Starting Line is a Chicago-based venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Ezra Galston. The firm leads seed-stage rounds for consumer startups building products and services for a broad audience, with an emphasis on new AI applications and categories on the forefront of behavioral, health, and economic change.
They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (52% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $29.3M (across 19 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
22
Fund Size
$30M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
EG
Ezra Galston
Founding Partner
SH
Scott Holloway
Managing Partner
HK
Haley Kwait Zollo
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
23 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Agentio | Series B | $40M | Nov 2025 |
 Twocents | Pre-Seed | $3M | Jun 2025 |
 Pinch | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2024 |
 Pinch | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2024 |
 Northstar Care | Seed | $6M | Jan 2023 |
 Boom | Seed | $300M | Jan 2023 |
 Beni | Seed | $4M | Dec 2022 |
 Soona | Series B | $35M | Jan 2022 |
| RRSTLSS | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2022 |
 Umamicart | Seed | $6M | Dec 2021 |
 Klover | Series A | $60M | Aug 2021 |
 Unchained Capital | Series A | — | Jun 2021 |
 Unchained | Series A | — | Jun 2021 |
 Airvet | Series A | $14M | Jun 2020 |
 Made In Cookware | Seed | — | Apr 2019 |
 Cameo | Series A | $12.5M | Nov 2018 |
 Mesa | Seed | $7.2M | — |
 Attain | Series B | $25M | — |
 Classet | Seed | $3M | — |
 Birdwatch | Seed | $3M | — |
| Beni | Pre-Seed | — | — |
 AnyCreek | Seed | $1.8M | — |
 Attain | Series B | $25M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Core Innovation Capital3 shared
Lightbank3 shared
Silicon Valley Bank3 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
XYZ Venture Capital2 shared
Better Capital2 shared
FJ Labs2 shared
Motivate Venture Capital2 shared
Mercato Partners2 shared
The 81 Collection2 shared
Permanent Capital2 shared
Ecliptic Capital2 shared
Valor Equity Partners2 shared
Benchmark1 shared
Forerunner Ventures1 shared
Craft Ventures1 shared
AlleyCorp1 shared
Antler1 shared
Matchstick Ventures1 shared
Portage Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026