploring the AI Industry

Exploring the Foodtech Industry

Exploring the Industrial Tech Industry

Exploring the Wellbeing Industry

Exploring the Fintech Industry

Exploring the Future of Work Industry

Exploring the Digital Health Industry

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